Meridian Owls 20, Tidal Herons 17

Week 6 · Regular season · round 19 · Thursday 5 November 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
MRD Meridian Owls	7	7	3	3	20
TDL Tidal Herons	0	7	3	7	17

Game recap

It came down to the final moments in round 19 of Week 6: the Meridian Owls edged the Tidal Herons 20-17. The decisive score was a 57-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe with 0:03 left in the fourth quarter.

The Owls opened the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Abel Thornbury with 1:58 left in the first quarter. The Owls led 14-7 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 34-yard touchdown pass from Soren Hallberg to Rafael Montiel for the Herons (0:44 left, 17-17); a 57-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe for the Owls (0:03 left, 20-17).

The key moment arrived with 0:44 left in the fourth quarter: Extra point good. It moved the Owls' chance of winning from 27% to 79%.

The standout was Tobin Marsh (RB, Owls), with 16 carries for 118 yards and 1 TD; 3 catches for 29 yards. Elsewhere, Soren Hallberg (Herons) had 25 of 41 passing for 270 yards, 2 TD; 2 carries for 13 yards; Kasimir Radcliffe (Herons) had 10 carries for 39 yards; 3 catches for 49 yards; Rafael Montiel (Herons) had 9 catches for 92 yards and 2 TD; Graham Ashby (Owls) had 18 of 23 passing for 181 yards, 1 TD; 1 carry for -1 yard.

Before kickoff, the Herons' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Tariq Radcliffe; on defense: bracket Soren Oyelaran (Tariq Radcliffe finished with 5 catches for 39 yards). Meanwhile, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Soren Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Tariq Radcliffe (Soren Oyelaran finished with 4 catches for 48 yards).

The Herons move to 6-13 and the Owls to 13-5-1 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down once, without success.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	MRD-TDL
Q1 1:58	Owls	A 30-yard touchdown pass from Graham Ashby to Abel Thornbury (extra point)	7-0
Q2 2:55	Herons	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Soren Hallberg to Rafael Montiel (extra point)	7-7
Q2 1:49	Owls	A 27-yard touchdown run by Tobin Marsh (extra point)	14-7
Q3 2:14	Herons	A 41-yard field goal by Cassius Coventry	14-10
Q3 0:49	Owls	A 51-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	17-10
Q4 0:44	Herons	A 34-yard touchdown pass from Soren Hallberg to Rafael Montiel (extra point)	17-17
Q4 0:03	Owls	A 57-yard field goal by Zane Radcliffe	20-17

Team stats

	MRD	TDL
Total yards	329	348
Passing yards	181	270
Rushing yards	148	78
Completions	18 of 23	25 of 41
Offensive plays	47	64
Third downs	2 of 7	11 of 16
Fourth downs	—	0 of 1
Turnovers	0	0
Sacks allowed	2	0
Time of possession	8:55	7:05

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	18/23	181	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	16	118	1	27
Adrien Oyelaran	4	25	0	16
Nils Garrow	1	6	0	6
Graham Ashby	1	-1	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Abel Thornbury	6	70	1	6
Soren Oyelaran	4	48	0	5
Tobin Marsh	3	29	0	3
Adrien Oyelaran	3	18	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	20	1
Orson Lachance	6	0
Adrien Zamora	6	0
Adrien Montague	4	1
Elio Sandoval	3	0
Wendell Bellamy	3	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	2/2	57	2/2

Tidal Herons box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Soren Hallberg	25/41	270	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Kasimir Radcliffe	10	39	43
Pavel Hargrove	9	22	14
Soren Hallberg	2	13	9
Quentin Esposito	2	4	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rafael Montiel	9	92	2	14
Bram Zamora	4	54	0	9
Kasimir Radcliffe	3	49	0	3
Tariq Radcliffe	5	39	0	8

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Yannick Quarles	20	0	0
Gideon Esposito	5	0	0
Cyrus Underwood	0	1	0
Yannick Brennan	0	1	0
Lazlo Draven	3	0	0
Roman Underwood	2	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Cassius Coventry	1/1	41	2/2

Watch the replay

Every play of this game can be replayed on the big screen, with the play calls, the win probability and the commentary: replay Meridian Owls 20, Tidal Herons 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Tidal Herons · Meridian Owls.