Halloween Bowl

Kayson Link was the headliner for the 12:35s, and his arm did the heavy lifting in a 70-42 Halloween Bowl win. Link found the end zone with ten touchdown passes in all, and he margin them around. Maddox Marsaglia caught four of them, and on one of those scoring grabs he completely mossed Xavier and others. Carson Tabaka hauled in two touchdown passes from Link, Braxton Iliff-Murphy caught two more, and Wally Barickman rounded out the group with two of his own.

Maddox Marsaglia was the team's most dangerous target, with four scoring catches, while Carson Tabaka and Braxton Iliff-Murphy each added a pair. Wally Barickman also finished with two touchdown receptions. The 12:35s offense rarely had to stop, and Link kept finding open receivers all game long.

No Fly Zone had its own passing attack, and it was built around two quarterbacks. Finn Hopkins threw three touchdown passes, one to Dom Chiodo, one to Luther Nuesken and one to Giovani Pelaez. Charlie Waddell also threw three touchdowns, two to Luther Nuesken and one to Giovani Pelaez. Nuesken was the top target with three scoring catches, Pelaez caught two, and Chiodo added one of his own.

Maddox Pedon came up with a big play on the goal line when he hauled in a pass from Kayson Link. The catch was disputed, with some debate about whether it was a touchdown, but the call on the field was that it was not, and the ball was turned over on downs.

The No Fly Zone secondary was busy in coverage. Giovani Pelaez intercepted a pass from Kayson Link, and Xavier Davenport picked Link off twice, with one of those interceptions returned for a pick-six. On the other side, Kayson Link grabbed an interception of Charlie Waddell, and Braxton Iliff-Murphy intercepted a pass from Xavier Davenport.

Carson Tabaka and Maddox Pedon each broke up passes intended for Gio, which kept the 12:35s defense in the game. The flag-pull battle was lively too. Charlie Waddell grabbed Maddox Pedon's arm and pulled a flag, and Pedon made contact with Gio without looking at the ball.

The pass rush belonged to Liam Bair, who recorded two sacks of Charlie Waddell. Those sacks kept the No Fly Zone quarterback under pressure and forced the offense to work harder for its yardage.

This win gives the 12:35s a playoff victory in the Halloween Bowl and a strong statement for a team that scored ten touchdowns through the air. The 42 points No Fly Zone put up show a team that can score in bunches too, but the 12:35s got the result they needed. The scorebook does not say who moves on from here, so the next step will be a matter for the league to decide.