Goode’s football season is over, but not before the Knights played one of the wildest postseason games in Illinois history.
In a game that featured 172 points — the most in the 52-year history of the IHSA playoffs — 24 touchdowns and two stadiums, Quincy outlasted Goode 88-84 in a Class 6A first-round game on Oct. 30.
The Public League originally scheduled the game for Oct. 31 at Rockne Stadium, but Quincy asked Goode to move the game a day earlier. That also moved the game to Goode’s on-campus stadium, which does not have lights.
Even with a 3 p.m. kickoff, the teams ran out of daylight. It was 60-59 Goode after an 84-point second quarter. Halftime was shortened to six minutes and a game official reached out to the IHSA about a contingency plan in order to finish the game that day.
The game was paused with 3:42 left in regulation and Quincy up 88-84 after a Goode TD. The teams then headed five miles northeast to resume the game at Englewood’s stadium, which has lights.
Quincy then ran out the clock to wrap up the record-setting game.
Quincy quarterback Bryson Little threw for 675 yards, tying the IHSA all-time record set by Willowbrook’s Brian Johnson in 2013. He also threw for nine touchdowns, tying two others for that IHSA mark. Little’s passing yards and TDs are the most in an IHSA playoff game.
Aedan Cleveland led Goode (6-3) with 27 carries for 333 yards and five touchdowns of 73, 30, 38, 67 and 45 yards. He finished with 400 all-purpose yards, including receiving and kickoff returns.
Gabriel Crosby-Chambers ran 12 times for 144 yards, including TDs of 38 and 68 yards, while Dorrell Ries added 11 carries for 110 yards and scores of 65 and 25 yards. Jordan Boston had six carries for 91 yards, including a 76-yard TD, while Caron Williams finished with five runs for 35 yards, including a 25-yard TD. Daniel Pacheco had a rushing TD and nine total tackles.
Ries added five total tackles and an interception for Goode, Thomas Davis recovered a fumble, Trenell Clark had a sack and two pancake blocks, and Ryan Ogburn had two pancakes and three assisted tackles.
“This is why we love high school sports,” IHSA executive director Craig Anderson said in a statement. “The circumstances weren’t ideal, but everyone involved came together on behalf of students, and the result is something that no one involved in this game is ever going to forget.”
East Moline United 51, Kennedy 17: Jacob Tunstill had three catches for 80 yards and two touchdowns, but Kennedy (8-2) fell in the Class 6A first round. Alex Hernandez was 12 of 25 passing for 140 yards and two scores for the Crusaders, Sergio Medina kicked a 43-yard field goal and Julian Cuevas had eight tackles.