The IHSA 6A first-round playoff matchup between Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy and Quincy Senior will go down in history as one of the best high school games ever.

The No. 9 Blue Devils pulled off a record-breaking 88-84 win over the No. 9 Knights to advance to the second round of the playoffs on Friday, Oct. 30, playing at two different venues.

Both teams combined for 172 points, which is the most ever for a single game, besting the previous record of 166 set on Oct. 29, 2021, when Springfield High School defeated Rock Island High School 94-72.

The 88 points by Quincy are the second-most points in a single IHSA high school football playoff game. That record is still held by Peoria High School, which beat Decatur Eisenhower 96-40 on Nov. 4 in an IHSA playoff second-round game.

Goode started the scoring with a 25-yard touchdown run by Caron Williams, followed by a two-point conversion run by Aeden Cleveland with 8:51 remaining in the first quarter. From there, the teams traded blows back and forth all night.

The Blue Devils took their first lead of the night on the first possession of the second half when Dairean Brooks caught a 19-yard pass from Bryson Little for the score. Little's pass to Sawyer Harshberger on the two-point conversion made the score 66-60.

Here's a look at the stats from the game, courtesy of Muddy River Sports.

Quincy vs Goode score by quarter

Quincy-Goode scoring summary

G — Caron Williams 25 run (Aeden Cleveland run), 8:06

Q — Noah Wells 13 pass from Bryson Little (kick failed), 6:41

G — Gabriel Chambers-Crosby 38 run (pass failed), 2:38

G — Chambers-Crosby 62 run (Chambers-Crosby run), 1:22

Q — Sawyer Harshberger 49 pass from Little (Connor Kelley kick), :59.5

G — Jordan Boston 76 run (Cleveland run), 11:45

Q — Harshberger 8 pass from Little (Wells pass from Little), 10:54

G — Dorrell Reis 65 run (Chambers-Crosby run), 10:44

Q — Braxton Williams 31 pass from Little (Harshberger pass from Little), 10:13

G — Reis 25 run (Cleveland run), 9:13

Q — Williams 18 pass from Little (Dairean Brooks pass from Little), 8:49

G — Cleveland 73 run (Reis run), 7:40

Q — Little 44 run (Little run), 7:26

G — Cleveland 30 run (run failed), 4:54

Q — Williams 19 pass from Little (Harshberger pass from Little), 4:09

Q — Williams 12 pass from Little (kick failed), 1:52

Q — Brooks 19 pass from Little (Harshberger pass from Little), 9:36

G — Daniel Pacheco 2 run (run failed), 6:18

Q — Williams 6 run (Kelley kick), 5:39

G — Cleveland 38 run (run failed), :45.1

Q — Little 6 run (Kelley kick), 8:52

G — Cleveland 57 run (run failed), 8:18

Q — Harshberger 85 pass from Little (Kelley kick), 3:58

G — Cleveland 45 run (run failed), 3:42

Bryson Little's record-breaking performance

Little finished with 656 passing yards and eight touchdowns, while also adding five rushes for 51 yards and two more touchdowns. The yardage broke the state playoff record previously held by Greenville's Tyler Hutchinson (645, 2013), while the touchdown passes bested the previous record set by Riverside's Tim Brasic (7, 2021).

In addition to Little's big night, Harshberger caught 13 passes for 261 yards and three touchdowns for Quincy, with Braxton Williams adding 10 grabs for 194 yards and four scores and Brooks had 100 yards and a score.

Goode passed for 14 yards, but had 676 rushing yards. Cleveland led the way with 22 rushes for 322 yards and five touchdowns for Goode, while Gabriel Chambers-Crosby finished with 10 rushes for 137 yards and two scores and Dorrell Reis had eight rushes for 107 yards and a TD.

Quincy vs Goode team stats