Blue Devils face adversity with tough chin in finishing back-to-back undefeated regular seasons

By Muddy River Sports | October 26, 2024
Quincy High School lineman Brendan Vogel lifts teammate Jeraius Rice Jr. to celebrate one of Rice's five touchdowns in Friday night's 42-31 victory over Capital City in Jefferson City, Mo. | Photo courtesy Adyson Bray

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Quincy High School football team had faced little adversity in breezing past its first eight opponents by an average of nearly 37 points per game. The Blue Devils showed Friday night they could take a punch and answer with a counterpunch of their own. Three times Quincy, which had never…

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Crim: Big plays from explosive offense giving QHS football team leg up in undefeated start

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | September 16, 2024
The play of Quincy High School quarterback Bradyn Little, left, and tailback Jeraius Rice Jr. has enabled the Blue Devils to average more than 40 points and 400 yards of offense in their first three games. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The formula for the Quincy High School football team is simple. Catch us if you can. Quincy’s explosive offense has picked up where it left off last season by scoring 40 or more points in each of its first three games. The undefeated and state-ranked Blue Devils are churning out nearly 470 yards…

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Blue Devils pick right time to make defensive stand, intercept Maroons’ plan for last-minute rally

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | September 16, 2023
Quincy High School junior cornerback Rico Clay, left, returns an interception up the sideline in front of the QHS bench to seal a 34-27 victory over Moline in Western Big 6 Conference action Friday night at Flinn Stadium. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Rico Clay heeded the warnings the Quincy High School football coaches blared. Moline quarterback Drew Phelps needed a warning not to throw Clay’s way. With the Maroons facing third and 15 from the Blue Devils’ 25-yard line and trailing by seven points with 39.7 seconds remaining in regulation Friday night, Phelps threw a…

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Runnin’ with the Devil: QHS’s Rice dices up Alton’s defense with four TDs as Blue Devils move to 2-0

By Lou Korac, Alton Telegraph | September 2, 2023
Quincy High School junior tailback Jeraius Rice rushed for 229 yards and four touchdowns in Friday night's 40-6 victory over Alton at Public Schools Stadium in Alton, Ill. | Muddy River Sports file photo

ALTON, Ill. — The Alton football team knew what was coming when it came down to stopping the high-octane Quincy High School offense. The question that loomed was could the Redbirds’ defense stop the slick and slippery Jeraius Rice. The answer was an emphatic no. The Blue Devils tailback sliced and diced his way to…

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Taking what they’re given: Blue Devils rack up 585 yards, record second playoff victory in school history

By David Adam, MRN Editor | October 29, 2022
The Quincy High School football team's sideline celebrates at the end of Friday night's 49-42 victory over Chatham Glenwood in the opening round of the Class 6A playoffs in Chatham, Ill. | Photo courtesy Samantha Carmean

CHATHAM, Ill. — It’s not supposed to look that easy, especially in the playoffs. The Quincy High School football team racked up 585 yards of total offense, and sophomore quarterback Bradyn Little threw for a school-record 428 yards and four touchdowns as the Blue Devils won a playoff game for just the second time in…

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