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The United Township Panthers intercepted two passes by Quincy QB Bradyn Little on Friday night, after he’d thrown only two picks all season.  But that became just a speed bump on the Blue Devils’ way to their fifth straight dominant win to open the season, 49-7 over UT at Flinn Stadium.  Quincy, ranked #5 in Class 7A, has scored 40+ points in all five games. Little threw for more than 300 yards, including 4 touchdown throws.  According to Muddy River Sports, Little moved into fifth place on the IHSA career passing yards list with 8,323 yards and fourth with 96 TD passes.

The Panthers trailed 21-0 at the half and 28-0 early in the third quarter, before Leo Sim’s 30-yard TD run made it 28-7.  Sim finished with 91 yards on the ground and made one of the two interceptions.  Sim was named Godfather’s Pizza Panthers Player of the Game.  QB Christian Peterson, who had put together a string of stellar performances, had his passing game held in check by Quincy, which has stifled opposing offenses all season.  Peterson completed 5-of-18 passes for 14 yards and two interceptions.  He did scramble for 103 yards on 14 carries.

For Quincy, Jeraius Rice caught one of Little’s TD passes and scored twice more on the ground, finishing with 111 yards on 12 carries.  The Panthers (2-3, 1-2 in Western Big 6 play) will host Rock Island (0-5, 0-3) next Friday night, live on QCSportsNet.  Quincy (5-0, 3-0) goes to Galesburg (1-4, 0-2) on Thursday.

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Trailing 16-7 early in the second quarter after giving up two TDs and a safety on a bad punt snap, and staring a 1-3 record and 0-2 in the conference in the face, the United Township Panthers reeled off four touchdowns, while the defense, which has given up only 5 offensive touchdowns all season, shut out Geneseo the rest of the way for a 35-16 win over the Maple Leafs on Friday night at the Soule Bowl.

Down 9-0, UT fought back to 9-7 on an Isaiah Navarrette 4-yard TD run just seconds into the second quarter.  After missing on his first three pass attempts, QB Christian Peterson completed 7-of-8 the rest of the way, for 137 yards and two touchdowns, a 25-yarder to Cohen Parsons to bring the Panthers within 16-14 just before halftime, and, after Leo Sim’s 2-yard run gave UT the lead 21-16 in the third quarter, a 22-yarder to Josiah Massey that made it 28-16.  Navarrette capped off the scoring with his second TD of the night from 2 yards out late in the fourth.

Navarrette finished with a sterling 10.0 yards per rush, with 140 yards on 14 carries.  Massey totaled 82 yards on 4 receptions.  The Panthers (2-2, 1-1 in Western Big 6 play) travel to #7 (in Class 7A) Quincy (4-0, 2-0) next Friday.  Geneseo (2-2, 0-2) will host Galesburg (1-3, 0-1).

It didn’t take long for Quincy to show why it’s moving up in the AP top ten in Class 7A.  On the second play of the game, Blue Devils’ QB Bradyn Little threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Tykell Hammers, and the visitors were on their way to a 43-21 win over Moline at Browning Field on Friday night.  According to Muddy River Sports’ Matt Schuckman, Little, a senior committed to Division II Quincy University, threw for a school record 437 yards, including six TDs.

Little’s throw to Rico Clay just before halftime made it 36-7 at the break, and the issue was decided.  Clay finished with three TD catches.  RB Jeraius Rice scored on the ground and via the pass.  Hammers compiled 149 receiving yards.

For the Maroons, Eli Warren ran for 129 yards and a touchdown and was named the Godfather’s Pizza Moline Maroons Player of the Game.  QB Eli Taylor left with an injury in the second quarter after completing 6-of-9 passes for 80 yards, including a TD to Nolan Ducey.  Marc Cary finished with 83 yards rushing and a score, as the Maroons racked up 252 rushing yards along with 89 through the air.

The Maroons (2-2, 1-1 in the Western Big 6) visit winless Rock Island next Friday.  Quincy (4-0, 2-0, ranked #7 in Class 7A) will get a visit from United Township (2-2, 1-1).