QUINCY, Ill. - Another assault of the program record book clinched another Midwest Sprint Football League postseason berth for the Midway sprint football team.

Midway overcame an early nine-point deficit, scoring 50 unanswered points and locking up a postseason spot with a 59-22 win over Quincy (Ill.) Saturday afternoon.

The 59 points are the second most ever scored by a Midwest Sprint Football League team, trailing only the 63 scored by Saint Mary of the Woods against Oakland City in week three of this season.

The Eagles, who previously never won a game in which they trailed by more than seven points, put 555 yards of offense, the second most in program history behind the 581 recorded in a 41-12 win over the Hawks in week three.

While there were many stars on offense, the brightest was receiver Quincy Barber, who finished with 11 catches for 167 yards. Not only are those program records, Barber's reception total is tied for the most by any player in the history of the MSFL while his 167 yards are the fourth-most recorded in a league game.

The Eagles struggled to establish momentum early and even when they did it proved a mixed bag.

The Eagles answered an opening-drive Hawk touchdown with a five-yard strike from Christian Carter to Ayden Bauwens, only for the extra point to be blocked and returned for a two-point conversion by Donnell Packer.

Quincy would then add another score to go up 15-6 before a Midway avalanche, one led by another great effort from the passing game.

Carter threw for 305 yards and five touchdowns Saturday, breaking his own single-game program record and marking the third time this season he's thrown for at least four TDs. 

Currently, Carter has thrown for 1,481 yards and 17 touchdowns on the season. He is on pace to eclipse the single-season MSFL records of 1,929 yards and 21 touchdowns, both set by Bellarmine's Kyle Horvath last season.

His primary target for most of the day was Barber, who now holds Midway single-season records with 27 receptions and 542 yards, just ahead of the current 25-catch 506-yard season of Bauwens.

Despite losing one record on the afternoon, Bauwens, who had six catches for 91 yards, set a new one while tying another. 

He added touchdown receptions of 28 yards in the second quarter and 27 in the third. His three touchdowns tied a single-game record while his six for the season are currently the most by a Midway receiver.

Barber and Bauwens are both well within striking distance of the Midwest Sprint League's single-season yardage record of 645, currently shared by Devon Johnson and Marquese Reese of Saint Mary of the Woods, who reached the total in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

Chase Williams, who set the previous single-game receiving yards record in the week three game against the Hawks, had 67 yards receiving and another 49 rushing Saturday, scoring touchdowns on a 34-yard run in the second quarter and a 14-yard reception in the third.

In two games against Quincy this season, Williams accounted for 289 yards of offense and five touchdowns. He is now one touchdown catch behind Bauwens for the single-season record.

Midway's other touchdowns came via a 16-yard Tanner Sullivan catch in the first quarter and a 3-yard Demari Edelen run in the third.

Fitch overcame the early blocked kick by making his next four PAT tries while he and Hayden Cockrell went a combined 3-for-3 on field goals, with Cockrell making a 40-yarder in the fourth quarter.

Not content to let the offense get all the glory, the Midway defense also set a single-game record with four interceptions, two of them by Preston Moore. Keegan Hill and Israel Caldwell had picks as well, with the three players combining for 80 return yards.

Kaleb Chase had a team-high seven tackles, while Tristian Euell had six with two-and-a-half for loss, giving him a league-high 11.5 TFLs for the season.

Trenton Leach and Luke Guerrero added sacks for 3-2 Midway, which closes out the regular season with back-to-back home games.

The first will come against 0-5 Oakland City at 7 p.m. next Saturday, a game that will serve as Midway's homecoming.