’Roos Season Ends in Loss

’Roos Season Ends in Loss

SHERMAN – Trinity quarterback Blake Barmore tossed three first quarter touchdowns as the No. 15-ranked Tigers took a 21-0 lead in the opening frame and never looked back, topping Austin College 41-13 in the ’Roos Homecoming game. Austin College finished the season with a record of 4-6 overall, including a 2-5 mark in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.

Trinity got the scoring started with 9:15 left in the first when Barmore found Chris Coleman for an 11-yard touchdown, and less than four minutes later the Tigers needed only three plays and 1:12 to march 73 yards with Barmore throwing a 13-yard score to Michael Tomlin. The key play on the drive came on a 64-yard completion from Barmore to Coleman.

The third score of the quarter came with 1:25 left on another 13-yard pass from Barmore, this time to running back Chris Baer to cap off an eight play, 62 yard drive.

The ’Roos finally got on the board with 5:54 left in the first half, after the Austin College defense forced the first Trinity punt of the game and Matt Orr broke through the line to block the punt and recover at the Trinity 12-yard line. Four plays later Ryan Cowley went three yards around the right side for the touchdown, but the point after failed to make it a 21-6 game.

However, Trinity took the next possession and went 88-yards in 16 plays culminating in Barmore plunging in from a yard out to make it 28-6 with 19 seconds left in the half.

In the third quarter the Tigers extended their lead to 34-6 midway through the quarter when Baer scored on an eight yard run to finish off a nine play, 75 yard drive. The Tigers would find the endzone one more time in the quarter with Matt Moorefield scoring on a run from 11 yards out with 3:37 left, making it 41-6.

Austin College tacked on a score early in the fourth quarter on a 16-play, 70-yard drive lasting 6:15 when Kent Bell threw a fade to Eric Shon from 23 yards out for the touchdown, making the final score 41-13.

Barmore completed 20-of-30 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed for a score, and Baer finished with 81 yards and a score on 16 carries. Riley Curry led the Tiger receiving corps with eight catches for 101 yards, and Coleman finished with 86 yards on four receptions.

Defensively, Chris Jones and Dylan Nealous each had a game-high nine tackles for Trinity, and David Gagliano had eight stops.

James Jordan led the Austin College rushing attack with 52 yards on 11 carries, with Cowley toting the ball 13 times for 43 yards and a score as the ’Roos rushed for 176 yards as a team. Bell finished the game completing 6-of-16 passes for 55 yards and a touchdown, and Shon had four catches for 46 yards and a score.

Scooter Means led the ’Roos with eight tackles and Patrick Martell added seven stops, while Andy Stowe, Tommy Shelton, and Peyton Woodyard all had six stops. Woodyard also had two tackles for loss and three pass breakups.

Austin College athletic teams participate as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located 60 miles north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original name and charter, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book “Colleges that Change Lives.”

Jeff Kelly

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