Mark Post has been Barrington`s big-play quarterback this season, and he was at it again Saturday.
Post threw three touchdown passes to lead No. 19 Barrington past Fremd 27-14 in both teams` Mid-Suburban North opener.
Post completed 15 of 20 for 244 yards. His 34-yard touchdown pass to Paul Trudeau with 2:17 left in the third quarter gave Barrington (5-0, 1-0) a 21-14 lead it never relinquished.
Post`s heroics were nothing new to coach Al Kamradt.
”I`ve been telling guys all year that he has an amazing feel for the game,” Kamradt said. ”He makes great decisions on the field. . . . He`s been doing things like that all year. You couldn`t ask for more than that from your quarterback.”
”All the receivers were running great routes,” Post said. ”And the line was blocking well. That certainly makes things easier.”
After a sluggish start by both teams, Fremd (2-3, 0-1) scored first on Jimmie Mitchell`s 8-yard run with 46 seconds left in the first quarter. But Chris Barton`s PAT was blocked. Fremd led 6-0.
Barrington came right back on its next possession, with Post helping his team march from its own 34 into the end zone. The big play was Post`s 54-yard touchdown pass to Marc Wilson (six catches for 113 yards), who made a one-handed grab on the left sideline and trotted in for the score. Jason Benjamin`s PAT gave Barrington a 7-6 lead.
”(Post) did an incredible job,” Wilson said. ”He threaded the needle, made some good decisions and just did a heck of a job.”
Barrington took a 14-6 lead with :04 left in the half on Post`s 7-yard touchdown strike to Trudeau.
But Fremd knotted the score at 14 at 5:40 of the third quarter on Mitchell`s 41-yard run and quarterback Deron Birsa`s two-point conversion run. On Barrington`s next possession, Post hit Trudeau with the go-ahead score. Barrington closed out the scoring on Brian Pollack`s 7-yard run with 3:54 left. Pollack finished with 97 yards.
”Barrington did a good job,” said Fremd coach Joe Samojedny. ”Their play-action passes kept us hesitant. That was the key thing, especially in the third quarter. Defensively, they just didn`t allow us that much.”
