Football

January 21, 2008

Trinity's Blake Barmore Selected to Play in All-Star Game

The 6-foot-3, 213-pound Barmore will play in the second annual Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 2, at El Paso’s Sun Bowl. The game pits players from Texas, in all divisions, against other standouts from across the nation. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. Mountain Time (4 p.m. Central) and will be televised nationally by CSTV.

Further information about the game is available at http://texasvsthenation.cstv.com/.

Barmore is the second Trinity Tiger to participate in the game. Former offensive lineman Derek Farney of The Woodlands (The Woodlands) played in the inaugural contest in 2007. “Team Nation” won the game 24-20. Senior defensive tackle Baron Koch of Austin (Westwood) was a standout in last month’s Aztec Bowl last month in Mexico, against the Mexican National Team.

In the 2007 campaign, Barmore completed 246 of 387 passes (eight interceptions) for 3,399 yards and 24 touchdowns. He also rushed for three touchdowns and was named to the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Second Team.

Last Oct. 27, Barmore was the quarterback for the award-winning “Trinity Miracle Play” in Jackson, Miss. Trinity beat the host Millsaps College Majors 28-24 with a 60-yard play – which consisted of 15 laterals – before junior wide receiver Riley Curry of Sugar Land (Clements) crossed the goal line for the victory with no time on the clock. The crucial win kept the Tigers in the race for the SCAC  title, which Trinity later shared with Millsaps.

The Trinity play won the Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year for 2007 and was named the No. 1 Sports Moment by Time magazine. Trinity will receive a $100,000 general scholarship as a result of the Game Changing Performance award.

Trinity, led by head coach Steve Mohr, completed the season with a 9-2 record and was 6-1 in the SCAC. In sharing the conference title with Millsaps, the Tigers won their 14^th SCAC football championship. The Tigers earned the NCAA Division III postseason bid and competed in the national tournament for the 10^th time. Eventual NCAA semifinalist Mary Hardin-Baylor beat the Tigers in the first round of the playoffs at Belton.

Mohr, who completed his 18^th season at the Tigers’ helm, was elected SCAC Coach of the Year for the 10^th time.