Hot! Former Barrington Football Standouts Gain National Championship

Sam Ojuri and Ben LeCompte, a pair of former Barrington football stars, can call yourself national champions.

Their North Dakota State Bison said the 2011-2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Series overhead having a 17-6 through Sam Houston State in Frisco, TX, with Saturday.

To be a compenent of a countrywide title team my freshmen calendar year is unreal, LeCompte said. There's absolutely no phrases to help summarize it. I couldn t ask for an improved spot to experience football. The area of Fargo and also their particular supporters give you as significantly really like seeing that elsewhere from the country. It's also been a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

LeCompte didn capital t see enjoying time period in the game as a freshman punter, but his or her senior counterpart Matt Voigtlander experienced some heroic instances at punter for your Bison with Saturday. He possessed your 27-yard work using a fake punt, which build your touchdown. He additionally booted your 66-yard punt plus pinned SHSU with the 1-yard brand once. LeCompte had plenty to check upwards to be able to on Saturday.

My targets from now on usually are being the Bison beginning punter, LeCompte said. Then to help win the actual Missouri valley conference in addition to resume the actual name adventure again. Personally, I'd like for getting All-American honors by the finish of my personal career.

Ojuri, a sophomore, possessed All-American type tasks along with volumes from running to come back all time of year for that Bison. He acquired some sort of team-leading 1,105 meters and 11 touchdowns. The SHSU Bearkats comprised him while this individual mustered 27 yards on 10 holds Saturday.

He possessed a good amount of support all around him or her however as being the Bison wrongdoing nonetheless obtained some touchdowns for you to declare the particular title. The Bison defense stifled your Bearkats inside permitting 6 months time points versus a new team of which had have scored 39.14 items every sport starting Saturday.

Both Ojuri in addition to LeCompte gamed preparation football at Barrington High School.