Senior Owen Cook isn’t Barrington’s backup quarterback, but he certainly looked the part Saturday afternoon in Barrington’s 42-21 victory over Palatine — as the Broncos’ starting punter.

Barrington and visiting Palatine were tied 14-14 when Barrington faced a fourth-and-8 from its 38-yard line in front of its homecoming football crowd in July-esque conditions.

Cook, also a wide receiver, got in position to field a long snap for an apparent punt.

His right foot never touched the ball.

Cook fired a 9-yard strike to a wide-open Thomas Piatek.

First down, Barrington.

“My eyes got really wide,” Cook said of his reaction to hearing the fake-punt call after the Mid-Suburban League West opener for both teams. “We’d been practicing that play for a while, and I was excited to try it in a game.

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