Before the Pinelands Regional football season started, new head coach John Tierney was adamant in saying senior quarterback Ryan Allen wasn’t going to carry the ball 30 times per game. Tierney kept his promise for the first game, but that still didn’t help Point Pleasant Beach.

Allen rushed just nine times but racked up 173 yards, which included a 76-yard burst in the first quarter, and passed for another 78 yards.