Junior running back Evan Burtonn had a great game on Friday night as the Pinelands Regional High School Wildcats football team opened its 2017 season against the visiting Point Pleasant Borough Panthers. The problem for Pinelands was that PPB senior QB James Fara had an even better game.
Burtonn ran for 163 yards on 16 carries and scored two touchdowns, a 47-yard effort in the first quarter and a 34-yard scamper in the final stanza. But Fara was responsible for four TDs.
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