The 2014 Pinelands Regional High School football team was a running machine, racking up hundreds of yards per game on the ground and controlling time of possession by a wide margin. The Wildcats, however, couldn’t convert those yards to meaningful results. Pinelands scored just 121 points last season in 10 games, resulting in a paltry 12.1 ppg average. Untimely turnovers busted up long drives; opposition defenses bent but didn’t break.

A scoring average like that isn’t a recipe for success – the team went 2-8, with one of its victories resulting from a…