PINE RIVER - Glen Abbott rushed for 126 yards and scored three touchdowns as the Pine River-Backus Tigers handled Cass Lake-Bena 32-12 Thursday to open the season.
The Tigers jumped out to a 24-0 lead punctuated by a 51-yard pass from quarterback Ben Kline to Brian Plantz.
Jordan Farmer scored the game's first touchdown on a 2-yard first quarter run.
Cass Lake-Bena 0 0 6 6 - 12
Pine River-Backus 6 6 12 8 - 32
First quarter
PRB-Jordan Farmer 2 run 6:54
Second quarter
PRB-Glen Abbott 1 run 2:07
Third quarter
PRB-Abbott 6 run 7:46
PRB-Brian Plantz 51 pass from Ben Kline 5:14
CLB-Zach Vail 1 run :27
Fourth quarter
PRB-Abbott 59 yard 5:21 (Mitch Kline pass from B. Kline)
CLB-Geo Chester 1 run 5:14
Team statistics
Rushes-yards: PRB 39-224
Pass comp-att-int-yards: PR-B 2-10-0-57
Total offense: PRB 275
Individual statistics
Rushing: PRB Abbott 16-126, Ben Kline 10-55, Levi Allen 6-37
Passing: PRB B. Kline 2-10 57
Receiving: PRB Plantz 1-51, Farmer 1-6
Conference: PRB 1-0. Overall: PRB 1-0. Next: Pine River-Backus at Bagley 7 p.m. Friday.
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