The Barnegat field hockey team should be fired up knowing its next opponent most likely is not only the top-seeded team, but also a familiar one, especially since most who know something about both squads will peg the Bengals as the underdogs.

Of course, as of Halloween night, the Bengals still weren’t certain they were playing Shore Conference Class B South rival Point Pleasant Borough – the Panthers, who lost to Shore Regional in the Shore Conference Tournament championship the day before,…