So far this spring, the Barnegat baseball team’s season has been a bit of a roller coaster. Right now, the Bengals are on the way up, and that’s where they’re hoping to stay for the remainder of the campaign.

“We’re a young team. Most of us are juniors playing varsity for the first time,” said Jared Schworn after the Bengals scored 11 runs during the third, fourth and fifth innings on May 13 to beat Shore Conference Class B South rival Manchester, 12-8.