Keeping in mind this season’s motto- to push harder, to never give up, and to believe – the Barnegat High School competitive cheerleading team battled through a number of injuries to earn sixth place in Medium Varsity Division II at the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month.

The Bengals have attended the prestigious event for the past seven years, and were national finalists for six years straight – “a huge accomplishment in and of itself,” noted…