When two of the teams within a division are depleted, it makes picking up ground difficult, especially once your team falls behind in the standings. The Barnegat girls bowling squad’s push toward a possible division title probably ended last week, but it officially was put to rest on Feb. 5.

Locked in a second-place battle with Lacey in the Shore Conference South B division, the Bengals on Monday had to do something big – like score a three-game sweep – to put any type of pressure on first-place…