An additional 40-minute rain delay coming out of halftime could have turned into disaster for the Barnegat boys soccer team on Sept. 26. Instead, the Bengals weathered the storm and made a big statement to anybody watching the Shore Conference Class B South standings.

“Coach said right before we went back out to the field that we needed to be better,” said senior Grady Edwards, who scored twice and gave out an assist during the Bengals’ 5-0 thumping of Manchester.