Through the first few weeks of the season, there’s been a common theme with the Barnegat wrestling team, and it’s this: Most other teams are beatable except those in the Shore Conference Class B South division.

Last week, as the Bengals (8-5) began working into the depths of their January schedule, the opposite was true. Barnegat won both of its matches against B South opponents, including a 51-24 victory over nearby rival Pinelands Regional on Jan. 13.

“This was a match we really needed,” said head coach Brendan McCarthy, whose squad won six straight bouts from 126…