The run is over.

FULL STEAM AHEAD: Barnegat junior Jamie White and the Bengals didn’t make it to the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 final this season, but White now will focus on going after a state individual title. (Photos by David Biggy)

For the first time in years, the Barnegat girls bowling team did not win a state sectional championship.

“It’s all good. We had a great run, and today we ran into a better team,” said coach Jon Gordon, whose Bengals lost a 2-0 contest to perennial power Brick in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 semifinals at Ocean Lanes on Feb. 19. “We lost two good seniors last year and still made it to the semifinals with a pair of freshmen in the lineup, so I can’t complain.