Any hopes of the Barnegat High School varsity football team making the NJSIAA Group III playoffs got dashed on their home field Friday night with a28-14 loss to Point Pleasant Boro.

The defeatgave the Bengals a 3-5 record (3-3 in the Shore Conference B-South). The team can finish with a .500 recordif it wins its final two games, starting on Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. at home against Pleasantville.