Toward the end of last season, Connor Carney had a lot of great things to say about his teammates with the Pinelands Regional golf team. He also was looking forward to this season.

“I’m super excited for this team,” he said at the time, when the Wildcats clinched the Shore Conference Class B South division championship. “We’ll have a lot on our shoulders because the expectations will be higher. But those are going to be our expectations, so that’s OK with us.