For the first 44 minutes of the Pinelands Regional girls soccer team’s contest against Shore Conference Class B South rival Lacey on Sept. 25, the Wildcats seemed out of sync, off kilter and at times downright sloppy. The Lions carried the bulk of the play, won a vast majority of the 50-50 balls and were out-muscling and out-hustling the Wildcats all over the field.

Sure, Alex Hanna delivered a shot on goal off a corner kick and it bounced off the left goal post with just over four minutes left…