On paper, the NJSIAA Group III semifinals contest should have been a close game, and for a couple of innings it was just that. But one team was confident and the other seemed tentative, and once defending Group III champion Steinert took control of the game with a big third inning, the wind in Pinelands Regional’s sail disappeared.

“The temperature of the team just wasn’t there,” said senior center fielder Madison Dancisin, who whacked the first of the Wildcats’ three hits in the top of the…