As Southern Regional’s varsity field hockey team prepares to start its regular season with a Sept. 11 game against Toms River East, there’s a new voice echoing from the sidelines. Jenna Lombardo, 25, a former player and now a health and physical education teacher in the district, is at the helm of the team following the death of longtime coach Kathy Snyder this past January.

Snyder, 58, was a Southern institution; she taught and coached – both field hockey and basketball – for more than three…