The Barnegat boys swim team has a whole crop of seniors who are on their way out of the program, but’s that not what Declan Lustenberger considered the Bengals’ secret weapon this season.

“Our secret weapon is Coach Cherry,” he said after Emily Cherry’s third-seeded Bengals knocked off sixth-seeded West Deptford, 104-66, in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group C tournament on Feb. 10.