After finishing 5-5 last fall, the Southern Regional football team viewed the season as a success, especially considering it lost its first three games and still managed to end up in the NJSIAA playoffs by winning its next five.

But this fall, head coach Chuck Donohue Sr. and his Rams have higher expectations. Not only are they looking to contend for the Shore Conference Class A South division title, but also to go deeper into the NJSIAA South Jersey Group V playoffs than their first-round exit…