While the ground shook beneath him, however long it lasted, Jakob Jason simply played through it. In fact, the entire Barnegat boys lacrosse team didn’t even realize an earthquake had happened midway through the first quarter until word got around the high school stadium at halftime.

“I was locked in and focused on the game,” said Jason, a junior attacker who buried four goals to help lead the Bengals to a 16-12 victory over Lacey in their season opener April 5, the same day a 4.8 temblor…