Jesse Hedlund has been around the block within the Barnegat boys soccer program. Now a senior, Hedlund has had a menagerie of players surrounding him the past few seasons, and, unfortunately, the results were not always positive. OK, the Bengals lost a lot more than they won.

But so far this fall, Hedlund really likes where the current crew of Bengals is headed.

“After a few years with a lot of different personalities, with the last two seasons not ending up so well, it feels good to start off…