For the past few years, Ed Truitt learned a lot about playing a new brand of ball, and he did a good job as an assistant softball coach alongside Jamie Bernaldo. But now he’s returning to his roots, taking over the reins of the Southern Regional High School baseball program.

Interestingly, the former Pinelands standout isn’t going to be alone in becoming acclimated with the level of play in the Shore Conference Class A South division, typically one of the toughest along the Jersey Shore – the Rams have fewer than a handful of players back from last…