Howell failed to score for the second straight game, but its defense and penalty-kick prowess has the Rebels headed back to the SCT semifinals for the first time in 12 years.
Howell, Middletown North, Rumson-Fair Haven and Point Beach will try to fill half the spots in the state finals with Shore teams by surviving Monday's Group Semifinals in South Jersey.
Brian Doherty singled home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh and Rumson-Fair Haven survived a two-day battle with St. John Vianney to reach the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals for the second straight year.
Check out the top pitchers from the second full week of the Shore Conference Baseball season and vote for the one you think should be the overall Pitcher of the Week.
Check out the top players from the second full week of the Shore Conference Baseball season and vote for the one you think should be the overall Player of the Week.
Charlie Jones got locked in for the last 10 outs of the game and his offense came through when it counted as No. 1 Rumson-Fair Haven topped No. 3 Ranney in a hyper-competitive April game.