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.
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.
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Red Bank Catholic and Rumson-Fair Haven ratcheted up their rivalry in 2021 and are set to carry the competition into 2022 as two of the best in the Shore Conference.