Following its worst offensive half of the season, Marlboro used its defense and rebounding to get going and race past CBA and into the SCT championship game.
Manasquan erased some December demons by shutting down Red Bank Catholic and St. John Vianney continued its N.J. dominance to set up Sunday's championship game.
First, CBA was 10-0. Then, the Colts could not figure out how to win. After Sunday, they rediscovered their winning formula and reached the Shore Conference semifinals.
Howell started Tuesday's Shore Conference Tournament opening-round game at Manalapan red-hot and finished it with the composure fitting of a senior-led team.
Herman Colbert scored the game-winning goal in the final minute and Freehold Township pulled through against Holmdel to reach the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals.