Playing without senior star Will Thygeson, CBA turned to a pair of juniors for offense as the Colts topped Howell to win their second straight Shore Conference title and 12th overall.
Hailey Santiago delivered a first-half goal and the defense did the rest as Freehold Township topped Howell to win its second straight Shore Conference Tournament title.
Four teams remain in the Shore Conference Boys Soccer Tournament, including a No. 13 seed that has not made it this far in 18 years. How will it all go down in Neptune on Thursday?
It took almost 65 minutes, but Freehold Township finally scored the dagger Wednesday and put away St. John Vianney to reach its second straight Shore Conference Tournament final.
Howell's senior leaders raised the bar in the offseason and it paid off Wednesday with a win over Point Boro to reach the program's first ever Shore Conference Tournament final.
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.