Omar Rivera-Rojas and Alberto Rojas-Hernandez on Friday pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the 2019 Howell murder of Domingo Merino-Rafael of Lakewood.
Howell has lost a stunning number of close games over the last three seasons and with some more experience and more muscle in camp this year, the Rebels are hoping to change that.
Snacks were stolen and a security door damaged in the facility in Deerwood Park in Howell used by the South Howell Little League three weeks before opening day.
It means that Monmouth County's two largest municipalities by area, Howell and Middletown, will have armed personnel in their schools when the 2022-23 academic year begins.
Nick Barracato and Jason Pace started the postseason as extra pitchers, but both took center stage Monday in an extra-inning win over Cherokee in the Group IV semifinals.
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.