Trailing top-seeded York 3-0 after 5 innings with a bunt single being its lone base hit to that point, South Elgin’s baseball team found its offense at the right time during Saturday’s Class 4A sectional championship clash in Villa Park.

After tying the contest with a 3-run sixth, the fourth-seeded Storm (25-11) pushed the go-ahead run across in the top of the seventh on Justin Pold’s bases-loaded walk before holding on in the bottom half of the frame for a 4-3 victory over the Dukes (24-12).

“Those two sliders were in and the last one I fouled off – I really wanted that one,” said Pold, who delivered a clutch single during his first at-bat of the game in the sixth. “It was a nice at-bat and I was happy to come back and finish it (with the walk).”

“He is a true teammate,” Storm coach Ji

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