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Overall execution was the one glaring difference between South Elgin and Rockton Hononegah on Wednesday in the semifinals of the Class 4A McHenry Sectional at Petersen Park. Not much separated the teams in what turned out to be a one-run contest, but flawless defense and an opportunistic offense was enough to carry the Storm to a 4-3 victory and its first-ever berth … ]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 23:58:46 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12879758-393/baseball-south-elgin-makes-all-the-right-moves-in-sectional-win.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12879758-393/baseball-south-elgin-makes-all-the-right-moves-in-sectional-win.html
Right up until the final at-bat the hits kept on coming Saturday during the championship game of the Class 4A McHenry Sectional. With his team trailing South Elgin by one run in the bottom of the seventh, Grant junior Tyler Gorski stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. What followed was a riveting showdown between Gorski and Storm … ]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:31:52 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12942340-393/baseball-grant-edges-south-elgin-in-thrilling-sectional-final.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12942340-393/baseball-grant-edges-south-elgin-in-thrilling-sectional-final.html
Extra-inning playoff baseball lends itself to high drama, and South Elgin’s Jake Buhman had no trouble handling the pressure Saturday. The senior designated hitter stepped to the plate against Elgin ace Alex Doty with one out and runners at first and second in the bottom of the eighth inning of a tie game. Buhman fell behind in the count before lining a … ]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 23:40:55 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12796400-393/baseball-jake-buhmans-game-winning-hit-propels-south-elgin-past-elgin.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12796400-393/baseball-jake-buhmans-game-winning-hit-propels-south-elgin-past-elgin.html
Nothing came easy for South Elgin on Wednesday against the host team at the Class 4A Larkin Regional. The top-seeded Storm kept its season alive with a 7-5 semifinal victory, but not before enduring some pressure-packed moments brought on by the fourth-seeded Royals. Larkin (11-23) nipped at South Elgin’s heels all day, rallying from a three-run deficit to tie the score in … ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 00:19:05 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12734220-393/baseball-south-elgin-holds-off-larkin.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12734220-393/baseball-south-elgin-holds-off-larkin.html There are plenty of ways to snap a six-game losing streak in baseball, and Tuesday South Elgin chose the highly dramatic method. The Storm came back from a 4-0 deficit in the final two innings against rival Bartlett, while winning pitcher Joe Crivolio set a school record with 14 strikeouts, and coach Jim Kating got his official 100th career coaching victory by … ]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 21:54:11 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12559890-393/baseball-jim-kating-wins-100th-game-south-elgin-halts-skid.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12559890-393/baseball-jim-kating-wins-100th-game-south-elgin-halts-skid.html Metea Valley and South Elgin are two teams headed in opposite directions. The visiting Mustangs capped off a three-game sweep over the Storm on Saturday with a 4-3, 3-1 (10 innings) doubleheader sweep thanks to strong pitching and some late-inning clutch hitting. Metea improves to 16-15 overall and 13-12 in the Upstate Eight Valley, while South Elgin (16-10, 13-9) saw its losing … ]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 19:02:15 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12495733-393/baseball-metea-valley-sweeps-south-elgin.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12495733-393/baseball-metea-valley-sweeps-south-elgin.html
It took a sixth-inning mini-rally, but that was enough for Neuqua Valley to pull out an 8-7 Upstate Eight Valley win over South Elgin Tuesday in Naperville. After the Storm (16-7, 13-6) tied the game with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, the Wildcats (20-7, 14-3) answered with a run of their own in the bottom half of … ]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 22:24:36 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12410334-393/baseball-neuqua-valley-uses-ralley-to-propel-past-south-elgin.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12410334-393/baseball-neuqua-valley-uses-ralley-to-propel-past-south-elgin.html
Neuqua Valley used a little small ball to spark a huge doubleheader sweep Saturday against host South Elgin. Jeff Evak’s suicide-squeeze bunt in the top of the seventh brought home the go-ahead run in a 2-1 victory in the opener. The Wildcats then used the momentum from the hard-fought win to rout the Storm 13-0 in five innings in Game 2. The … ]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 22:00:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12348495-393/baseball-neuqua-valley-sweeps-south-elgin.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12348495-393/baseball-neuqua-valley-sweeps-south-elgin.html Being right in the thick of the title hunt in the Upstate Eight Valley race, South Elgin could not afford to let a 5-0 loss to Lake Park on Wednesday linger. On Thursday the Storm bounced back with a 6-1 victory at home over the Lancers to stay even with Neaqua Valley atop the division. Junior David Palmer went the distance to … ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 21:28:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12306729-393/baseball-south-elgin-bounces-back-against-lake-park.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12306729-393/baseball-south-elgin-bounces-back-against-lake-park.html As it has done all season, South Elgin made a habit of coming through in the clutch on Tuesday. The Storm scored five runs with two outs and starter David Palmer consistently pitched his way out of trouble as South Elgin improved to 14-3 overall and 11-2 in the Upstate Eight Valley with a 9-1 win over visiting Waubonsie Valley (6-11, 2-5). … ]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:00:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12117974-393/baseball-south-elgins-clutch-hitting-beats-waubonsie-valley.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/12117974-393/baseball-south-elgins-clutch-hitting-beats-waubonsie-valley.html Ever since being embarrassed in a 16-0 loss at St. Charles East a week ago, South Elgin has gone on a roll. It continued on Thursday with the Storm winning its third straight game with a 4-1 victory at St. Charles North in Upstate Eight action. A big reason why has been stellar pitching. South Elgin has allowed a total of just … ]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:02:44 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11870815-393/baseball-chris-bingham-shines-in-south-elgin-win.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11870815-393/baseball-chris-bingham-shines-in-south-elgin-win.html
South Elgin and Streamwood have a history of staging highly competitive games against each other on the baseball field, and Tuesday’s clash between the District U46 rivals was no exception. Storm starter David Palmer and Sabres starter Richie Gorski were both sharp on the mound, but Palmer ultimately got a bit more help from his teammates in the field and at the … ]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:27:27 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11830414-393/baseball-surging-south-elgin-knocks-off-slumping-streamwood.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11830414-393/baseball-surging-south-elgin-knocks-off-slumping-streamwood.html
All of St. Charles East’s recent struggles seemed to blow away like dust in the wind on Thursday. The Saints had lost their previous four games, the last three by one run, and had managed a total of just two runs in their last two defeats. However, with a gusty wind howling straight out that all changed as the host Saints broke … ]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:12:29 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11744585-393/baseball-anthony-sciarrino-homers-twice-in-st-charles-east-win.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11744585-393/baseball-anthony-sciarrino-homers-twice-in-st-charles-east-win.html The old baseball adage that a walk is as good as a hit certainly proved to be true for South Elgin on Saturday. In fact, David Goins’ bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the Storm a dramatic 6-5 nonconference win over visiting Huntley. After a season-opening loss, the Storm have won three in a row. … ]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:57:21 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11644580-393/baseball-south-elgin-edges-huntley-on-walk.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11644580-393/baseball-south-elgin-edges-huntley-on-walk.html
If South Elgin junior pitcher David Palmer needed a reminder Wednesday of what can happen with the wind blowing out 30 miles per hour, teammate Andrew Weedman provided one with a home run to right field in the third inning on a high pitch against Hampshire pitcher Jacob Kuhn. However, Palmer didn’t need such a reminder after struggling with his control in … ]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:54:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11588163-393/baseball-david-palmer-in-control-for-south-elgin.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/11588163-393/baseball-david-palmer-in-control-for-south-elgin.html
John Menken is taking his talents to Carbondale. The recent South Elgin graduate landed a spot on the Southern Illinois baseball team as a walk-on last month, and now he’s less than two weeks away from heading downstate and following through on his dream of playing Division-I athletics. “Ever since I was little I set my goals to play at a level … ]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:54:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/7012321-393/menken-lands-spot-on-southern-illinois-baseball-squad.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/southelgin/baseball/7012321-393/menken-lands-spot-on-southern-illinois-baseball-squad.html