Schaumburg, IL — Crystal Lake South kept battling to keep its postseason run alive on Monday no matter how many different obstacles were placed in its way. The Gators overcame four lead changes, three ties and a one-hour, seven-minute rain delay against Fenwick in their Class 3A Schaumburg supersectional to win, 8-6, in six innings, returning to the state semifinals for the first time since 2017. Crystal Lake South will play Nazareth at noon Friday at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet. "We needed to believe to win," South designated hitter Chris Kahle said. "We came this far, everyone wanted to pull through and all the confidence was there." Down 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth, South had the bases loaded with one out. Fenwick reliever Luke Mockler walked Mark DeCicco to tie the game at 6-all. Luis Gonzalez then came in to pitch for the Friars and walked Kahle to give South a 7-6 lead. Joey Weldon added a sacrifice fly to right field to make it 8-6 Gators. The two teams, which had played through rain since the start of the fifth inning, were sent to the dugouts soon after following a nearby lighting strike. After a one-hour, seven-minute delay, the groundskeeper decided that the storms wouldn't clear and the contest was called. "This was one of the things that was out of our control," said Fenwick assistant coach Kyle Kmiecik, who filled in for Fenwick manager Dave Hogan. "It's not an easy thing to swallow."