Burlington Central players mob pitcher Riley Jensen after he threw a complete game in Saturday's 4-2 victory against Freeport in the championship of the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional. | Donnell Collins~For Sun-Times Media
Burlington Central's Clem Acitelli was called safe as Freeport's Matt LeBeau applies the tag on a play that helped catapult the Rockets toward a sectional champioship on Saturday in Sycamore. | Donnell Collins~For Sun-Times Media
Burlington Central pitcher Riley Jensen follows through with a pitch during the seventh inning Saturday against Freeport. | Donnell Collins~For Sun-Times Media
Burlington Central outfielders Ray Hunnicutt (left) and Reed Hunnicutt avoid a near collision as Ray makes the play in the bottom of the seventh inning of Saturday's sectional championship game against Freeport in Sycamore. | Donnell Collins~For Sun-Times
Burlington Central claimed the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional championship on Saturday — the program’s first-ever sectional title — thanks in large part to its not-so-secret weapon, the electrifying baserunning of Ray Hunnicutt. The senior center fielder’s lead-off walk and two subsequent stolen bases sparked the …