With the clock ticking down on the season, senior quarterback Landon Arnold took some time to gather his thoughts at the edge of the sideline during a Burlington Central timeout.

Even true leaders need a minute to pull themselves together.

“I’m an emotional person,” Arnold said. “It’s on my shoulders so my team doesn’t have to worry about it. I just had to take a moment to reset and get my head back in the game.”

The road was too far gone for the Rockets to recover Saturday in a 49-21 loss to Fenwick at Triton in River Grove, but Arnold kept up his aggressive play in the Class 6A state quarterfinal game.

Arnold completed 13 of 25 passes for 171 yards as Burlington Central (10-2) passed more than usual while chasing most of the game. He also ran for 45 yards and caught a 3-yard TD pas

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