SHERIDAN — As the 4A Northeast Regional wrestling tournament progressed through the quarter finals, consolation semifinals, semifinals and championship matches Friday afternoon, the volume in the Sheridan High School gym rose as coaches, teammates and fans of the Broncs, Thunder Basin Bolts and Campbell County Camels cheered for their athletes.

The championship matches, most of them between Sheridan and Thunder Basin wrestlers battling for coveted team points, featured a match that reached quadruple overtime, Sheridan wins by pins and loses by decisions. The various ways in which the Broncs both won and lost heightened the tension in the gym as the teams awaited official word of the team scores.

When SHS Activities and Athletics Director Don Julian, who served as the public address announcer for the tournament, cleared his throat to announce the final team scores it was only fitting the gym fell near silent for the only time during the afternoon.

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