SHERIDAN — The Sheridan High School boys basketball team aspired to win a 4A state championship and looked poised to do so after finishing the regular season 15-2 with a 5-1 conference record. A 66-44 win over Riverton in the state championship tournament quarterfinals last Friday afternoon set up the Broncs to play Cheyenne Central in the nightcap semifinal game in which Sheridan shot uncharacteristically poorly and surrendered the third-most points it has allowed all season in the 67-45 loss.

As a testament to the Broncs’ camaraderie, love for the game and appreciation for each other as teammates and friends, Sheridan responded to its semifinal loss with an 81-62 victory over the Star Valley Braves in the third-place game Saturday afternoon. Though the Broncs will certainly remember earning the third-place trophy during the 2020-21 season, bus rides, fun practices and building a winning culture will stick with the senior Sheridan players and head coach Jeff Martini after the hardware takes its place in the trophy case.

“Being able as a team to come together and unite for that overall purpose of sacrificing a little bit of yourself for the betterment of the whole, I think our guys did a great job of that,” Martini said. “... It was, overall, just a great team year, and that doesn’t always happen, so to me that’s why it was a special year.”

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