SHERIDAN — It took 60 minutes of playing time and nine rounds of penalty kicks for the Sheridan High School boys soccer team to prove the Thunder Basin Bolts are beatable. Seven makes and two misses from the Broncs, along with three saves from Sheridan goalkeeper Chris Larson, secured the 4A East Regional championship title for the Broncs for the first time since 2016.

Sheridan players squatted or stood with their hands on their knees at the halfway line, while head coach Scott Soderstrom stood behind his team watching the shootout. When sophomore Wyatt Brown scored and Bolts senior Ricardo Diaz whiffed with his answer, the Broncs first swarmed goaltender Larson then their head coach.

“It feels so good,” Soderstrom said. “This is the most mentally tough group of guys ever, and that’s a good thing because that was the difference in the game.”

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