Thunder Basin eliminates Laramie High, advances to 4A state tournament in Casper

Laramie High School’s Plainsmen were eliminated from 4A regional postseason play after a weekend of seeding games that left Sheridan as the 1-seed and Thunder Basin as the 2-seed for the Class 4A state tournament in Casper, but public bracket records contain conflicting accounts of which team knocked out Laramie. In the 4A East semifinal listed for Friday, March 7, Sheridan beat Laramie 61-49, and on Saturday Campbell County beat Laramie 76-62 in the 3rd place game, the bracket lines say, "Final Score: Campbell County 76 Laramie 62 – 3rd Place Game- Camels secure the 3-seed, while Plainsmen will be the 4."

Bracket entries for the regional championship show the Bolts and Broncs meeting in the final: "Final Score: Sheridan 65Thunder Basin 55 – Championship Game- Broncs get the 1-seed for state, Bolts will be the 2." The region’s semifinal results printed for Friday also list "Final Score: Thunder Basin 63 Campbell County 57 – semifinal," which, taken together with the championship line, indicates Thunder Basin advanced to state as the East Region 2-seed after beating Campbell County then falling to Sheridan in the title game.

At the same time, an original report text included in the materials states, "Laramie High School’s Plainsmen were eliminated in the 4A regional round after a loss to Thunder Basin, while Thunder Basin advanced to the state tournament in Casper. WyoPreps’ Marc" That direct fragment names Thunder Basin as Laramie’s elimination opponent, but the detailed semifinal and 3rd-place entries above show Sheridan and Campbell County as Laramie’s listed opponents and do not include a Thunder Basin-Laramie score. The two sets of records therefore conflict on who directly eliminated Laramie.

Region-wide logistics and other regional results are recorded in the weekend bracket feed. The materials include the line, "The 2025 postseason is here for high school boys’ basketball teams in Class 3A and 4A around Wyoming," and list regional sites as Cheyenne, Glenrock, Lander, and Rock Springs. Several non-4A East results are also printed: "Final Score:Torrington 39Wheatland 37 – Championship Game- Trailblazers will be the 1-seed at state, Bulldogs get the 2," and "Final Score: Buffalo 60 Douglas 59 – 3rd Place Game- Bison get the 3-seed, Bearcats will be the 4." Friday updates include "Final Score: Glenrock 59 Newcastle 44 – Dogies are eliminated" and "Final Score: Rawlins 57 Burns 47 – Broncs are eliminated," along with an operational note, "\\\\UPDATE - GAMES STARTING 1 HOUR LATER DUE TO ROADS IN THE AREA" tied to the Cody-Lovell/Glenrock scoreboard block.

Key discrepancies that need verification before the local record is closed are clear and narrow: confirm the exact opponent and score that eliminated Laramie High, reconcile the early line that reads "Final Score:(3) Laramie 65 (6) Cheyenne Central 59 – Indians are eliminated; Plainsmen qualify for state" with the later semifinal and 3rd-place lines that place Laramie fourth, and resolve the year/date labeling that appears both as "The 2025 postseason" and as an original report referencing "the weekend of March 5–7, 2026." The printed bracket seeds for the 4A East, as listed in the records, are Sheridan 1, Thunder Basin 2, Campbell County 3, and Laramie 4; the state tournament is scheduled in Casper next week on the postseason calendar provided.

Local coaches and athletic directors who want the official bracket confirmation should note the one-hour start change flagged in the bracket feed and the mixed lines around Laramie’s path; tournament-host records and school athletic staff can resolve whether Laramie ever faced Thunder Basin and which schedule entries correspond to the March 7 regional weekend. The state tournament field and seeding entries are in place on the published brackets, but the Laramie elimination opponent and the year label remain points for immediate verification.