GILLETTE — After school let out Monday, Thunder Basin High School Principal Mike Daniel and Activities Director Erik Shepherd pushed a steel contraption in the shape of the school’s initials — TB — onto a street between the football stadium and the school.

The letters were wrapped in torn-up bedsheets and Daniel carried a spray jug filled with diesel fuel.

He explained how at halftime that night during the Bolts' junior varsity football game against Spearfish, South Dakota, the letters would be set on fire by a team of three local firemen, adding to the fanfare of the school's homecoming week.

For a school that hasn't yet welcomed home students to their 10-year reunion, the festivities are designed to lay a foundation for future celebrations by ingraining Thunder Basin High traditions.

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