The wide-eyed 8-year-old would turn to his father and want to know why adults all around him were madly cheering for players who brawl.

The more than two thousand people crammed on the afterdecks cheered madly and waved their arms frantically.

He was led to a wooden dais, above a throng of people cheering madly.

One moment he was cheering madly, the next apprehensively discussing his future.

The Whyteleafe children cheered madly when they heard the good news.

He was immediatly mobbed by his teammates, and the crowd, aware of the vow, cheered madly.

Someone was holding his arm up, and the spectators were cheering madly.

He shouted because we were in a crowd where everyone else was cheering madly.

The crowd was cheering madly, and it went wild when the blue sled increased the lead to half a length.

Some were cheering madly, some were laughing, others gasping in horror.