Sheridan And Big Horn HS Football Teams Prepare For 2024 Semifinals Vs. Natrona And Lovell

In the semifinals, both Sheridan and Big Horn will rematch a team that they each faced nearly 2 months ago.

Sheridan: The Broncs defeated Natrona County on the road in middle September 29-7, in a game which neither team scored in the 2nd half.

Since then, the opposition has had time to rebuild and has put together what is now the #1 defense in 4A and #3 defense in all of Wyoming 11-man football.

Sheridan Head Coach Jeff Mowry says he’s noticed what NC has done differently, and the Broncs are going to have to think fast, because the Mustangs can and will switch strategies as the game goes on.

“They were predominantly a 4-man front with a 1-high safety in the first time we played them and then moved into a 3-man front 2-high safety in the 2nd half and then we’ve seen quite a bit of that in the 2nd half of the season. They’re mixing in between the 3-man front and the 4-man front and our offense has really got to pay attention to that. We have some things that we think we can attack in the 3-man front and then some things that we can attack in the 4-man front, but our team has to be able to identify that. We’ve got to be able to see it on the fly, and we’ve got to be able to make adjustments in the play. We think we have some things, but there’s only one way to find out, and we’ll get out there and I think the thing we’ve got to do is we got to get the ball in our play-makers hands and try to get them in a little bit of space, and if we can get them in space in a 1-on-1 situation, our guys to a good job of making tacklers miss and running through tacklers.”

Kickoff in Sheridan on Saturday is scheduled for 1pm.

As big as the history is between these 2 teams, the home team has won every time in the post-season, not counting when they’ve played each other in the state championship game at Laramie (6 times at Sheridan, 6 times at Natrona County).

Big Horn: Big Horn and Lovell will meet in the 2A semi-finals on Friday at BH.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4pm.

The Rams won on the road in Bulldog country 2 months ago, but a lot has changed between then and now.

Lovell is led by quarterback Davin Crosby who averages nearly 226 passing yards per game, which is tops in 2A, and 3rd in all of Wyoming 11-man football.

Big Horn Head Coach Kirk McLaughlin says he’s well aware of the passing threat, and the Rams defense can’t put 100% of their focus on just the opposing QB.

“They got a good scheme and they got great athletes. Their quarterback, the Crosby kid, really good football player. Smart, but he’s got a good offensive line to protect him, and then he’s got just athletes out there he can throw it to and they do some good things, but you can’t overlook them from the run game perspective either. They’ve got threats there. They may not be the top rushing team in the state, but they are good enough running the ball that they keep you honest.”

This is the 3rd year in a row that these 2 teams have played each other in both the regular and postseason.