2021 Class 4A State Championship Preview [VIDEOS]

The top two teams will battle for the Class 4A football state championship with Rock Springs going up against Sheridan on Saturday in Laramie.

Sheridan won the regular-season meeting between the two schools in a back-and-forth game from Week 3, 27-24.

This will be the third time they will play each other for a championship but the previous two were in 1934 and 1935. Here we are 86 years later.

WyoPreps had in-depth conversations with both head coaches before the game, Sheridan’s Jeff Mowry, and Rock Springs’ Mark Lenhardt.

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Team Info & Series History:

Rock Springs (10-1) – Mark Lenhardt: 3rd year as head coach; 7 state championships in school history; the most recent was in 2002 (36-14 over Campbell County). That was part of a back-to-back with the 2001 title right before it. Their first state championship was back in 1935. This is the Tigers’ first trip to a championship game in Laramie.

Sheridan (10-1) – Jeff Mowry: 4th year as head coach; 27 state championships in school history; the last was in 2019 (35-26 over Thunder Basin). Their first title came in 1921. These Broncs have appeared in 8 of the previous 11 Class 4A title games in Laramie. They won it in 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019.

Sheridan leads the series 26-4 with two ties. They first played each other in a varsity game in 1934 for a state championship. In the postseason, this will be the eighth meeting between the two schools. Sheridan holds a 7-1 advantage over Rock Springs. The last win in the series for the Tigers was in 1959. They have split the two championship game meetings.

Team Stats per game:

Sheridan Rock Springs

Rush Offense = No. 2 (226) No. 1 (251)

Pass Offense = No. 7 (121) No. 5 (146)

Total Offense = No. 4 (347) No. 1 (397)

Scoring Offense = No. 2 (37.5) No. 1 (42.5)

Rush Defense = No. 2 (114) No. 1 (100)

Pass Defense = No. 10 (168) No. 8 (145)

Total Defense = No. 3 (281) No. 1 (245)

Scoring Defense = No. 1 (12.1) No. 3 (15.5)

Key Players:

Sheridan = Colson Coon – 128.9 rushing yards per game, 18 TDs; Carl Askins – 103.1 passing yards per game, 15 TDs, 7 INTs; Dom Kaszas – 28 rec. for 425 yards, 8 TDs; Michael Greer – 15.5 defensive points per game – ranks No. 4

Rock Springs = Dylan Coburn – 66.6 rushing yards per game, 15 TDs; Isaac Schoenfeld – 995 all-purpose yards, 13 TDs; Brock Bider – 136.7 passing yards per game, 20 TDs, 4 INTs; Andrew Skorcz – 27 rec. for 583 yards, 9 TDs; Cadon Shaklee – 12.1 defensive points per game – ranks No. 10.

The game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start on Saturday in Laramie.

Series history information is Courtesy of Wyoming-football.com.