Sheridan girls basketball hands Natrona Fillies third loss of season 53-51 in state tournament quarterfinals

 

SHERIDAN — With 1.5 seconds on the clock in the fourth quarter of the Sheridan High School girls basketball team’s game against Natrona County in the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper Friday, the Fillies successfully inbounded the ball, then swung it to Emma Patik waiting in the left corner behind the arc.

In the quarterfinal matchup between the East’s No. 4 Lady Broncs and West’s No. 1 Fillies, Patik held the fate of both teams in her hands for less than half a second. The scoreboard showed a 53-51 Sheridan lead when the ball left Patik’s hands.

The backboard lit up red, the final horn sounded and the blue-clad Lady Broncs and white-jerseyed Fillies froze to watch Patik’s shot. The ball bounced off the back of the rim, Patik doubled over in defeat and sophomore Sydni Bilyeu threw her hands into the air to lead the victorious Lady Broncs to their bench.

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