Two high school football games featuring Northeast Colorado teams took place in "zero week" action.  Here are the results:

• Friday - Yuma defeated Caliche 27-12
• Saturday - Akron topped John Mall 28-7

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The NJC Plainswomen Volleyball team went to North Platte to kick off their season and came out a perfect 6-0.  Sophomores Alyssa Muller (Libero), Amy Miller (Outside) and Karen Rivatto (Outside) all played well according to coach Amber Wiedeman.  Here are the results:

• Friday - defeated Colby CC 2-0 (25-11, 25-10)
• Friday - defeated Southeast CC 2-0 (25-16, 25-12)
• Friday - defeated Williston St. 2-0 (25-14, 25-11)
• Saturday - defeated Eastern Wyoming 2-0 (25-16, 25-21)
• Saturday - defeated Cloud CC 2-0 (25-14, 25-12)
• Saturday - defeated North Platte 2-1 (23-25, 25-16, 15-7)

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College Volleyball's season served up a full weekend of action with Colorado, Colorado State, Denver, Northern Colorado, Air Force and Wyoming all battling in various early-season tournaments.  Sterling native Dani Minch and the CSU Rams played in front of a record 6,333 fans in a Friday night 3-1 win over Duke.  Here are the full results:

• Air Force beat Long Island 3-2 (25-14, 22-25, 29-31, 25-19, 15-9) on Friday, lost to South Dakota 3-1 (30-32, 16-25, 25-19, 25-14) and lost to Boise State 3-1 (23-25, 18-25, 26-24, 18-25), both on Saturday.
• Colorado defeated Furman 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-19) on Friday and lost to Duke 3-2 (18-25, 28-26, 25-18, 16-25, 10-15) on Saturday.
• Colorado State beat Duke 3-1 (25-16, 26-24, 24-26, 25-21) on Friday and beat Furman 3-0 (25-16, 27-25, 25-21) on Saturday.
• Denver lost to Minnesota 3-0 (15-25, 9-25, 15-25) on Friday, lost to Marquette 3-0 (19-25, 16-25, 18-25) and beat Stony Brokk 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-21), both on Saturday.
• Northern Colorado lost to Cincinnati 3-1 (17-25, 25-23, 23-25, 16-25) on Friday and lost to San Diego State 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 16-25, 18-25) and beat Cal State Northridge 3-2 (22-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 19-17), both on Saturday.
• Wyoming beat Southern Utah 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-23) and Central Akransas 3-0 (25-18, 27-25, 25-18), both on Friday, and beat Northern Arizona 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 27-25) and Murray State 3-1 (25-20, 27-29, 25-21, 25-20), both on Saturday.

Also in action over the weekend were the Gonzaga Bulldogs, who feature Sterling High School graduate Schylur Edelman.  Their weekend highlight was a winning five-set thriller against Cal State - Bakersfield on Saturday.  Here are Gonzaga's results:

• Friday - lost to Drake 3-0 (18-25, 16-28, 18-25)
• Friday - lost to North Dakota 3-2 (25-23, 26-24, 17-25, 17-25, 8-15)
• Saturday - defeated San Jose St. 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 26-24)
• Saturday - defeated Cal State - Bakersfield 3-2 (25-22, 25-14, 19-25, 25-27, 15-13)

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The Colorado Rockies finally beat the LA Dodgers in a seies taking the series finale yesterday with an 10-5 win.  The Rockies took game two of the series 5-3 on Saturday after falling 6-2 in the opener Friday.  Here are links to the boxscores:

• Click here for Sunday's boxscore
• Click here for Saturday's recap and boxscore
• Click here for Friday's recap and boxscore

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The Denver Broncos faced the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night in their third preseason game this year.  Click here for the boxscore.