Weekend sports kicked off the football season.  Many area teams were in action, including virtually every football team in Northeast Colorado. 

• In 6-man football, the closest game saw Peetz top Liberty (Joes) 41-26 on Friday night. 
• In 8-man football, Merino beat Stratton 49-26 in the closest game and the one covered on 104.7 King FM on Friday night.
• In the closest 1A game, Wiggins fell to Limon 20-6 on Friday.
• Brush and Fort Morgan tangled on Friday night with Brush winning 41-0.

Click here to see complete weekend results on the football side courtesy of Colorado Preps. 

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NJC Volleyball went to Salt Lake City over the weekend, and while they lost their first match of the season, they still came out with a tidy 9-1 season record.  Here's the weekend results:

• Friday - defeated Snow College 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-18)
• Friday - lost to Western Wyoming 0-3 (16-25, 18-25, 23-25)
• Saturday - defeated Arizona Western 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-22)
• Saturday - defeated #11 North Idaho 3-0 (25-21, 28-26, 26-24)

The Plainswomen host their home opener tomorrow night at 7pm against North Platte.  104.7 King FM will also debut our 2010 season of coverage tomorrow night!

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Scotty McKnight became Colorado’s career receptions leader with a 27-yard touchdown grab that sparked the Buffaloes to a 24-3 season-opening win over archrival Colorado State in the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown on Saturday. 

The Buffaloes got off to a good start in what will be a crucial year for coach Dan Hawkins, who has yet to post a winning season since arriving in Boulder from Boise State in 2006.

With three interceptions, freshman quarterback Pete Thomas had a rough debut for the Rams, who lost their last nine games of last season to finish 3-9, same as the Buffaloes.

Read more by clicking here.

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The Colorado Rockies are firmly back in the playoff race thanks to a weekend sweep of the San Diego Padres.  They now sit just 5 1/2 games out of the wild card spot and 4 1/2 out of the NL West lead thanks to a great weekend.

Carlos Gonzales' 3-hit day set the table perfectly for Troy Tulowitzki and Melvin Mora, who each had 2 RBIs, as the Rockies finished the Padres off 6-2 yesterday.

See the boxscore by clicking here.