Football

As the Widefield area gather for Community Day, Mesa Ridge football struck early to get a big win over the Gladiators on Saturday.

For the first time since 2017, Fountain-Fort Carson football came away with a rivalry win over Doherty to capture the shield.

LAKEWOOD — If you left your seat at Jeffco Stadium for a few minutes Friday night you could very well have missed five touchdowns by No. 3-ranked Columbine.

LAKEWOOD — Dakota Ridge football continues to light up the scoreboard.

A complete schedule and scoreboard for football’s top-10 teams during Week 3 of the 2021 season is below.

When Jared Yannacito took over as Golden’s head coach prior to the 2017 season, the Demons hadn’t been to the playoffs since 2002. The year prior to his arrival, they went 1-9 and got outscored 327-74.

After three weeks of play on the gridiron, Valor Christian, Palmer Ridge, Roosevelt, Eaton, Limon, Sanford and Granada are ranked No. 1 in their respective classifications.

In front of another packed Montrose Stadium, the Class 4A fourth-ranked Montrose football team faced 3A second-ranked and defending state champion Durango. It was also the return of former Montrose head coach Todd Casebier as the visiting Demons’ head coach.

LAKEWOOD — Sophomore Nowell Dacres jumped into the stands after a dramatic 17-14 victory to help lead the singing of the fight song with the Green Mountain High School Marching Band.

A last second strike from Tate Christian to Ethan Boren gave Manitou Springs football a thrilling win over Salida.