Weather has played havoc with local high school and Husker athletic schedules. Yesterday’s Husker baseball game against Creighton was postponed, as was today’s softball doubleheader against Minnesota. The Huskers and Golden Gophers will meet next Tuesday. No makeup date has been set for the baseball game. In high school sports, North Platte High’s soccer games against Hastings have been postponed to April 22, and the Lexington Golf Invite is postponed to April 15.

These games have been postponed due to weather. They will be made up April 22 in Hastings.

The unbeaten and ninth-ranked North Platte Lady Bulldog soccer team is back in action today, traveling to take on Hastings. The 7-0 Lady Bulldogs handed the 8-1 Tigers their first loss of the season in the semifinals of the GNAC tournament on Saturday. North Platte went on to win their second straight conference crown. The Bulldog boys also take on Hastings, seeking their second win in three tries after a sixth-place finish at GNAC.

This game has been postponed due to weather. No makeup date has been set.

The time has come for Nebraska and Creighton to renew acquaintances on the diamond. The two in-state rivals meet for the first time this season tonight at Hawks Field in Lincoln. The Huskers enter the game off of their third straight series win in Big Ten play. That’s the first time they’ve accomplished such a streak in conference play since 2008. But the Bluejays are even hotter, coming in ranked 30^th in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll thanks to an 18-6 overall record and a four-game winning streak. The Jays lost two out of three to the Huskers last season, and will look to start this year’s series off on the right foot by starting their ace, Tommy Strunc. Nebraska will counter on the mound with Brandon Pierce. First pitch is set for 6:35. The game will be broadcast statewide on NET.

San Francisco’s AT&T Park continues to be a house of horrors for the Colorado Rockies. They saw their five-game win streak snapped with a 4-2 loss to the Giants in game one of their three game series. Hunter Pence’s three-run homer in the first got the Giants out to the early lead. It would be all the damage permitted by Rockies starter Jorge de la Rosa, who worked six otherwise solid innings, striking out six. The Rockies got one back on Carlos Gonzalez’s third homer of the year in the third, a titanic blow that reached McCovey Cove. Chris Nelson’s RBI single in the sixth made it a one-run game, but the Giants bullpen held firm. Game two of the series is tonight at AT&T Park. Juan Nicasio takes the mound for the Rockies. He’ll be opposed by Tim Lincecum for the Giants. First pitch is set for 9:15.

Restricted free-agent running back Lance Ball signed the one year, $1.323 million dollar tender offer from the Denver Broncos yesterday. Ball has been a part of Denver’s backfield rotation since 2010. Last season he rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown on 42 carries and caught 7 passes for 61 yards and a score. Ball’s salary does not become guaranteed unless he makes the Broncos’ season-opening roster.

After snapping a lengthy losing streak over the weekend, the North Platte Lady Knights softball team returns to their home field today. The Lady Knights topped McCook on Saturday at the NCCAC tournament for their first victory in nearly a month. This evening they host Northeastern Junior College in a doubleheader. A win over the Plainswomen had been North Platte’s most recent victory before Saturday’s win. Today’s doubleheader gets underway at 4 PM.

The Husker baseball team was denied its second sweep of the Big Ten schedule. Iowa knocked off the Huskers 6-5 in Iowa City on Sunday afternoon to salvage one out of three games from the weekend series. Nebraska took an early 2-0 lead but the Hawkeyes scrapped back and took a 4-3 lead in the fifth. They extended the lead to 6-3 in the sixth and carried that margin into the ninth, where Nebraska rallied to score two runs on a sac fly and an error. But Austin Darby hit into a game-ending double play, leaving the tying run stranded at third. The Huskers did manage to win their third consecutive Big Ten series with their wins Friday and Saturday, and are now 7-2 in conference play. They begin a six-game homestand, their longest of the season, on Tuesday night when they renew their in-state rivalry with Creighton.

It took the Colorado Rockies just six games of the 2013 season to equal their longest winning streak of their dismal 2012 campaign. Dexter Fowler and Wilin Rosario homered as the Rockies routed the San Diego Padres 9-1 at Coors Field on Sunday afternoon. The win completes a sweep of the Padres and gives the Rockies five straight wins after their opening defeat. Fowler’s two-run homer highlighted a three-run first, and Rosario’s three-run jack in the seventh put the result beyond doubt. Jonathan Herrera chipped in three hits and two RBI. Jhoulys Chacin worked into the seventh inning on the mound for his first win. The Rockies are one of only four teams in the major leagues who have tallied five wins this season, and are off to their best start since 1995. They’ll face their sternest test of the season thus far over the next three games in San Francisco against the defending champion Giants. First pitch tonight is set for 9:15.

The Colorado Rockies make their 2013 home debut this afternoon, opening a three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Coors Field. The Rockies bring a winning record home with them after taking two out of three games at Milwaukee to open the season. The Padres dropped two out of three to the Mets in their opening series. Jeff Francis gets the starting pitching assignment for the Rockies. San Diego will counter with former Rockie Jason Marquis. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action today, with the pregame show at 2:30 and the first pitch at 3:10.