THORNTON, Colo — Riverdale Ridge High School was packed Friday morning as nearly 1,000 people received care from a free dental clinic. It’s the 17th year the Colorado Mission of Mercy (COMOM) has hosted the free clinic.

More than 200 volunteer dentists provided free dental treatment for families. The care included crowns, fillings and even free dentures. The value of the provided care is around $1 million.

“Being able to come here today is really helpful financially,” said Aleya Patrick, a Colorado resident who needed a filling.

Although Patrick is from Colorado, many of the patients made the long drive from out of state. COMOM staff confirmed to Denver7 that some of the patients came from California, Iowa and Texas. Additionally, some families camped out the night before.

“Today is one of the busiest days we’ve had in a long time,” said Dr. Nathaniel Kunzman, a dentist providing care at the event.

Colorado Mission of Mercy hosts free dental clinic at a Thornton high school

Kunzman has participated in nine of the previous dental clinics.

“It’s not just heart warming, it’s soul uplifting,” said Kunzman.

The event will continue Saturday morning starting at 6 a.m. Patients are advised to arrive early for treatment since supplies can run out quickly.

You can find out more about COMOM here.

The 2024 Colorado high school football season continues this week with several big matchups across the state, including a big matchup with Cherry Creek hosting Pine Creek on Friday (September 27).

Another sizable Friday matchup is Ralston Valley vs Valor Christian. Both teams remained undefeated last week as Ralston Valley took care of ThunderRidge 39-2 and Valor Christian came out on top against Mullen 46-20.

You can follow all of the CHSAA football games and get updated scores by tracking the SBLive Colorado High School Football Scoreboard. We will have in-game score updates and all of the final scores from every corner of the state. You can also search for full schedules and complete scores from all of your favorite teams.

Here’s a guide to following all of the Colorado high school football action on Friday night:

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LOGAN, Utah – The Colorado State volleyball team defeated the Utah State Aggies to open conference play Thursday night on the road as the Rams took down the defending regular season champions in five sets, prevailing 3-2.
 
A veteran team in Colorado State entered conference play against a common foe, although the lineup on the other side of the net did not seem so familiar. The Utah State Aggies entered 2024 conference play as the defending champs, but only returned one starter from last year’s squad making it a true veteran versus newcomer type of game despite the historic rivalry.
 
Starting in true veteran form, the Rams took set one on the Aggies 25-15, setting the pace and the tone for the game ahead with four kills each to start the match from fifth-year seniors Kennedy Stanford and Naeemah Weathers.
 
The Aggies, however, were still rooted in that championship culture and were not ready to go down easy, especially on opening night of the conference season. After hitting a .000 in the first set, Utah State climbed back up to out-hit the Rams .278 to .107 in the second set. Developing a lead and never looking back, winning the set 25-22 to tie the match and one.
 
The third set saw yet another surge from Weathers in the front row with support from fellow middle blocker Karina Leber throughout the set. Weathers had six kills and two blocks alone in the third set while Leber added four kill out of the middle to lead the Rams to a 25-18 third set victory.
 
Momentum was in favor of the Rams going into the fourth set, but the home crowd wasn’t. Knowing they had their backs against the wall in the Wayne Estes Center, more commonly known as ‘Club Estes’, the Aggie faithful helped lift their team to a fourth set win that boasted seven lead changed and 11 tie scores. While the Rams out served Utah State in the fourth with five team aces in the set, a scrappy attacking percentage kept the Aggies in the match, winning set three in extra points, 27-25 to force a race to 15 fifth set.
 
Last season, the story for the Rams was 13 five-set matches, including a reverse sweep at home to Utah State. Its safe to say the bitter taste was still in a lot of mouths on this veteran squad as Colorado State flipped the script once again to outwit the Aggies in the fifth set 15-12 to kick off their conference season on a high note, taking the match 3-2.
 
Weathers ended the night with a season high 19 kills with Stanford close behind at 10, also adding on 16 digs and 31 serve receptions. The Rams as a team had one of their best blocking games of the season, totaling 34 block assists with Weathers in on 10 of them.
 
Also adding defensively to Colorado State was libero Kate Yoshimoto who ended the night with 16 digs while fifth-year setter Emery Herman led the team to a .340 match hitting percentage with 46 assists.
 
Colorado State will continue its opening weekend of Mountain West play by continuing on its road trip to Reno, Nevada to face the Nevada Wolf Pack Saturday at 1 p.m. mountain time.