K.C. falls in opener, 51-49

? Brett Dietz threw two touchdown passes, and Torrance Marshall ran for four scores in the Tampa Bay Storm’s season-opening 51-49 victory over the Kansas City Brigade on Saturday night.

Dietz was 18-of-25 for 193 yards, while Terrill Shaw led the Storm in receiving with six catches for 87 yards. John Fitzgerald was 25-of-40 for 296 yards and five TDS for the Brigade. Mike Horacek had seven catches for 149 yards and three scores.