ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — Sports betting kiosks at Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona have been shut down while a vendor figures out why they came on in the middle of the night when they were supposed to have been turned off.

Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Administrator Brian Ohorilko says surveillance video shows no one at the machines when they powered up overnight recently but William Hill, the company providing sports betting at the casino, has chosen to keep them off until the glitch can be resolved.

Sports bets can still be placed through casino personnel at betting windows and on a mobile app, but the self-service kiosks at the casino sports book area are off for now. The casino’s sports betting area closes at midnight except on Friday and Saturday when it closes at 1 a.m.

Ohorilko says sports betting in Iowa, which began Aug. 15, has gone smoothly otherwise. Prairie Meadows reports total amount wagered in August was $3.4 million, the highest of the 13 casinos now taking bets. Sports wagers for all the casinos last month totaled $8.5 million.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The West Des Moines Community School District has stopped a high school football team’s volunteer chaplain from praying with players before and after games.

West Des Moines Superintendent Lisa Remy said Monday the district received written concerns from parents that the prayers were a violation of the First Amendment.

The district then asked the self-described chaplain, Chris Barr, to stop working with the Valley High School team while the concerns are reviewed by the district’s legal counsel.

The Des Moines Register reports that Barr did not pray with players Friday night when Valley played Waukee.

Barr doesn’t work for the district. He works with West Des Moines Community Schools Fellowship of Christian Athletes, an independent organization that works with Christian students enrolled in West Des Moines schools.

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(2-1) East Union 25-19-15 Southwest Valley 22-25-12
(2-1) Southwest Valley 25-22-15 Stanton 20-25-12
(2-0) Stanton 25-25 East Union 18-19

(2-0) Cardinal 25-25 Moravia 10-21
(2-1) Van Buren 17-25-15 Cardinal 25-15-8

The Associated Press released their latest high school football rankings.

Others receiving votes: Dubuque Senior 4. Des Moines Roosevelt 3. Davenport North 2. Waterloo West 2. Johnston 1.

Others receiving votes: Keokuk 8. Carlisle 7. Harlan 4. Knoxville 2. Davenport Assumption 2. Glenwood 1. Mount Pleasant 1.

Others receiving votes: Southeast Valley 7. Monroe PCM 6. Letts Louisa-Muscatine 1. Camanche 1.

Others receiving votes: Sigourney-Keota 5. Iowa City Regina 5. 13, AC-GC 3. Mount Ayr 2. Panora Panorama 2.

Others receiving votes: Earlham 5. Eldon Cardinal 4. Neola Tri-Center 4. Algona Garrigan 4.

Others receiving votes: New London 13. Janesville 3. Springville 3. Newell-Fonda 2. HLV, Victor 1. Woodbine 1. <

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks made it obvious they appreciated Paul Goldschmidt in his return to the desert, honoring him with a tribute video before the game and multiple ovations throughout the evening.

Clearly, everyone thought this night was a pretty big deal.

Except for the man being honored. The stoic first baseman still had work to do.

Goldschmidt smacked a two-run homer in his Chase Field reunion, Yadier Molina also had a two-run shot, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Diamondbacks 9-7 Monday night for their sixth straight win.

“It’s all what you make of it, and for me this was just another game,” Goldschmidt said. “I’m appreciative of all the fans coming out, cheering me on, the standing ovation. But I just didn’t want to make too big a deal of it.”

For Goldschmidt, the real importance of the game was that his team won again.

The Cardinals have a 3 1/2-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central. St. Louis has five games remaining in the regular season while Milwaukee has six.

The Diamondbacks — who have hung around the fringes of the NL wild-card race for months — were officially eliminated from postseason contention.

“We left some money on the table throughout the course of the season and those are the things that we are going to have to address and tighten up a little bit,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: St. Louis will start RHP Jack Flaherty (10-8, 2.96 ERA). He gave up just one run over eight innings in a win over the Cubs on Friday. He threw a season-high 118 pitches.

Diamondbacks: Arizona will start RHP Mike Leake (12-11, 4.38). He’s 3-1 with a 2.48 ERA over his last five starts.

PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt has hit a two-run homer in his return to Chase Field as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.

The 32-year-old Goldschmidt spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was a fan favorite during his tenure. He hit .297 with 209 homers and 710 RBIs during his eight years in the desert, helping the franchise make the playoffs in 2011 and 2017.

The Diamondbacks honored Goldschmidt with a tribute video before the game that highlighted some of his best moments. He also got a big ovation before his first at-bat in the first inning, when he drew a walk.

In the third, he drove a changeup from Alex Young over the right-center field fence for his 32nd homer of the year. It was also his 100th career homer at Chase Field, which is a stadium record.

Goldschmidt’s homer gave the Cardinals a 4-1 lead.

He was traded during the offseason for catcher Carson Kelly, pitcher Luke Weaver, infielder Andy Young and a draft pick.

Kickoff for Iowa State’s home football contest against TCU has been set for 11:00am on October 5th at Jack Trice Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Brock Purdy

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State sophomore QB Brock Purdy was named the Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Week, announced today by the Big 12 Conference and selected by media who regularly cover the league.

A native of Gilbert, Ariz., Purdy had a record-setting day in Iowa State’s 72-20 victory over ULM on Saturday. Purdy broke the school record for total offense in a game (510), throwing for 435 yards and rushing for 75.

Purdy’s 510 yards of total offense is the fourth-best effort in FBS this season and his career-high 435 passing yards fell just five yards shy of the ISU school mark.

Purdy accounted for six touchdowns in the game (three rushing, three passing), tying the school record for touchdowns responsible in a game. He is the first player in Big 12 history to have over 400 yards passing with three rushing TDs and three passing TDs.

Purdy had touchdown strikes of 73 and 84 yards and did all of his damage in just three quarters.

Purdy currently ranks in the top-11 nationally in the following categories: total offense (4^th, 362.3), passing yardage (7^th, 329.7) and completions per game (11^th, 25.0).

Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 9/23/19
September 23, 2019 By Todd Kimm

Class 4A
1. WDM Valley (4-0), LW #2 vs CB Thomas Jefferson
2. Dowling Catholic (3-1), LW #4 @ #8 Ankeny
3. Cedar Falls (4-0), LW #5 vs Dubuque Hempstead
4. Bettendorf (3-1), LW #3 @ CR Washington
5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (3-1), LW #6 @ Davenport West
6. Ankeny Centennial (3-1), LW #1 @ Marshalltown
7. Southeast Polk (3-1), LW #7 @ #9 Fort Dodge
8. Ankeny (2-2), LW #8 vs #2 Dowling Catholic
9. Fort Dodge (4-0), LW #9 vs #7 S.E. Polk
10.Waterloo West (3-1), LW #10 vs CR Jefferson

Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (4-0), LW #1 @ Dubuque Wahlert
2. Solon (4-0), LW #2 vs Fort Madison
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (4-0), LW #3 vs Muscatine
4. Lewis Central (4-0), LW #5 vs Creston/O-M
5. Dallas Center-Grimes (3-1), LW (X) vs Perry
6. North Scott (3-1), LW #4 vs Central DeWitt
7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3-1), LW #7 vs Sioux City Heelan
8. Washington (4-0), LW #8 vs Keokuk
9. Independence (4-0), LW (X) @ Independence
10.Norwalk (3-1), LW (X) vs Carlisle

Class 2A
1. Waukon (4-0), LW #1 @ #10 Monticello
2. Clear Lake (4-0), LW #2 @ Hampton-Dumont
3. Algona (4-0), LW #3 @ Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
4. Waterloo Columbus (4-0), LW #6 vs Oelwein
5. Des Moines Christian (4-0), LW #5 @ Centerville
6. Greene County (4-0), LW #7 @ Shenandoah
7. Benton (4-0), LW #8 vs Union (LaPorte City)
8. OABCIG (4-0), LW #10 vs Red Oak
9. Crestwood (2-2), LW #4 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
10.Monticello (4-0), LW (X) vs #1 Waukon

Class 1A
1. West Sioux (4-0), LW #1 @ Sibley-Ocheyedan
2. Dike-New Hartford (4-0), LW #2 vs North Linn
3. Van Meter (4-0), LW #3 vs ACGC
4. West Branch (4-0), LW #4 vs Bellevue
5. West Lyon (4-0), LW #5 @ Emmetsburg
6. South Central Calhoun (4-0), LW #6 vs Ogden
7. Western Christian (4-0), LW #7 vs Unity Christian
8. Iowa City Regina (3-1), LW (X) @ East Marshall
9. Mounty Ayr (4-0), LW #9 vs West Central Valley
10.Treynor (4-0), LW #10 @ East Sac County

Class A
1. West Hancock (4-0), LW #1 @ #9 Garrigan
2. Saint Ansgar (4-0), LW #2 @ Nashua-Plainfield
3. North Tama (4-0), LW #3 vs East Buchanan
4. Westwood (Sloan) (4-0), LW #6 @ Logan-Magnolia
5. Wapsie Valley (3-1), LW #5 @ South Winneshiek
6. Grundy Center (4-0), LW #8 vs GMG (Garwin)
7. BGM (Brooklyn ) (4-0), LW #7 vs Highland (Riverside)
8. South O’Brien (4-0), LW #10 @ HMS (Hartley)
9. Algona Garrigan (3-1), LW #9 vs #1 West Hancock
10.MFL MarMac (4-0), LW (X) vs Clayton Ridge

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (4-0), LW #1 vs Tripoli
2. Turkey Valley (4-0), LW #2 vs Central City
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (4-0), LW #4 vs AR-WE-VA
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard (4-0), LW #5 vs West Harrison
5. Audubon (4-1), LW #6 vs Boyer Valley
6. Lenox (5-0), LW #8 vs Mormon Trail
7. Montezuma (4-0), LW (X) @ Lone Tree
8. Harris-Lake Park (4-0), LW #9 @ West Bend-Mallard
9. Newell-Fonda (3-0), LW #10 vs River Valley
10.New London (4-0), LW #3 @ HLV