KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Only the most ardent fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers will likely care much about what transpires in their preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium tonight (Thursday) night. Then again, the guys on the field will care very much about what happens. The Chiefs and Packers are expected to play few, if any, starters in their fourth preseason game, turning the proceedings over to their backups instead.

And in some cases, not even the backups will see game action – the Chiefs are resting quarterbacks Alex Smith and Nick Foles, and Aaron Rodgers and ailing Packers backup Brett Hundley will enjoy the night in a ball cap. Some coaches have said they will play their starters for a series or quarter Thursday night, if only to knock off the last vestiges of rust.

But the Chiefs and Packers are content with the statuses of their veteran cores, so much so that many of players on both teams have skipped the preseason entirely. Pre-game coverage begins at 6-p.m. on KJAN, with the kick-off at 7.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered and Matt Garza pitched into the eighth inning, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night, ending a six-game losing streak. Nieuwenhuis belted a three-run homer off Luke Weaver (1-2) in the third inning. Garza (5-6) turned in his longest outing of the season, giving up one run and three hits in seven-plus innings while walking two and striking out eight.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have recalled infielder Tommy La Stella from Triple-A Iowa and optioned reliever Spencer Patton to their top farm club. La Stella was sent down on July 29, but refused to report to the minors. After weeks of dialogue between the New Jersey native and the team, La Stella joined Double-A Tennessee in mid-August.

The Atlantic Police Department reports permit applications are currently being accepted for bow hunting within the City limits (in accordance with the City’s Urban Deer Control Ordinance). The permit will allow hunters to harvest antlerless deer. Once you have reported the harvest to the Atlantic Police Department, you’ll be allowed to harvest a Buck. Applications may be picked up at the Police Department from 8-a.m. to 4-p.m., Monday through Friday.

Bow hunters that qualified last year with the Police Department do not need to do so this year, but you still need to pick up a permit application and have it filled out. New hunters will need to contact the A-PD and set up a time with Lt. Dave Erickson, for you to qualify.

Land owners who would like to allow a bow hunter to hunt on their land, should contact the Police Dept. at 712-243-3512 during business hours, and sign-up.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Hawkeye 10 Conference
(3-2) A-D-M, Adel 25-25-16-17-15, Creston 16-16-25-25-13

Western Iowa Conference
(2-0) Audubon 28-25, Ar-We-Va 26-17
(2-0) Audubon 25-25, ACGC 21-12
(2-1) Griswold 22-25-15, East Mills 25-20-7
(2-1) Griswold 25-12-15, Essex 17-25-10
(2-1) Griswold 26-19-15, Fremont-Mills 24-25-12
(2-0) Underwood 25-25, East Mills 14-7
(2-0) Underwood 26-25, Fremont-Mills 24-20
(2-0) Underwood 25-25, Boyer Valley 8-13

Rolling Valley Conference
(2-0) AC-GC 25-25, Ar-We-Va 21-15

Corner Conference

(2-0) East Mills 28-25, Essex 26-22
(2-0) Essex 25-25, Boyer Valley 8-14
(2-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25, Boyer Valley 8-14
(3-0) Diagonal 25-25-25, South Page 22-9-16

Pride of Iowa Conference
(3-1) Central Decatur 23-24-25-25-15, Martensdale St Marys 25-26-16-10-8
(2-0) I-35 25-25, Lenox 18-22
(3-2) Nodaway Valley 23-25-25-25-15, Martensdale-St Marys 25-27-16-10-8
(2-0) Winterset 25-25, Lenox 23-17
(2-0) Winterset 25-25, I-35 18-20

Other Scores
(2-0) Mount Ayr 25-25, Ankeny Christian Academy 14-14
(2-0) Mount Ayr 26-25, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 24-17
(3-1) Ogden 25-22-26-25, Earlham 22-25-24-14
(3-0) South Central Calhoun 25-26-25, Carroll 15-24-17
(3-2) Westwood, Sloan 11-18-25-25-15, West Monona 25-25-19-11-6
(3-0) Woodward-Granger 25-25-25, West Central Valley, Stuart 6-16-6

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says every season is a new challenge but if this year’s version of the Hawkeyes can learn to prepare like last year’s team it could be another successful season. The Hawkeyes take a number-17 national ranking into Saturday’s opener against Miami of Ohio after a banner 2015 campaign in which they finished 12-0 in the regular season.

Ferentz says the key is to focus on the current challenge and not the big picture. The Hawkeyes will be heavily favored against a Miami team that struggled to a 3-9 record in 2015. Quarterback C.J. Beathard returns for his senior season and is healthy following off season surgery. Beathard showed the ability to make plays with his feet even when he was banged up in 2015.

The Hawkeyes open the season with a true freshman walk-on kicker. Ferentz says he did not even know who Keith Duncan was when the North Carolina native visited the campus.

(Radio Iowa/Learfield Sports)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have placed Justin Houston on the physically unable to perform list and put fellow linebacker Josh Mauga on injured reserve as they trimmed down to the NFL’s roster limit. Houston is still recovering from surgery in February to repair a non-functioning ACL in his left knee. He will continue his rehab and be evaluated by Dr. James Andrews during the Chiefs’ bye week in early October with the hope that he will play at some point this season.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Zach Duke stranded the bases loaded with a strikeout in the 10th inning after Randal Grichuk hit an RBI single in the top half of the inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night.

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