IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Lottery is spending $248,000 to reach college football fans under an advertising partnership with the sports marketing arms of Iowa’s three public universities.  The Lottery is rolling out a promotion called the Great State Tailgate involving a sports-themed $2 instant scratch ticket going on sale Monday.
     Players with losing tickets can go online to enter a drawing for a tailgate trailer the Lottery will show off outside 11 games in Iowa City, Ames and Cedar Falls during the football season. Five other cash prizes of $1,000 that will be given away in December.  While Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa have had longstanding sponsorship agreements with the Lottery, the promotion marks the first time since 2007 the University of Iowa has partnered with the agency.

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Week 1 — August 26

Non-District
Denison @ Atlantic
Norwalk @ Winterset
Chariton  @ Creston
Kuemper Catholic @ Carroll
Sergeant Bluff-Luton  @ Glenwood
Missouri Valley @ Logan-Magnolia
Clarinda   @ Red Oak
Shenandoah  @ Underwood
Treynor   @ IKM-Manning
Earlham  @ West Central Valley
A-H-S-T  @ Nodaway Valley
Guthrie Center   @ Panorama
Clarinda Academy @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Griswold @ Corning
Exira/EHK  @ Audubon — LIVE ON KJAN & KJAN.com (pre-game at 6:45, kick-off at 7:00)
Tri-Center  @ Riverside

8-Man, Non-District
Adair-Casey  @ South Page
Twin Cedars   @ Murray
Villisca   @ CAM
East Union  @ Fremont-Mills
Hamburg   @ Lamoni
Stanton  @ Lenox
Harmony @ Mormon Trail
Moravia  @ Ankeny Christian
Northeast Hamilton @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Kingsley-Pierson @ Ar-We-Va
Whiting @ Boyer Valley
East Mills  @ Woodbine
East Greene  @ Melcher-Dallas
Glidden-Ralston  @ Grandview Park Baptist
River Valley @ Charter Oak-Ute
Nishnabotna   @ Lamoni
Seymour  @ Essex

     AMES, Iowa (AP) – Next week’s season opener between Iowa State and Northern Iowa won’t be televised.  Iowa State says Thursday that the only option for watching the Sept. 3 game outside of Jack Trice Stadium will be on the school’s website.  The game will mark the sixth time Iowa State has shown games through an exclusive webcast. But the Cyclones say they’ll attempt to show the feed in high-definition through its new scoreboard, which is set to debut during the game.

     ST. LOUIS (AP) – David Freese had a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth and Matt Holliday hit a three-run homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.  The Cardinals ended a three-game losing streak and moved within 9 1/2 games of idle Milwaukee in the NL Central.  Pittsburgh lost for the sixth time in nine games.  Freese blooped a bases-loaded hit down the right-field line with one out to put St. Louis in front to stay, 5-4. Allen Craig began the inning with a single. Pittsburgh starter Charlie Morton (9-7) then walked Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman.  Holliday hit a three-run homer in the eighth off reliever Tony Watson.
     St. Louis starter Edwin Jackson (10-9) allowed one earned run and struck out two in six innings.

     SMU wants to join an automatic qualifying BCS conference and believes the Big 12 would be the best fit.  SMU athletic director Steve Orsini says he’s had informal talks
with Big 12 officials for some time to inform them of the school’s improvements and growth.  He says it’s been SMU’s goal to join a BCS conference since it wasn’t included in the Southwest Conference’s merger with the Big 8. With Texas A&M looking to leave the Big 12 for the SEC, he felt it was time to promote SMU, currently in Conference USA, as a possible replacement.  The Big 12’s BCS status is the biggest draw for the Mustangs, but Orsini says getting to rekindle regional rivalries from the Southwest Conference also makes the Big 12 an attractive option.

Council Bluffs St. Albert 19, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 14

Bedford 34, Leon Central Decatur 14

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams meet in their annual Governor’s Cup showdown on Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium.  Starters figure to get their most playing time, while backups will have their last chance to impress their coaches in a game before the first round of cuts Aug. 30.  Off the field, the teams are also raising awareness of the recovery efforts in Joplin, Mo., which was devastated by a tornado earlier this year. Coaches will be wearing special shirts and hats, donations will be accepted and rescuers and volunteers will be honored during the game.  Says Rams coach Steve Spanguolo: “The guys know that even though it’s not a regular season game there is some importance to it.”

     AMES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads says backup safety Earl Brooks is out for the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.  Brooks, who played in all 12 games last season as a reserve, entered fall camp as the backup to Ter’Ran Benton.  Iowa State also released its latest depth chart Thursday, which  offered few surprises from the one the Cyclones opened camp with earlier this month.  One of the biggest changes is that freshman C.J. Morgan and sophomore Deon Broomfield are listed as co-starters at linebacker.  Morgan and Broomfield had been listed as safeties, an indication that the Cyclones are stacking their defense to combat the pass-happy attacks prevalent in the Big 12.  Iowa State hosts Northern Iowa in its opener on Sept. 3.

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