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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa sophomore fullback Mark Weisman is set to make his first start at tailback on Saturday when the Hawkeyes (2-1) host Central Michigan (1-1) in their final nonconference game of the season. Starting running back Damon Bullock is doubtful with a head injury, and freshman Greg Garmon could miss the game with an arm injury. Weisman had 113 yards rushing and three touchdowns after Bullock and Garmon left last week’s 27-16 win over Northern Iowa. Coach Kirk Ferentz says Weisman runs with a different tempo that Iowa’s other backs, adding that he was encouraged by Weisman’s performance against the Panthers.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Northern Iowa senior guard Anthony James, the leading returning scorer for the Panthers, has been suspended for the first three games of the upcoming season. Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson announced Tuesday that James is suspended for violating team and athletic department policies. Jacobson says he’s disappointed for James, but adds that the situation has been put behind the team. James averaged 12.5 points per game for Northern Iowa in 2011-12. He’ll miss games against Wartburg, Toledo and North Dakota.
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State University Athletics Department announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the University of Northern Iowa to play football games seven times over the next 11 years.
UNI will play in Ames during the 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 seasons. The Panthers last played in Ames during the 2011 season.
“We are excited to extend our contract with UNI because our games have been some of the best attended contests in Jack Trice Stadium history,” said Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard. “Our fans have enjoyed this intrastate series.”
Iowa State and UNI have met 27 times since the two schools first faced one another in 1899. Iowa State leads the series, 20-4-3, with the Cyclones winning seven of the last eight meetings.
Officials with the Union Pacific Railroad are urging hunters to resist the temptation to hunt on railroad property this season. Wildlife will migrate and feed along the edges of freshly harvested fields, making these areas prime hunting spots. With many fields adjacent to Union Pacific tracks, hunters find it very tempting to hunt on or near the tracks.
Robert Morrison, Union Pacific Chief of Police says “Too many people have been injured or killed trespassing on railroad property over the years.” Morrison says a part of the “UP CARES” initiative, they want to remind hunters that “Walking on or near railroad tracks is extremely dangerous because you never know when a train will come along.”
Dale Bray, Union Pacific director of public safety says “It can take a mile or more to stop a train, and, by the time a locomotive engineer sees you on the track, it is too late to stop.” Bray says “Locomotives and rail cars overhang the tracks by at least three feet on either side of the rail. If you are too close to the tracks, you can be hit by the locomotive or a rail car.”
Hunters are not the only ones drawn to railroad tracks – hikers, bikers, fishermen and snowmobilers are, as well. Anyone choosing to walk on or near railroad tracks could be killed or injured by a train, and, people who enter railroad property can be arrested for violating trespassing laws. They could serve jail time and/or have to pay a fine.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles dinged up the same knee that needed reconstructive surgery last season during Sunday’s 35-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Charles, who tore his left ACL in Week 2, carried only six times for three yards against the Bills. He could be seen riding a bike on the sideline and asking to play the rest of the game. Kansas City coach Romeo Crennel said Monday that the decision was made to rest Charles, who has yet to show the same burst that carried him to more than 1,400 yards rushing in 2010. Crennel said he expects Charles to be ready for Sunday’s game at New Orleans, another team that is winless through its first two games.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2012 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
| Class 4-A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Ankeny (16) | 4-0 | 186 | 1 |
| 2. Iowa City West (1) | 4-0 | 164 | 2 |
| 3. Pleasant Valley (1) | 4-0 | 147 | 6 |
| 4. Cedar Falls (1) | 4-0 | 122 | 4 |
| 5. Urbandale | 4-0 | 115 | 8 |
| 6. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 4-0 | 107 | 7 |
| 7. Muscatine | 4-0 | 58 | 10 |
| 8. Bettendorf | 3-1 | 27 | 3 |
| 8. West Des Moines Dowling | 3-2 | 27 | 5 |
| 10. Iowa City High | 3-1 | 25 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Sioux City East 19. 11, Dubuque Senior 19. 13, Southeast Polk 18. 14, Indianola 4. 15, West Des Moines Valley 3. 15, Waukee 3. 17, Davenport Assumption 1.
| Class 3-A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Decorah (14) | 4-0 | 184 | 1 |
| 2. Sioux City Heelan (3) | 4-0 | 167 | 2 |
| 3. Norwalk (2) | 4-0 | 132 | 3 |
| 4. Lewis Central | 4-0 | 128 | 4 |
| 5. Grinnell | 4-0 | 122 | 5 |
| 6. Harlan | 4-0 | 96 | 7 |
| 7. Adel ADM | 4-0 | 91 | 8 |
| 8. Boone | 4-0 | 56 | 10 |
| 9. Creston-O-M | 3-1 | 20 | 6 |
| 10. Manchester West Delaware | 3-1 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Solon 10. 12, Marion 8. 13, Tama South Tama 5. 14, Le Mars 4. 15, Williamsburg 3. 16, Webster City 1.
| Class 2-A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Boyden-Hull-RV (12) | 4-0 | 173 | 1 |
| 2. Spirit Lake (2) | 4-0 | 160 | 2 |
| 3. Mediapolis (3) | 4-0 | 152 | 3 |
| 4. West Marshall (2) | 5-0 | 120 | 4 |
| 5. Kuemper Catholic | 4-0 | 108 | 5 |
| 6. Center Point-Urbana | 4-0 | 79 | 6 |
| 7. New Hampton | 4-0 | 73 | 7 |
| 8. La Porte City Union | 3-1 | 51 | 8 |
| 9. Waukon | 4-0 | 46 | 9 |
| 10. Bondurant Farrar | 4-0 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Central Lyon-GLR 19. 12, Dyersville Beckman 13. 13, Clarion-Goldfield 11. 14, Forest City 8. 15, Albia 7. 16, South Central Calhoun 4. 17, Cascade 1.
| Class 1-A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Iowa City Regina (17) | 4-0 | 188 | 1 |
| 2. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (1) | 4-0 | 160 | 2 |
| 3. St. Ansgar (1) | 4-0 | 129 | 3 |
| 4. Pella Christian | 4-0 | 120 | 4 |
| 5. Dike-New Hartford | 4-0 | 101 | 5 |
| 6. Emmetsburg | 3-1 | 87 | 6 |
| 7. Calmar South Winneshiek | 4-0 | 66 | 7 |
| 8. Aplington-Parkersburg | 3-1 | 59 | 9 |
| 9. IKM Manning | 4-0 | 44 | 10 |
| 10. Council Bluffs St. Albert | 3-1 | 34 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Mount Ayr 17. 12, Delhi Maquoketa Valley 15. 13, Hartley HMS 13. 14, Tipton 5. 15, Wilton 4. 16, Eddyville-Blakesburg 2. 17, West Branch 1.
| Class 1-A | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Fairbank Wapsie Valley (8) | 4-0 | 163 | 2 |
| 2. Woodward-Granger (9) | 4-0 | 155 | 1 |
| 3. Lawton-Bronson | 4-0 | 122 | 3 |
| 4. Akron-Westfield (1) | 4-0 | 112 | 5 |
| 5. Britt West Hancock | 3-1 | 109 | 4 |
| 6. Packwood Pekin | 4-0 | 89 | 6 |
| 7. Inwood West Lyon | 3-1 | 55 | 7 |
| 8. Traer North Tama | 4-1 | 54 | 8 |
| 9. Moville Woodbury Central | 3-1 | 31 | NR |
| 10. Logan-Magnolia | 3-1 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Mason City Newman 13. 12, Lone Tree 10. 12, Madrid 10. 14, Hinton 9. 14, Woodward Academy 9. 16, Lisbon 8. 17, Arlington Starmont 5. 17, Montezuma 5. 19, Belle Plaine 4. 20, Martensdale-St. Marys 3. 21, Wayland WACO 1.
| Class 8-Man | |||
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Adair-Casey (4) | 5-0 | 148 | 1 |
| 2. Tabor Fremont-Mills (5) | 4-0 | 147 | 3 |
| 3. Newell-Fonda (7) | 4-0 | 146 | 2 |
| 4. Murray (1) | 4-0 | 127 | 4 |
| 5. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (1) | 4-0 | 117 | 5 |
| 6. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira | 4-0 | 76 | 6 |
| 7. Preston | 4-0 | 58 | 7 |
| 8. Melcher-Dallas | 4-0 | 44 | 8 |
| 9. Glidden-Ralston | 4-1 | 36 | 9 |
| 10. Sidney | 4-0 | 35 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Marcus MMC 18. 12, Laurens-Marathon 17. 13, Clarksville 7. 13, Victor HLV 7. 15, Springville 2. 15, Lenox 2. 17, Janesville 1. 17, Buffalo Center North Iowa 1. 17, Riceville 1.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Jay hit a go-ahead RBI double during a three-run 12th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals split of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, beating them 5-2 on Sunday and regaining undisputed possession of the second NL wild card spot. John Ely (0-2) issued a leadoff walk to Matt Carpenter and Jay drove him on from second base with a line drive into the right field corner on an 0-2 pitch. Jay scored on an infield hit up the middle by Allen Craig and Yadier Molina walked with the bases loaded. Rookie Shelby Miller (1-0) pitched one inning for his first major league victory.
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