(Dyersville, IA)  —  Iowans will have a chance to become eligible for tickets to next month’s Major League Baseball game at the Field of Dreams movie site through a lottery.  Anyone with an Iowa zip code can register for the lottery starting at MLB.com.  The lottery runs through next Friday and winners will be announced on August 2nd.  Winners will be eligible to purchase up to two tickets to the game.  The August 12th game features the White Sox against the Yankees.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved fines for one casino and two sports gambling companies during its meeting Thursday. The Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson was fined 20-thousand dollars after a 20-year-old woman was allowed on the gambling floor. General Manager Travis Dvorak apologized to the commission. “First and foremost, Wild Rose Jefferson accepts full responsibility for the matter. We take responsible gaming very seriously and we take underage gaming very seriously,” according to Dvorak. “This Tuesday we hit our six-year mark. And I did look — and in the six years we have been open our admissions have been almost two-point-seven million — during the two-point-seven million, this is only the second violation that I’ve had.”

Dvorak says they should have caught the violation — but says it was a little tougher because the woman’s dad was helping her get in. “The father would go to turnstiles and distract and block, distract the security guard and block the view so the daughter could sneak in. This is something that we are trained for and we should have caught it, so we do take responsibility. But this was serious enough that the D-C-I charged the father and the county attorney prosecuted the father,” he says.  Dvorak says the father and daughter were persistent. He says the same father-daughter combination tried the same thing eight days later and the father tried to say the daughter was 22, not realizing though the casino had a copy of her driver’s license. “These things go on. These are challenges that we face, but they are our challenges and we do take them seriously,” Dvorak says.

Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission meeting, 7-15-21

Dvorak says this was during the COVID mask requirement and that also complicated the issue. He says they did some additional training with the D-C-I on making identification when people are wearing masks. The Racing and Gaming Commission also agreed to a 20-thousand dollar fine for the William Hill Sports Book after two betting machines were mistakenly left on, and a person was allowed to use the mobile sports app without in-person registration. The PointsBet Iowa sportsbook was fined 75-hundred dollars after the self-exclusion list was not properly updated. A company spokesman says they have made adjustments to meet the requirement.

Class 3A and 4A postseason baseball starts up tonight. District semifinals in Class 3A and first round Substate in Class 4A. Games are slated for 7pm starts. Here’s a look at area match-ups with home teams listed first.

Class 3A

Substate 7
Grinnell vs Perry
Clarke vs ADM
Boone vs Creston
Dallas Center-Grimes vs Saydel

Substate 8
Gilbert vs Greene County
Glenwood vs Harlan
Winterset vs Atlantic – ON KJAN
Denison-Schleswig vs Carroll

Class 4A

Substate 8
Norwalk vs Thomas Jefferson
Waukee vs Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Central vs DM Hoover

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(Radio Iowa) – Cedar Falls native Trev Alberts has been named the new Athletic Director at Nebraska. Alberts was an All-American for the Huskers in 1993 and spent the past 12 years as the AD at Nebraska-Omaha.

Alberts was a multi sport standout at Cedar Falls N-U High before signing with Husker coach Tom Osborne.

Alberts takes over at a time the Nebraska football program is struggling. The Huskers have posted a 12-20 record in three years under current coach Scott Frost.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State has been picked to finish second in the Big 12 preseason football poll. The Cyclones head into the most anticipated season in school history after falling to Oklahoma in the league championship game and beating Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl 19 starters return from that team.

That’s Cyclone coach Matt Campbell who spoke at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas. Campbell says they are focused on the future and not what has been accomplished.

Campbell says the Cyclones know it will be a difficult road to a championship.

The Cyclones are also considered a contender for the College Football Playoff but must avoid the early season stumbles that have plagued them the past few years.

The Biggest hurdle may be an Oklahoma team that is favored to win a seventh straight Big 12 title. Sooner coach Lincoln Riley.

Riley says he does feel the Sooners have potential.

Texas has been picked to finish third in the pre season poll. Oklahoma State is fourth and TCU is fifth.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State running back Breece Hall says the Cyclones are not focused on lofty expectations as they get ready for the season. Coming off a win in the Fiesta Bowl ISU is picked to finish second in the Big 12 preseason poll and is considered a contender for the College Football Playoff.

Hall says with 25 seniors on the roster the experience should help.

Safety Greg Eisworth was one of eight players to take advantage of the extra year provided by COVID and says the Cyclones are keeping the expectations in check.

Eisworth says the Cyclones have discussed what needs to be the focus.

Iowa State opens September fourth at home against UNI.

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Nodaway Valley has a new football coach once again. The Wolverines have promoted Seth Comly to the post. Comly was the defensive coordinator for the Wolverines last season. He is an Adair-Casey graduate and played college football at Simpson College.

Comly takes over for Duane Matthess, who left after one season at the helm to become the Defensive Coordinator at Des Moines Roosevelt. Nodaway Valley has had three straight one year coaches.

The Wolverines are coming off a 4-6 campaign in 2020.