KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have promoted running backs coach Eric Bieniemy to offensive coordinator, filling the job that Matt Nagy left open when he was hired as the head coach of the Chicago Bears.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid announced the promotion in a statement Tuesday.

Bieniemy has spent five seasons with the Chiefs, joining the franchise when Reid was hired as the head coach. He has experience as an offensive coordinator during a two-year stint at Colorado, his alma mater, and also spent five seasons as running backs coach with the Minnesota Vikings.

Bieniemy was a second-round pick of the Chargers in 1991, and played running back for nine seasons with San Diego, Cincinnati and Philadelphia. He played for Reid in his final season with the Eagles.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz is facing a challenge from an unlikely opponent: his next-door neighbors. Trial is scheduled Feb. 6 in a lawsuit that pits the nation’s longest-tenured college football coach and his wife against the three other families who live along a private road outside Iowa City. A judge is expected to decide whether the Ferentzes breached a 2001 agreement and trespassed by planting trees and installing landscaping items along Saddle Club Road.

The fight over those encroachments is part of a long-running dispute. A judge ruled in September that the Ferentzes aren’t required to a homeowners’ association that neighbors formed in 2015 to split the costs of road maintenance. The ruling means the Ferentzes don’t have to pay $9,400 they were assessed for a repair project.

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 59, Glenwood 41
Clarinda 59, Red Oak 51
Denison-Schleswig 68, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 52
Gretna, Neb. 67, Lewis Central 63, OT
Harlan 74, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 60

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 65, Treynor 51
IKM-Manning 53, Audubon 32
Logan-Magnolia 60, Griswold 24
Tri-Center, Neola 72, Riverside, Oakland 30
Underwood 60, Missouri Valley 34

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 70, Ar-We-Va, Westside 46
CAM, Anita 64, Paton-Churdan 51

Corner Conference

Clarinda Academy 58, Essex 24
East Mills 37, Fremont Mills, Tabor 34
Stanton 104, Heartland Christian 55

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 72, East Union, Afton 38
Mount Ayr 74, Southwest Valley 63
Nodaway Valley 60, Lenox 38

Other Scores

Carlisle 86, ADM, Adel 58
Carroll 70, Ballard 47
Madrid 63, AC/GC 49
Sioux City, East 76, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 53
Sioux City, North 56, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 46
Van Meter 63, Earlham 39
Westwood, Sloan 58, West Monona, Onawa 56
Winterset 74, Bondurant Farrar 44

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 51, Atlantic 20
Creston 49, Knoxville 37
Denison-Schleswig 65, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 32
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 61, Harlan 37
Lewis Central 48, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 29
Red Oak 75, Clarinda 28

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 61, Audubon 27
Logan-Magnolia 63, Griswold 17
Treynor 68, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 25
Tri-Center, Neola 43, Riverside, Oakland 39, OT
Underwood 82, Missouri Valley 35

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 56, Ar-We-Va, Westside 49
CAM, Anita 62, Paton-Churdan 20
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 61, Coon Rapids-Bayard 41

Corner Conference

Fremont Mills, Tabor 43, East Mills 31
Stanton 43, Heartland Christian 36

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 43, East Union, Afton 38
Mount Ayr 71, Southwest Valley 65
Nodaway Valley 41, Lenox 13

Other Scores

Ballard 55, Carroll 37
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 62, Sioux City, East 51
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 62, Sioux City, North 30
Madrid 48, AC/GC 33
Panorama, Panora 50, Des Moines Christian 41
West Central Valley, Stuart 54, Woodward-Granger 41
West Monona, Onawa 42, Westwood, Sloan 38
Winterset 51, Bondurant Farrar 39

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Malik Newman scored a career-high 27 points, Svi Mykhailiuk added 23 and No. 12 Kansas staved off an upset bid by Iowa State, pulling away in the closing minutes for an 83-78 victory. The game was tied 73-all with 3 1/3 minutes left before the Jayhawks turned up the defense. Lindell Wigginton led the Cyclones with 27 points.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Marcus Foster scored 21 of his 23 points in the first half, Martin Krampelj had 14 points and 14 rebounds for his third straight double-double and No. 25 Creighton beat Butler 85-74. The Bluejays won for the ninth time in 10 games and improved to 11-0 at home.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — James Palmer Jr. had 18 points and Nebraska opened up a double-digit lead early in the second half then held off three Wisconsin surges to take a 63-59 win. Nebraska (12-6, 3-2 Big Ten) led by as many as 13 early in the half, then saw the lead shrink to five as Wisconsin (9-9, 2-3) made five of six field goals.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have promoted running backs coach Eric Bieniemy to offensive coordinator, filling the job that Matt Nagy left open when he was hired as the head coach of the Chicago Bears. Chiefs coach Andy Reid announced the promotion in a statement.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska linebacker Barrett Ruud is returning to the Cornhuskers to coach inside linebackers. Ruud was a three-time All-Big 12 selection during his three seasons with Nebraska from 2001-04, becoming the school’s all-time leading tackler. He played eight seasons in the NFL for four teams.

The Atlantic Trojans girls basketball team had an ice cold shooting night from the field and suffered a 51-20 loss to the Glenwood Rams on Tuesday.

Neither team could find the bottom of the cylinder early and it was just a 19-14 Glenwood lead at halftime. The Rams found some shooting touch in the second half and began to build a lead. It was 31-19 by the end of the third quarter in favor of Glenwood.

Atlantic only made 6 field goals on the night and ended with their lowest point output of the season. McKenzie Waters was the top scorer for the Trojans with 6 points and the Trojans dropped to 1-11. They next host Lewis Central on Friday.

Glenwood was led by 11 points from three different players: Elle Scarborough, Brooklyn Taylor, and Joslyn Lewis. Lewis had all of her points in the second half and hit three triples. The Rams improved to 4-7 and will next host St. Albert on Friday.

The Atlantic Trojans boys basketball team had another slow start against Glenwood on Tuesday night but they were able to overcome it this time and knock of the 2nd-ranked and previously unbeaten Rams 59-41. Glenwood opened the game with an 8-0 run and it would of been easy for Atlantic to think about the 18-4 first quarter deficit they suffered in the December 12th loss to the Rams. This time the Trojans were able to weather the storm and stay composed and Head Coach Alan Jenkins was proud of how they responded.

The Trojans took their first lead of the game at 14-12 early in the second quarter and never trailed the rest of the way. Atlantic lead 22-14 at half and push the lead to ten 38-28 by the end of the third quarter. It was another big win for the Trojans beating the second top ten opponent in as many weeks after handing Harlan their first loss of the year last week. Coach Jenkins talked about the outlook for his squad.

The game got very strange in the fourth quarter with Glenwood being assessed four technical fouls down the stretch and tempers rising from coaches, players, and officials. Atlantic stayed out of the dust-ups pretty well and Coach Jenkins liked their composure given the circumstance.

Austin Alexander led four Trojans in double figures with 19 points and had 5 assists, Scott Leonard had 14 points and 8 rebounds, Chase Mullenix had 11 points, and Grant Podhjasky finished with 10 points. Mullenix talked about what led to the win.

Podhjasky was a huge lift hitting 2 first half buckets and he talked about what changed for his team at the midway point of the season.

Atlantic improves to 7-4 with the win and will next travel to Lewis Central Friday before taking on Wahoo Neumann of Nebraska on Saturday at the MAC Shootout. We’ll have both of those games on KJAN.

Glenwood had an off shooting night and finished with one player in double figures. Andrew Blum finished with 10 points of the bench. Nate Mohr and Christian Stanislav both finished with 9 points. The Rams are now 9-1 and will next travel to St. Albert on Friday.

The Atlantic Trojans will play host to the Glenwood Rams for a Hawkeye Ten basketball doubleheader tonight and you can catch all on the action on KJAN.

The girls game will match the 1-10 Trojans against the 3-7 Rams. The Rams took the first meeting of the season back on December 12th 56-40.  Glenwood was hot from the outside in that game making 8 of 19 from long-range. Nikki Schuppan and Joslyn Lewis had 13 points that night.

The boys game will pit the 6-4 Trojans against the 9-0 and 2nd-ranked Rams. The Rams jumped up to 2nd in the latest AP boys basketball poll released on Monday. Glenwood jumped on Atlantic early in their first meeting this season and won 64-31. Christian Stansilav had 17 points and Andrew Blum added 15 in that December 12th game. Atlantic has played well out of the holiday break and will be trying to knock off the second top 10 ranked team in as many weeks after beating Harlan last Tuesday night in Atlantic.

Tip-off for the girls game is set for 6:00pm with the boys to follow at approximately 7:30pm. We’ll have coverage beginning at about 5:50pm on air, online, the app, and KJANTV.

@ Missouri Valley

Missouri Valley 84, Exira-EHK 0
Missouri Valley 82, Treynor 3
Missouri Valley 65, West Monona 9
Treynor 78, Exira-EHK 6
West Monona 54, Treynor 30
West Monona 66, Exira-EHK 6

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