IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Neighbors who had sued to try to prevent an Iowa City couple from building a nearly 7,500-square-foot home modeled after the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium say they will not appeal last week’s dismissal of the lawsuit.

The Press-Citizen reports that the lawsuit was dismissed on March 16 after a judge found no issue with the city issuing a building permit for the house. The house Reed and Sandy Carlson plan to build will look like the Hawkeyes’ 87-year-old stadium, complete with brick siding and a replica of the press box.

Neighbors have expressed concern about the home’s size and the potential for big parties, as well as drainage, fire safety and traffic issues.

The ACGC Chargers girls track team had a strong showing at the Greene County early bird meet on Monday night. Here are some of the Chargers top results from the meet.

200m Dash
1st-Savana Fuller, 27.40

400m Dash
1st-Savana Fuller, 1:05.26

800m Run
2nd-Kate Crawford, 2:33.53

1500m Run
1st-Kate Crawford, 5:17.42

3000m Run
1st-Kate Crawford, 11:11.98

100m Hurdles
3rd-Olivia Laabs, 17.36
4th-Mady Smith, 17.85

400m Hurdles
2nd-Mady Smith, 1:17.90

4x100m Relay
2nd-ACGC, 54.09

800 Sprint Medley
1st-ACGC, 2:00.16

Shot Put
2nd-Madison McDermott, 33-05

Discus
4th-Madison McDermott, 97-01

Full results can be viewed here.

IKM-Manning, Coon Rapids-Bayard, and Glidden-Ralston were among the teams competing as South Central Calhoun hosted their co-ed Chelsey Henkenius early-bird meet on Monday. The track and field season ramps up this week.  No team results were kept at this meet. Here are some of the highlights:

Boys

1600m Run
2nd-Dillon Hansen, IKM-Manning 5:16.79
3rd- Luke Handlos, Glidden-Ralston 5:17.52

3200m Run
3rd- Dillon Hansen, IKM-Manning 11:44.90

110m Hurdles
1st-Sam Obert, Coon Rapids Bayard, 16.29
3rd-Carter Irlmeier, IKM-Manning, 16.96

4x400m Relay
2nd-IKM-Manning, 3:50.51

4x800m Relay
1st-IKM-Manning, 9:20.06

Sprint Medley
3rd- IKM-Manning, 1:44.42

Shuttle Hurdle
2nd-IKM-Manning, 1:08.48

High Jump
1st-Sam Obert, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 6-04

Long Jump
1st-Brandon Riley, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 20-07.50
3rd-Carter Irlmeier, IKM-Manning, 17-04.25

Shot Put
3rd- Hunter Behrens, IKM-Manning, 39-02.5

Discus
1st-Grant Stracke, IKM-Manning, 124-02
3rd-Chris Jackson, Coon-Rapids Bayard, 119-10

Girls

100m Dash
2nd-Jade Hays, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 13.28

200m Dash
2nd-Jade Hays, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 28.41

800m Run
1st-Shyanne Sporrer, IKM-Manning, 2:33.68
3rd-Kia Rasmussen, IKM-Manning, 2:45.92

3000m Run
1st-Payton Sporrer, IKM-Manning, 12:15.00
3rd-Lexi Determann, Glidden-Ralston, 12:31.82

100m Hurdles
3rd-Brianna Anthofer, Glidden-Ralston, 19.10

400m Hurdles
3rd-Brianna Anthofer, Glidden-Ralston, 1:27.64

4x400m Relay
2nd-IKM-Manning, 4:37.68

Sprint Medley
3rd-Coon Rapids-Bayard, 2:02.04

Distance Medley
1st-IKM-Manning, 4:44.32

High Jump
3rd-Tina Lair, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 4-06

Shot Put
3rd-Lexi Branning, IKM-Manning, 32-01

Discus
1st-Erin Langel, IKM-Manning, 101-07
3rd-Sydney Wegner, IKM-Manning, 87-07

Full boys results can be found here. Full girls results can be found here.

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The St. Louis Cardinals announced following last night’s 3-2 win over the Houston Astros, that they have reduced their roster by four.  The club optioned right-handed pitcher Mike Mayers and catcher Carson Kelly to Memphis (AAA) and re-assigned to minor league camp infielder Patrick Wisdom and outfielder Adolis Garcia.

The transactions reduce the number of players in the team’s Major League camp to 37, including nine non-roster invitees.

With a new coordinator and three new assistant coaches Iowa’s offense is undergoing changes this spring. Brian Ferentz takes over after Greg Davis retired as offensive coordinator and head coach Kirk Ferentz says many of the changes will be in terminology.

While the Hawkeyes will not change how they play the coaches will be looking for ways to make the offense better, especially a passing game that ranked near the bottom in the country last season.

Ferentz says one thing they will try to do is simplify the offense.

Iowa’s spring game is April 21st.

(Learfield Sports)

Niko Medved is confident Drake can become a consistent winner in basketball. Medved was introduced as the Bulldogs new coach after a four year run at Furman that saw the Paladins go from a nine win team his first year to 23 wins and a Southern Conference regular season title this season. He takes over a Drake program that has averaged fewer than eight wins the past three seasons.

While many view Drake’s academic standards as a hindrance to winning basketball Medved views them as a positive. He says also, Drake has the resources required to win. Medved says he plans on winning the trust of the current players who were hoping Jeff Rutter would get the job. Rutter coached the Bulldogs after Ray Giacoletti resigned in December. Medved is a native of Minneapolis and says the chance to return to the Midwest helped make the job more attractive.

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UNDATED (AP) – Drake announced Sunday that it has hired Furman’s Niko Medved as its new coach. Medved, the 2017 Southern Conference coach of the year, spent the past four seasons with the Paladins — where he led them to the 2017 Southern Conference regular season title.

Medved, 43, also spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Colorado State under current Nebraska coach Tim Miles. Before joining Colorado State, Medved spent a year as an assistant at Minnesota under Dan Monson after seven seasons as an assistant at Furman.

Medved was also the Gophers’ interim coach in 2006. Medved began his career at Minnesota in 1992 and was the associate head coach at Macalester College from 1997-99.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre Hall and Green Bay Packers cornerback Makinton Dorleant were arrested outside a bar in Cedar Falls. Hall was cited for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and interference with official acts. Dorleant was cited for interference.

Police say officers responded to a report of a fight outside the bar Sharkey’s Funhouse on Saturday night. According to a police affidavit, Hall did not respond to police instructions and spit in the officers’ faces. Police say an officer used a Taser on Hall’s legs in order to get him into the squad car.

Dorleant was detained after authorities say he approached officers “in a threatening manner” following Hall’s arrest. A Packers spokesman says the team is aware of the situation and “gathering more information.” The Bears have not responded to an email looking for comment.

Both men played college football in Cedar Falls at Northern Iowa.