IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will challenge Syracuse on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, as part of the 2019 Big Ten/ACC Challenge. It will mark Iowa’s first-ever visit to the Carrier Dome.

ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event and all games will be available to stream via the ESPN app. Tip times and network designations will be announced at a later date.

Iowa has won four of its last six Challenge games by five points or less. Iowa topped Notre Dame (98-93) in Iowa City in 2013; won at No. 12 North Carolina (60-55) in 2014; outlasted Florida State (78-75) in overtime in Iowa City in 2015; and edged Pitt a year ago in Iowa City (69-68). The Hawkeyes lost at Notre Dame (92-78) in 2017 and fell at Virginia Tech (79-55) in 2018.

This will be Iowa’s fourth all-time meeting against Syracuse and the first as part of the Challenge. The Hawkeyes are 2-1 against the Orange, with all three previous games contested on neutral courts. Iowa won in Buffalo in 1957 (58-52) and Philadelphia (88-77) in 1980 in the Elite Eight. Syracuse was victorious in the last meeting in New York City in 2014 (66-63).

This will mark Iowa’s 19th appearance in the 21-year history of the Challenge.

Both Iowa and Syracuse finished in sixth place in their respective conference standings a year ago. The Hawkeyes finished the 2018-19 season with a 23-12 overall record and advanced to the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament. The Orange posted a 20-14 overall record and lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Last year’s Challenge resulted in a tie, with each conference winning seven games. In the 20 years of the event, 10 of the challenges have been decided by a single game. Since 2009, the Big Ten has won five challenges (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015), the ACC has won two (2016, 2017), and there have been three ties (2012, 2013, 2018).

2019 Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Monday, Dec. 2

Miami at Illinois
Clemson at Minnesota 

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Michigan at Louisville
Rutgers at Pitt
Duke at Michigan State
Florida State at Indiana
Iowa at Syracuse
Northwestern at Boston College 

Wednesday, Dec. 4

Virginia at Purdue
Wake Forest at Penn State
Wisconsin at N.C. State
Ohio State at North Carolina
Notre Dame at Maryland
Nebraska at Georgia Tech

The 2019 Girls State Soccer Tournament begins today with Quarterfinal round match-ups. The tourney is being played at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines. Semifinals will be Friday and Finals on Saturday.

Class 1A

11:00am- #1 Davenport Assumption (17-1) vs. #8 CB St. Albert (14-7)
11:15am- #4 Gilbert (18-0) vs. #5 Union (14-3)
11:30am- #2 Bishop Heelan vs. #7 North Polk (15-4)
11:45am- #3 Center Point-Urbana (16-2) vs. #6 Nevada (14-4)

Class 2A

1:30pm- #1 ADM (17-1) vs. $8 Notre Dame/WB/Danville (15-2)
1:45pm- #4 Spencer (19-1) vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier (14-4)
2:00pm- #2 Waverly-Shell Rock (15-1) vs. #7 Lewis Central (14-4)
2:15pm- #3 Dallas Center-Grimes (13-2) vs. #6 Pella (15-2)

Class 3A

4:00pm- #1 Waukee (15-3) vs. #8 Pleasant Valley (12-5)
4:15pm- #4 Ankeny Centennial (15-3) vs. #5 CB Abraham Lincoln (16-2)
4:30pm- #2 WDM Valley (15-3) vs. #7 Dowling Catholic (13-3)
4:45pm- #3 Linn-Mar (18-1) vs. #6 Ankeny (15-4)

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

Lewis Central 11, Missouri Valley 1
Red Oak 2, Shenandoah 1

Western Iowa Conference

Treynor 10, Logan-Magnolia 0 (5 innings)
Underwood 4, AHSTW 2

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 19, Glidden-Ralston 1
CAM 5, Exira-EHK 2 (Mitchell Williamson 7 K, 1 Hit allowed)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Audubon 0
West Harrison 7, Woodbine 3

Other Scores

Boone 10, Carroll 0
Ballard 10, Winterset 6 (8 innings)
Earlham 2, Nodaway Valley 1
Lenox 17, Essex/South Page 2
Lewis Central 11, Missouri Valley 1 (5 innings)
Martensdale St. Marys 15, Panorama 9
Ogden 8, ADM, Adel 6
Stanton 13, Orient-Macksburg 0 (5 innings)

Hawkeye Ten Conference

CB Thomas Jefferson 13, St. Albert 3
Shenandoah 8, Red Oak 2
Sioux City East 9, Glenwood 7

Western Iowa Conference

Logan-Magnolia 8, Missouri Valley 5
Treynor 5, Underwood 0

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira-EHK 7, CAM 3
Glidden-Ralston 7, Ar-We-Va 4
West Harrison 15, Woodbine 0

Other Scores

ADM 7, Carlisle 5 (11)
Boone 4, Carroll 3
Earlham 10, Nodaway Valley 4
Shenandoah 8, Red Oak 2
Sioux City East 9, Glenwood 7
Stanton 3, Orient-Macksburg 2 (8 innings)
West Monona 7, Kingsley-Pierson 2
Westwood 12, MVAOCOU 2
Woodbury Central 8, OABCIG 7

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The scheduled game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed because of rain. It will be made up Aug. 31 as part of a day-night doubleheader.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Sale tossed a three-hitter for his third career shutout, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers drove in three runs apiece, and the Boston Red Sox trounced the woeful Kansas City Royals 8-0. Sale’s dominant performance was summed up by the eighth inning, when the seven-time All-Star struck out the side on nine pitches _ his second immaculate inning of the year.

BOSTON (AP) — The potential absence of Boston captain Zdeno Chara could be the tipping point in a bruising battle between the Bruins and Blues in the Stanley Cup Final. Beating up opponents and winning the war of attrition has been an ingredient of the Blues’ playoff success. They took advantage of injuries to San Jose’s Erik Karlsson, Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl to move on to the final. They are now two victories away from lifting the Stanley Cup as the healthier team.

Join Ethan Fast and Eyon Steffensen for live coverage of the CAM vs. Exira/EHK baseball game tonight at 7:00 pm.  Watch the game with us on the CAM Cougar Channel.  We’ll be on the air at 6:50!

Angie Jenkins (Photo from AHS Softball)

Atlantic officially inducted Angie Jenkins into the Trojan Softball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. After the first induction night was rained out the ceremony was rescheduled for last night before the Trojans win over Harlan.

Jenkins was a varsity softball player for Atlantic from 2001-2005. She earned honors of 2nd Team All-Conference (2003), 1st Team All-Conference (2004-2005), 1st Team All-District (2004-2005), 1st Team All-Western Iowa (2004-2005), 3ed Team All-State (2004-2005).

Angie was a standout athlete competing in volleyball, basketball, track, and softball. She graduated from Atlantic High School in 2005 and is currently a science teacher at Waukee High School.

Jenkins joins five other members of the Trojan Softball Hall of Fame: Joel Simms, Betty Jo Schope, Kristi Wright, Sharon Hoffmann and Michelle McLaren.

Three area duos competed at the Class 1A State Co-Ed Tennis Tournament on Tuesday. The Tourney was based at the Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines.

St. Albert’s Allison Narmi and Sam Narmi fell in the preliminary round 6-2, 6-3 to Kennedi Wright and AJ ClarkWilt of Norwalk. Kuemper Catholic’s Abby Boes and Carter Soppe lost in the preliminary round as well 6-1, 6-2 to Megan Linskens and Sam Rynoldson of Clarke.

The Kuemper duo of Isabel Schwabe and Paul Ching lost in the First Round 6-0, 6-4 to Miyako Coffey and Matthew Schmit of Cedar Rapids Xavier.

Check out the full results for both Classes at the links below.

Class 1A

Class 2A

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