The Big Ten Baseball Tournament begins today at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. The Iowa Hawkeyes play the opening game against the Michigan Wolverines. Here is a look at the tournament schedule.

Wednesday, May 23
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 6 Iowa, 9 a.m.
No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 7 Ohio State, 1 p.m.
No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 8 Michigan State, 5 p.m.
No. 4 Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana, 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 24
Michigan/Iowa Loser vs. Purdue/Ohio State Loser, 9 a.m. (Elimination game)
Minnesota/MSU Loser vs. Illinois/Indiana Loser, 1 p.m. (Elimination game)
Michigan/Iowa Winner vs. Purdue/Ohio State Winner, 5 p.m.
Minnesota/MSU Winner vs. Illinois/Indiana Winner, 9 p.m.

Friday, May 25
9 a.m. Thursday Winner vs. 5 p.m. Thursday Loser, 3:30 p.m. (Elimination game)
1 p.m. Thursday Winner vs. 9 p.m. Thursday Loser, 7:30 p.m. (Elimination game)

Saturday, May 26
3:30 p.m. Friday Winner vs. 9 p.m. Thursday Winner, 9 a.m.
7:30 p.m. Friday Winner vs. 5 p.m. Thursday Winner, 1 p.m.
9 a.m. rematch if necessary, 5 p.m.
1 p.m. rematch if necessary, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 27
Championship, 1 p.m.

Boys Substate Soccer plays continues in all classes tonight. Here is a look at local match-ups.

Class 1A

Substate 1

Greene County vs. Kuemper Catholic (@ Denison-Schleswig) 5:00pm

Substate 7

Atlantic at Des Moines Christian 6:30pm
Clarke at AHSTW 6:30pm

Substate 8

Tri-Center vs. St. Albert (@ Treynor) 5:00pm
Riverside at Treynor 7:00pm

Class 2A

Substate 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Denison-Schleswig 7:00pm

Substate 8

Glenwood at Harlan 6:30pm
Perry at Winterset/Earlham (@ Earlham) 4:00pm

Class 3A

Substate 7

Des Moines East at Lewis Central 5:00pm

Substate 8

CB Abraham Lincoln at Waukee 6:30pm

The Atlantic Trojans girls softball team will open up their 2018 season tonight against Missouri Valley and we will have coverage on KJAN. The Trojans are coming off a 32-9 season that ended a step away from the State Tournament. The 2017 season ended with a Regional final loss at home to West Marshall 3-2, putting the Trojans just shy of heading to back to back State Tournament appearances.

Atlantic has their sites set on another run to Fort Dodge in the 2018 campaign with just one senior lost from last year’s squad in Catherine Leonard.

Atlantic returns pitching ace Ally Anderson who finished last year with a 27-9 record in 38 appearances. She had 237 strikeouts, just 10 walks, and held a 1.62 ERA in 2017.

Alexis Handel returns as a big bat at the plate. The UMKC recruit had a .509 average last season with 17 home-runs and 56 RBI’s.

Missouri Valley was 22-11 in the 2017 campaign and reached the second round of Regional play before falling to Logan-Magnolia.

We’ll have coverage of the game tonight on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1. Pregame will be at 7:15pm with first pitch approximately 7:30pm in Atlantic. You can also listen online or on the KJAN app.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 4, Glenwood 1 (10 inn.)
Denison-Schleswig 12, Spencer 11
Harlan 5, Kuemper Catholic 2
Shenandoah 9, Red Oak 3
St. Albert 9, Lewis Central 5

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 14, Glidden-Ralston 4 (5 inn.)
IKM-Manning 9, Griswold 7
Logan-Magnolia 7, Treynor 4

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 9, Southwest Valley 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

East Union 9, Orient-Macksburg 7
Norwalk 6, Nodaway Valley 2

Corner Confernce

Lenox 5, Sidney 3

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 5, Carroll 4
Glenwood 5, Creston 1
Harlan 7, Kuemper Catholic 6
Red Oak 9, Shenandoah 0

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 10, Griswold 0
Logan-Magnolia 6, Missouri Valley 4
Riverside 7, Audubon 4
Underwood 6, Missouri Valley 4

Pride of Iowa Conference

Southwest Valley 12, CAM 11
Orient-Macksburg 8, East Union 3

Corner Conference

Lenox 2, Sidney 0
Mount Ayr 13, East Mills 0

Atlantic 4, Perry 3
Denison-Schleswig 6, Kuemer Catholic 0
Glenwood 4, Tri-Center 1
Lewis Central 3, St. Albert 1
Nodaway Valley/WCV/ACGC 5, Harlan 2
Treynor 6, Thomas Jefferson 0

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The Iowa Hawkeyes will play Michigan this (Wednesday) morning in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Radio Iowa’s Todd Kimm reports. (Click on the left side of the audio bar for the “play” button)

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez each homered and Jason Hammel earned his first victory of the season as the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1. Hammel (1-5) has been winless in his previous 13 starts dating back to his last win Sept. 6, 2017.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Demetrius Harris has been suspended one game without pay by the NFL for violating its substance abuse policy. Harris pleaded guilty in March to two misdemeanors related to marijuana. He was sentenced to two days in jail, fined $500, given two years’ probation and 80 hours of community service.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Big Ten baseball tournament will open a five-year run at TD Ameritrade Park with a wide-open field featuring two of the hottest teams in the nation in Minnesota and Purdue and a defending champion Iowa club that is looking to reach a third straight title game. This will be the third time the tournament is held at the home of the College World Series. Host team Nebraska did not make the tournament. But big crowds are expected to turn out.

2018 Junkanoo Jam Field Announced

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will compete at the 2018 Women’s Junkanoo Jam, tournament directors announced Tuesday. Eight teams will compete at the 16th annual tournament, held Nov. 22-24, at Gateway Christian Academy in Bimini, Bahamas.

The tournament field is split into two divisions of four teams. Iowa, Eastern Kentucky, Florida State, and West Virginia make up the Bimini Division, while Clemson, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and UAB represent the Junkanoo Division. Each division will crown a champion.

Iowa will compete at the Junkanoo Jam for the third time. The Hawkeyes won the event in 2004.

All games will stream live at www.FloHoops.com. To access the live event coverage and replays of the Junkanoo Jam, users must sign up to become FloPRO subscribers on www.FloHoops.com.

Located just 50 miles off Florida’s coast, Bimini is the closest Bahamian island to the United States, boasting miles of pristine beaches. Known as Ernest Hemingway’s favorite escape, Bimini showcases the history and culture of the Caribbean. Visitors from around the world travel to Bimini to enjoy its warm weather, expansive beaches, and crystal-clear waters.

For more information about the 2018 Junkanoo Jam and to purchase fan packages, visitwww.junkanoojam.com.

Complete Schedule

Junkanoo Division

Nov. 22, 2018

Clemson vs. Tennessee at 2 p.m.
UAB vs. Oklahoma at 4:15 p.m.

Nov. 23, 2018

Loser #1 vs. Loser #2 at 6:45 p.m.

Nov. 24, 2018

Winner #1 vs. Winner #2 at 1 p.m.

Bimini Division

Nov. 23, 2018

Eastern Kentucky vs. Florida State at 2 p.m.
West Virginia vs. Iowa at 4:15 p.m.

Nov. 24, 2018

Loser #1 vs. Loser #2 at 3:15 p.m.
Winner #1 vs. Winner #2 at 5:45 p.m.

All game times subject to change
All times Central Standard Time