WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mike Goodes shot a 7-under 64 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Principal Charity Classic on Friday. Goodes opened the Champions Tour event with four straight birdies and closed with birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. Goodes shot a 30 on the front nine and tied his lowest overall round on the Champions Tour. Jay Haas, who won in Iowa in 2007 and 2008, leads a group at 5-under 66 that includes South African David Frost and former Masters champion Larry Mize. Mark Brooks heads a group three strokes behind Goodes. Sixty-eight-year-old Graham Marsh scored the tournament’s first hole-in-one since 2006 when he aced the 203-yard second hole. Marsh finished with a 73.

by:  DAVE SKRETTA,AP Sports Writer

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State linebacking duo of A.J. Klein and Jake Knott are part of the reason that the Cyclones’ linebackers are rated second nationally as a group by Lindy’s College Football Preview. Both were named as first-team All-Big 12 selections.  Klein was voted second-team All-American.

“Arguably the two best linebackers in the Big 12 – and one of the most productive tandems in the nation – play in Ames. Senior A.J. Klein (116 tackles, 7.5 for loss) was the Big 12’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2011, and senior Jake Knott (115 tackles, four forced fumbles) was also a first-team All-Big 12 pick.”

Klein is rated as the second-best inside linebacker nationally and Knott the seventh-best outside linebacker in the country.

LINDY’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2012 PREVIEW

Top 10 Linebackers

1. Georgia
2. IOWA STATE
3. Alabama
4. Stanford
5. Wisconsin
6. Oregon
7. Penn State
8. Michigan State
9. Florida
10. USC

Top Inside Linebackers

1. Manti Te’o, Notre Dame, Sr.
2. A.J. KLEIN, IOWA STATE, Sr.
3. Chris Borland, Wisconsin, Jr.
4. Arthur Brown, Kansas State, Sr.
5. C.J. Mosley, Alabama, Jr.
6. Kevin Reddick, North Carolina, Sr.
7. Alec Ogletree, Georgia, Jr.

Top Outside Linebackers

1. Jarvis Jones, Georgia, Sr.
2. Gerald Hodges, Penn State, Sr.
3. Chase Thomas, Sr. Stanford
4. Khaseem Greene, Rutgers, Sr.
5. Jonathan Brown, Illinois, Jr.
6. Mike Mike Taylor, Wisconsin, Sr.
7. JAKE KNOTT, Iowa State, Sr.

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Class 1-A Singles (Byrnes Park, Waterloo, Iowa)

First Round:

• Kate Walker, Red Oak, defeated Gabby Greco, Waterloo Columbus, 6-1, 6-2
• Cassie Stanek, Sioux City Bishop Heelan, defeated Casey Dean, Clarinda, 6-0, 6-3

Quarterfinals:

• Amanda Stefanik, Oskaloosa, defeated Kate Walker, Red Oak, 6-4, 6-2

Consolation First Round:

• Jenna Wilkinson, Independence, defeated Casey Dean, Clarinda, 6-4, 6-4

Consolation Quarterfinals:

• Jenna Wilkinson, Independence, defeated Kate Walker, Red Oak, 7-6(3), 4-6, 1(9)

Class 1-A Doubles (Byrnes Park, Waterloo, Iowa)

First Round:

• Anne Nora/Abby Greenwood, Waterloo Columbus, def. Rachel Tucker/Grace Newman, Glenwood, 6-0, 6-0
• Kimberly Graf/Mackenzie Johnson, Shenandoah, def. Rachel Ingram/Cassidy Ipsen, Denison-Schleswig, 6-3, 6-3

Quarterfinals:

• Kimberly Graf/Mackenzie Johnson, Shenandoah, def. Kylie Kruse/Katrina Shindlar, Decorah, 6-1, 6-3

Consolation First Round:

• Marissa Buresh/Morgan Kuhrt, Waverly-Shell Rock, def. Rachel Tucker/Grace Newman, Glenwood, 6-3, 6-1
• Hannah Hingtgen/Tracy Wulfekuhle, Western Dubuque, def. Rachel Ingram/Cassidy Ipsen, Denison-Schleswig,

Class 1-A:

• Waterloo Columbus Catholic 1, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
• Iowa City Regina 1, St. Albert 0
• Nevada 1, Dyersville Beckman 0
• West Liberty 1, Solon 0

Class 2-A:

• Dubuque Wahlert 4, Clear Creek-Amana 1
• ADM 3, Webster City 0
• Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji 4, Pella 1
• Norwalk 2, Cedar Rapids Xavier 1 (2OT/PK)

Class 3-A:

• Iowa City West 8, Sioux City West 0
• Ames 2, Ankeny 1 (2OT/PK)
• WDM Valley 1, Iowa City High 0
• Johnston 3, Bettendorf 0

Hawkeye 10:

• Glenwood 6-7, Atlantic 4-4
• Creston 11-11, Lewis Central 1-1
• Harlan 15-4, Shenandoah 3-2
• Kuemper Catholic 6-7, Clarinda 3-9
• Denison 12-18, Red Oak 1-3

Western Iowa:

• Missouri Valley 4, Griswold 1
• Treynor 10, Nishnabotna 0
• Underwood 6, Essex 5

Rolling HIlls:

• Walnut 9, Adair-Casey 3

Others:

• Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Ogden 4
• Logan-Magnolia 9, Kingsley-Pierson 3
• Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 2, Charter Oak-Ute 1

Hawkeye 10:

• Glenwood 8, Atlantic 2 (Gunnar Blum hit 2-run HR for Atlantic)
• Denison-Schleswig 12-12, Red Oak 1-1
• Kuemper Catholic 2-7, Clarinda 0-1
• Harlan 15-9, Shenandoah 1-1

Rolling Hills:

• Walnut 11, Adair-Casey 1

Others:

• Abraham Lincoln 13, Sioux City East 6
• Logan-Magnolia 14, Missouri Valley 8
• Underwood 13, Essex 5

AMES, Iowa – Former Cyclone wrestler and two-time NCAA heavyweight champion Chris Taylor will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this weekend in Stillwater, Okla.

“Chris is a legend of our sport,” said Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Jackson. “He is the most recognized heavyweight in U.S. history and his induction is well-deserved. To see another Cyclone entering the national hall of fame should make the Cyclone nation proud of its’ rich wrestling tradition.”

Taylor had enormous impact on the sport of wrestling-literally and figuratively. He will go down as the heaviest wrestling competitor in Olympic Games history, but his influence on the sport remains larger than life.

Competing during an era with no weight limitations for the heavyweight division, Taylor was a force in collegiate and international wrestling. Taylor stood 6 feet 5 inches and weighed over 400 pounds throughout much of his wrestling career.

Hailing from Dowagiac, Michigan, Taylor began wrestling as a junior in high school. He dropped only one match on his way to the 1967 state championship title at heavyweight. Taylor lost only one match his senior year, in the 1968 state finals.

Taylor continued wrestling at Muskegon Community College in Michigan, placing first at the junior college national tournament as a freshman and third as a sophomore. But it was his career at Iowa State that would turn Taylor into a national and international superstar. Noticed by Hall of Fame coach Harold Nichols, college wrestling’s super heavyweight would take the wrestling world by storm.

His two year career as a Cyclone was nothing short of spectacular. Taylor won NCAA individual titles in 1972 and 1973, leading Iowa State to NCAA tournament crowns both seasons. The “Gentle Giant” pinned his way through the NCAA tournament in 1973, becoming only the second wrestler to pin his way through a 32-man bracket. Taylor’s overall career record at Iowa State was 87-0-1 with 70 pins.

After he won his first NCAA title in 1972, Taylor pulled off a rare double for the United States by wrestling in the freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions at the Olympic Games. Although he did not place in Greco-Roman, Taylor earned a bronze medal during the freestyle competition-dropping a controversial 3-2 decision to eventual champion Alexender Medved of the Soviet Union.

Taylor died in 1979 at the age of 29.

For an enduring wrestling legacy that touched the lives of many, Chris Taylor is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

(ISU Press Release)

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