Dallas Center – Grimes athletes and coaches along with everyone in the state of Iowa will be enjoying some downtime this week with family week.

Through the Iowa High School Athletics website, “Family Week” is a week in the unified activity federation calendar that prohibits any coach or teacher/student contact and any unified activity federation event from occurring. This restricted period started yesterday and will be going through this upcoming Sunday, August 4th.

This is a unique period and needed period for everyone across the board. With four seasons in the state of Iowa, downtime can be limited for coaches, parents, and athletes in every school district. With this taking effect back in 2021, this allowed families to get the opportunity to get some needed downtime before the fall sports season gets going.

For the Mustangs, it was an extremely productive 2023-24 calendar year for their programs, and they will be hoping that they can find more success in 2024-25 year.