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3 takeaways from Dallas Center-Grimes’ win over Norwalk in Iowa boys high school basketball
Dallas Center-Grimes against Norwalk in Iowa high school boys basketball is bound to be competitive.
At least, that’s been the case during the 2024-25 season so far. DCG (11-5) handed Norwalk (8-8) a two-point loss in the first week of January and then defeated the Warriors, 60-56 in overtime, on Tuesday.
Norwalk cut away at the Mustangs’ lead several times Tuesday, getting within one point on more than one occasion. The Warriors even took a lead in the fourth quarter and then kept the game tied to force overtime, but DCG made a final push to claim the victory.
“One year, one game went to three overtimes, the other game went for four,” Mustangs’ coach Joel Rankin said postgame, on why the games end up so close. “We want to beat each other. It’s a great win when you beat Norwalk.”
Here are three takeaways from Dallas Center-Grimes’ win over Norwalk on Tuesday.
Kyle Cason leads the way in senior season with new team
Cason spent last season as the go-to sixth man for Valley, helping the Tigers win their second-straight state championship. He averaged just under nine points per game on a roster loaded with talent, with little chance at a starting spot save for injury issues.
But in his final season of high school basketball, Cason is at Dallas Center-Grimes, where he’s excelled all season. He averages over 20 points per game and started each of the Mustangs games, so far.
The success continued on Tuesday, despite a slow start. Cason missed his first three shots, then followed with four straight makes, picking up 11 points between the first and second quarters. He finished with 23 total points.
“He’s just very gifted,” Rankin said. “He is our guy that we work through and he gets other people shots. He’s played a lot of meaningful basketball at Valley, and his role is just a little bit different with us.”
Grady Sigrist isn’t enough to get past Dallas Center-Grimes
The Warriors’ leading scorer is the perfect combination on the basketball court: a 6-foot-5 star who can make shots from outside the arc. Sigrist’s height translates to a lot of success on defense too, with the senior guard grabbing rebounds and slotting in the occasional block.
On Tuesday, Sigrist scored 12 first-half points, all off 3-pointers. But the Mustangs’ defense held him to no points in the third quarter and only two free throws in the fourth, but he did pick up the assist on Norwalk’s go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter.
A lot of that second-half shutdown has to do with Tate Perrin, who Rankin described as the Mustangs’ most valuable player.
“He’s a competitor,” Rankin said. “He didn’t have a great offensive game but he wants to win. His will to win is incredible. And he just took it upon himself and gave (Sigrist) some problems.
“(Sigrist) is really good and we can’t let him have open shots. But I’m happy with our second-half performance on him.”
Chase Perrin brings a boost off the bench
The future looks bright at Dallas Center-Grimes, at least based on the performance of one freshman. Chase Perrin came in off the bench for the Mustangs, but he finished as one of the team’s top producers. He scored 11 points, the only player off the bench to finish in the double digits.
It’s still incredibly early in Perrin’s career, but the Mustangs will need a player like him come next season – after Dallas Center-Grimes graduates eight seniors from this season’s varsity roster.
“During the summer, I didn’t know if he would play varsity,” Rankin said. “And then he just kept making shots. For a freshman, he’s just so confident and such a good shooter. We needed him to spread the floor out a little bit, and he just is not afraid of the moment.”
Alyssa Hertel is the college sports recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.
Five people were shot and injured at an Iowa City pedestrian mall near the University of Iowa campus overnight, police said Sunday. Students from the university were among the injured, according to school officials.
The Iowa City Police Department responded to a report of a large fight in the 100 Block of East College Street at 1:46 a.m. early Sunday, the department said in a news release. Arriving officers heard gunfire.
Multiple victims were hospitalized, police said. Police confirmed to CBS News that one person was in critical condition, while the other four victims are stable.
University of Iowa President Barb Wilson said in a statement that three students were among those shot. None of the victims has been publicly identified.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. Police said they are seeking information about five “persons of interest associated with this shooting.” The university also shared the request for information.
The pedestrian mall was closed for several hours and reopened Sunday afternoon.
Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for April 13-18. Read through the nominees and cast your vote.
Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, April 26. The winner will be announced in the following week’s poll. Here are this week’s nominees:
Taylor Roose, Pella boys track and field
Roose competed in three events at the Norwalk Invitational, winning all three in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and long jump.
Daxon Kiesau, Urbandale boys track and field
Kiesau swept the throwing events at the Norwalk Invitational, taking first place in the shot put and the discus.
Alex Burger, Southeast Valley boys track and field
Competing at home, Burger dominated, earning four gold medals. He won the 400-meter hurdles and the long jump while running on the winning 4×200-meter relay and shuttle hurdle relay.
Kolby Hodnefield, Clear Lake boys track and field
Hodenfield, a defending state champion, broke the meet, venue and school record in the 200 and the 400 at the Clear Lake Invitational. He added victories as part of the 4×100 and 4×400 relays. Both relays also set meet records.
Easton Moon, North Polk boys tennis
Moon has started off his senior season on the courts unbeaten, winning all four matches while dropping just one game in 44 played.
Ava Lohrbach, Gilbert girls golf
One of the top golfers in the state, Lohrbach has had a hot start, firing a 35 in her nine-hole debut and a 72 for her 18-hole opener.
Nathan Manske, Algona boys golf
An elite quarterback and basketball player, Manske is showing his golfing skills this spring, coming out with a state-low 30 in a nine-hole event.
Ella Hein, Tipton girls track and field
Hein set school records in the 400-meter run and long jump at the Tiger/Tigerette Relays while also locking in the Blue Standard and qualifying for the Drake Relays. She won the long jump (18-6) and was second in the 400.
Maeve Bowen-Burt, Iowa City High girls track and field
The sophomore helped the Little Hawks land three Drake Relays events on the last night of qualifying, advancing in the 400 hurdles, along with the sprint medley and 4×400 relays.
About Our Athlete of the Week Voting
High School on SI voting polls are meant to be a fun, lighthearted way for fans to show support for their favorite athletes and teams. Our goal is to celebrate all of the players featured, regardless of the vote totals. Sometimes one athlete will receive a very large number of votes — even thousands — and that’s okay! The polls are open to everyone and are simply a way to build excitement and community around high school sports. Unless we specifically announce otherwise, there are no prizes or official awards for winning. The real purpose is to highlight the great performances of every athlete included in the poll.
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The late boxing great George Foreman lies buried in a cemetery in the northwestern corner of Iowa – a place he has no connection to outside of a lone visit to the region nearly 40 years ago.
Foreman died March 21, 2025, at the age of 76 in Houston and was buried in Logan Park Cemetery at Sioux City, Iowa, a month later, city officials confirmed. Foreman’s family returned Thursday to his burial site, holding a news conference with Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott to reveal Foreman’s burial place, marked by a large monument that bears an image of him as a teen following his Olympic gold medal boxing win.
The family explained in a statement released by Sioux City officials that he had visited the Iowa city in 1988, and often recalled the sense of peace he experienced there.
After traveling to the city on April 17 last year to bury Foreman, his family said they immediately understood the region’s appeal.
“Our father lived a life of purpose, faith and gratitude,” the family said in a statement released by Sioux City officials. “To see him laid to rest in a place that brought him peace means everything to us.”
Scott joined the family at Foreman’s monument that lies just a few miles north of the Missouri River in an upper Midwest city of nearly 87,000 people. The cemetery overlooks the scenic Loess Hills, created by windblown silt deposits that reach up to 200 feet high (about 61 meters) and line the river along the Iowa border for 200 miles (322 kilometers).
“Their story is a reminder of how one place can stay with someone for a lifetime,” Scott said.
A native Texan, Foreman rose to fame when he made the 1968 U.S. Olympic boxing team, winning gold in Mexico City. He became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1973 by defeating the great Joe Frazier, only to lose the title a year later to Muhammad Ali in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle.”
A full 20 years later in 1994, Foreman became the oldest man to win the heavyweight championship at 45, defeating Michael Moorer in an epic upset.
Foreman retired in 1997 with a 76-5 career record.
He then moved on to the next chapter in his life as a businessman, pitchman and occasional actor, becoming known to a new generation as the face of the George Foreman Grill. The simple cooking machine sold more than 100 million units and brought him more wealth than boxing.
A biographical movie based on Foreman’s life was released in 2023.
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