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Benton girls’ golf team travels to Anamosa; boys’ travel to Stone Creek -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton girls' golf Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Fawn Creek Country Club, Anamosa Team scores Anamosa 370 Benton 407 Camanche 415 Union 433 West Liberty 506 Lone Tree 603 Benton scores Halle Sobaski 40 46 - 86 (runner up medalist) Madelyn Kenny 48 54 - 102 Hailey Suiter 48 57 - 105 Tegan Bertka 64 50 - 114 Medalist - Kennedy Ward, Anamosa, 86 Benton boys' golf Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Stone Creek Golf Club, Williamsburg Tater Tough Memorial Invitational Benton scores Ryan Spina 44 41 - 85 Cole Junge 49 46 - 95 Trayton Lentner 56 50 - 106 Marcus Newton 45 43 88 Braiden Moore 46 46 - 92 Brock Silhanek 55 43 - 98 Medalist - Jackson Price, Newton, 75 Team scores Williamsburg 323 Oskaloosa 324 Clear Creek Amana 331 Mount Vernon 337 Mid-Prairie 343 Newton 347 Keota 350 Benton 360 Anamosa 367

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“My favorite thing about being a Bobcat is the supportive nature of the staff. I know on any given day, I have a whole team of people who are there for me”

School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 17. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Benton Girls Wrestling Golf Outing Fundraiser Saturday, June 1st at Tara Hills Register using the QR Code For questions contact Coach Hoeck jhoeck@benton.k12.ia.us

Benton and Belle Plaine travel to Williamsburg boys’ track meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Williamsburg Co-ed Invitational Monday, April 15, 2024, at Williamsburg Boys’ team scores Prairie, CR 145 Solon 112 Clear Creek-Amana 79 Williamsburg 77 Grinnell 54 Washington 46 CPU 46 Benton Comm 44 Mt Vernon 40 Vinton-Shellsburg 28 Belle Plaine 27 Iowa Valley 25 Regina, IC 14 Mid-Prairie 12 English Valleys 11 Benton boys’ results High jump - 2 Eli Patterson 6-6 Shot put - 5 Brennen Blegen 52-7 Discus - 5 Brennen Blegen 145-8 800 sprint medley - 7 Owen Tjelmeland, Grant Volesky, Easton Pfiffner, Owen Von Ahsen 1:42.37 3200 - 8 Isaac Morris 10:59.46 Shuttle hurdle - 7 Brody Timmerman, Brock Corrigan, Will Schanbacher, Owen Von Ahsen 1:08.48 4x200 - 5 Evan Martin, Owen Tjelmeland, Easton Pfiffner, Carson Bruns 1:33.81 110 hurdles - 4 Eli Patterson 16.78, 8 Brody Timmerman 17.69 200 - Carson Bruns 22.25 400 hurdles - 3 Owen Von Ahsen 58.66 Belle Plaine results Long jump - 5 Lane Vokoun 20-3 Discus - 6 Riley Simmons 143-9 400 - Sam DeMeulenaere 52.08 110 hurdles - 2 Lane Vokoun 15.72 800 - 2 Sam DeMeulenaere 2:02.31

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Belle Plaine and Benton do well at co-ed track invite in Van Horne -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Bobcat Co-ed Invite Bobcat Stadium Van Horne, IA Thursday, April 11, 2024 Team Standings Williamsburg 136 Vinton-Shellsburg 111 Benton 94.5 CPU 59 Xavier 57 Oelwein 54 HLV 54 Independence 37.5 Regina 31 Belle Plaine 24 Benton JV 14 Columbus 4 Valley Lutheran 1 Benton girls’ results High jump - 5. Piper Nelson 4-4 Long jump - 2. Layna DeMoss 15-2.50 Shot put - 1 Ana Glawe, 36-8 Discus - 2 Ana Glawe 107-10, 5 Emily Kulbartz JV 86-2 800 sprint medley - 1 Kennedy Lohrer, Ashlee Michels, Ashlyn Drahos, Layna DeMoss 2:05.43 4x800 - 1 Jaida Lyons, Abbie Jones, Kyra Kaiser, Aubrey Kelly 10:56.92 Shuttle hurdle - 1 Mabry Sadler, Belle Werner, Haiden Moore, Sophia Seeck 1:13.17 4x200 - 2 Mabry Sadler, Ashlyn Drahos, Piper Nelson, Ashlee Michels 1:59.09 100 hurdles - 4 Sophia Seeck 18.39, 5 Belle Werner 18.40 800 - 3 Jaida Lyons 2:38.92, 7 Abbie Jones 2:46.19 4x100 - 5 Mabry Sadler, Ashlyn Drahos, Haiden Moore, Ashlee Michels 55.44 4x400 - 3 Abbie Jones, Aubrey Kelly, Jaida Lyons, Layna DeMoss 4:43.25 Boys’ team standings Williamsburg 110 CPU 107 Benton 99 Mount Vernon 85 Oelwein 76 Iowa Valley 58.5 Independence 41.5 Belle Plaine 40 Vinton-Shellsburg 35 Xavier 24 Columbus 24 English Valleys 23 Regina 6 HLV 5 Benton JV 4 Benton boys’ results High jump - 2 Eli Patterson 6-0 Shot put - 4 Brennen Blegen 50-3, 5 Carter Holmes 47-7.5 Discus - 4 Brennen Blegen 153-5 800 sprint medley - 1 Easton Pfiffner, Owen Tjelmeland, Carson Bruns, Evan Martin 1:42.99 4x800 - 6 Isaac Morris, Caleb Olson, Jack Lange, Cade Volesky 9:32.24 Shuttle hurdle - 3 Brody Timmerman, Brock Corrigan, Owen Von Ahsen, Eli Patterson 1:07.10 1600 distance medley - 7 Grant Volesky, Owen Von Ahsen, Will Schanbacher, Jayden Beck 4:07.59 400 - 5 Gabe Pugh 57.40, 6 Evan Martin 57.79 4x200 - 2 Easton Pfiffner, Owen Tjelmeland, Gavin Brooks, Carson Bruns 1:34.72 110 hurdles - 4 Eli Patterson 16.51, 5 Brody Timmerman 17.19 200 - 2 Carson Bruns 23.51 400 hurdles - 2 Owen Von Ahsen 59.97, 6 Brody Timmerman 1:02.71 1600 - 7 Isaac Morris 5:08.67, 8 Caleb Olson 5:13.28 4x100 - 4 Easton Pfiffner, Gavin Brooks, Owen Tjelmeland, Carson Bruns 46.06 4x400 - 4 Easton Pfifner, Owen Tjelmeland, Evan Martin, Eli Patterson 3:46.12

Benton hosts Bobcat Golf Invite on Saturday at Tara Hills -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne Saturday, April 13, 2024 Team scores Marion 321 Columbus Catholic 323 Independence 327 Vinton-Shellsburg 328 Williamsburg 329 Clear Creek-Amana 339 Grinnell 340 Benton 350 Center Point-Urbana 360 Benton Scoring Ryan Spina 5 6 4 6 6 3 4 3 4 - 41 - 4 4 4 8 5 4 5 3 5 - 42 - 83 Trayton Lentner 4 5 4 6 6 5 5 4 5 - 44 - 5 5 4 8 7 6 6 4 4 - 49 - 93 Cole Junge 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 - 43 - 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 - 44 - 87 Brock Silhanek 6 5 4 6 6 3 6 4 5 - 45 - 4 6 3 8 4 5 6 3 6 - 45 - 90 Ryan Finn 6 8 6 8 6 5 6 3 5 - 53 - 5 6 4 8 5 8 6 4 5 - 51 - 104 Marcus Newton 6 5 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 - 44 - 4 5 4 8 5 4 6 5 5 - 46 - 90 Medalist - Crew Klingner Williamsburg 74 Runner-Up - Lawson Berndt Marion 75

Benton Girls Wrestling Summer Camp registration is now open! Use the QR code or link to register https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BhToQeOxkSNkZwpP-gZVtbGSik2pvaIpKhiDYiUdBy4/viewform?edit_requested=true

Benton girls golf team finishes in 6th place at the tough Williamsburg Lady Invite Wednesday, April 10th. 1. Williamsburg 348 2. Solon 365 3. CCA 367 4. Mid Prairie 370 5. Anamosa 394 6. Benton 395 7. Calamus Wheatland 440 8. Vinton-Shellsburg 442 9. Marion 523 Halle Sobaski (Benton) Medalist Runner-Up with an 84. Rounds of 43-41.

BC soccer teams face Williamsburg -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Boys' soccer at Williamsburg Benton (3-1) 2, Williamsburg (4-1) 1 BC 0 1 1 - 2 W 0 1 0 - 1 Goals: Caleb Gessner, 1, 2 shots on goal Saves: Troy Kupka, 5 Girls' soccer at Van Horne Benton (2-2) 1, Williamsburg 0 W 0 0 0 0 - 0 BC 0 0 0 1 - 1

Benton hosts CPU at Tara Hills in boys’ golf action -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne Varsity CPU 167 BC 185 JV CPU 187 BC 188 Benton varsity Trayton Lentner 48 Brock Silhanek 55 Ryan Spina 44 Cole Junge 45 Braiden Moore 50 Ryan Finn 48 Benton JV Marcus Newton 46 Kolby Wenger 52 Jonah Thompson 47 Grady Frese 47 Drew Fillenworth 48 Drew Steffen 53 Benton JV 2 Braedyn Junge 57 Carson Pickering 58 Andrew Hines 55 Will Rausch 55 Owen Krug 62 Derek Campbell 72

"My favorite part about being a Bobcat is the strong sense of community here at Benton. The connections made with the students and staff and the support from the families are so important to the success of the each and every student."

School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 10. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Benton and Belle Plaine girls compete at Iowa Valley track meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Iowa Valley Girls’ meet Monday, April 8, 2024, at Marengo Team scores Williamsburg 183 PCM 160 North Mahaska 115 HLV 105 English Valleys 91 Montezuma 81 Iowa Valley 69 Sigourney 55 Benton 48 Belle Plaine 46 Clear Creek Amana 27 Benton results - Class A 4x100 - 4 Azeriah Johnson, Calista Nolte, Janessa Bries, Bella deNooy 58.11, 4 JV Olivia Brendes, Stella Tjemeland, Ellaina Mahan, Aliyah Fisher 59.87 4x200 - 3 Piper Nelson, Ashlee Michels, Ava Collum, Azeriah Johnson 2:02.80, 4 JV Janessa Bries, Calista Nolte, Bella DeNooy, Stella Tjelmeland 2:07.11 800 medley - 3 Azeriah Johnson, Ava Collum, Ashlee Michels, Piper Nelson 2:09.68 100 hurdles - 2 Belle Werner 17.81 Shot put - 1 Ana Glow 35-00.50, 5 Megan Krug 26-07.00 Discus - 1 Graisee Schluter 83-11, 3 Megan Krug (JV) 74-03, 5 Avery Kramer 72-03

On Thursday, April 25 members of the Benton Community National Honor Society will be heading out into the communities to offer assistance in any way they can to organize and participate in a community service project. They are particularly interested in helping those who cannot help themselves and/or projects that are just too big for your family. Ideas could be but are not limited to, derecho clean up, small painting projects, debris clean up, community ball field work, town parks, etc.. Please understand they may or may not be able to fulfill all requests. Use the QR Code for additional information.

Lady Bobcats win in home golf meet against Independence -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Monday, April 8, 2024 at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne Benton 192, Independence 197 Benton Varsity Halle Sobaski 40 (Medalist) Kayley Dirks 49 Madelyn Kenny 51 Tegan Bertka 52 Halley Suiter 55