Benton MS/HS

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

Spring activities are in full swing! It's a busy Bobcat evening; get out and catch one of these events! Tuesday, April 9 4:00 PM - Boys Golf Meet vs Center Point-Urbana @ Tara Hills 4:15 PM - MS Girls Track Meet @ Solon 4:15 PM - MS Boys Track Meet @ South Tama 4:15 PM - HS Boys Track Meet @ Iowa Valley 4:30 PM - HS Girls Track Meet @ Lisbon HS Girls Soccer vs Williamsburg 5:00 PM - Varsity Game 6:30 PM - JV Game HS Boys Soccer @ Williamsburg 5:00 PM - Varsity Game 6:30 PM - JV Game

Benton’s boys golfers face Independence -Courtesy of Jim Magdfrau Monday, April 8, 2024, At River Ridge Golf Course Benton 197, Independence 162 Medalist, Ethan Cahalan 38 Benton Varsity Ryan Spina 52 Braiden Moore 58 Brock Silhanek 49 Trayton Lentner 46 Cole Junge 50 Marcus Newton 54 Varsity Total 197 Benton JV Ryan Finn 45 Kolby Wenger 51 Drew Fillenworth 64 Jonah Thompson 51 Grady Frese 51 Drew Steffen 61 JV Total 198 Benton JV2 Andrew Hines 63 Carson Pickering 59 Will Rausch 65 Derrek Campbell 86 Hunter Kupka 74 Owen Krug 70 JV2 Total 257

BC boys’ soccer team wins close math to Mount Vernon at Van Horne -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Friday, April 5, 2024, at Van Horne MV 0 0 - 0 BC 1 0 - 1 Goals - Caleb Gessner 1 Shots on goal - Caleb Gessner 1 Saves - Troy Kupka 4 Upcoming Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - Benton at Williamsburg, 5 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2024 - Benton at Independence, Lyle Leinbaugh Field, 5:30 p.m.

Girls’ soccer season starts at Benton -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Wapello Athletic Complex Benton 5 4 - 9 Wapello 0 0 - 0 No statistics yet Friday, April 5, 2024, at Cornell College Soccer Field, Mount Vernon BC 0 0 - 0 MV 4 1 - 5 No statistics yet Upcoming Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Williamsburg at Benton. 5 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2024, Independence at Benton 5 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Newton, vs. Newton, Perry and Des Moines Lincoln, 8:30 a.m.

"As an alumnus of Benton Community, I chose to come back to Benton because of the community’s continuing support of our academics, athletics, and fine arts programs."

MS/HS students catching the Solar Eclipse this afternoon.

School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC) Many thanks to the individuals who have provided feedback to the district through the SIAC team this year. If you are interested in joining this group in the future, please reach out to Anna Selk at aselk@benton.k12.ia.us.

The Benton girls golf team took 2nd place at the Bobcat Invite on Saturday at Tara Hills. 1. Solon 385 2. Benton 415 3. Independence 428 4. Vinton-Shellsburg 472 5. Postville 505 CPU and Columbus Catholic didn’t have enough girls to qualify as a team. Individuals: 6th Kayley Dirks 102 7th Madelyn Kenny 103 8th Halle Sobaski 104 11th Hailey Suiter 106 24th Tegan Bertka 114

2024 Cedar Valley Show Choir Summer Camp registration is now open! Register using the form or online with this link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFNMzMXtn2s4G3kjv06szKu_N7_S_D5bcYEjaRJjcBevFYJg/viewform

BC boys’ golfers compete at Solon Invite -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton Results Marcus Newton 102 Trayton Lentner 98 Kolby Wenger 108 Brock Silhanek 94 Ryan Finn 104 Jonah Thompson 111 Cole Junge 96 Braiden Moore 89 Team Results Solon 292 Williamsburg 303 West Delaware 310 Clear Creek-Amana 326 West Branch 341 Regina 343 West Liberty 346 Tipton 349 Benton 376 Durant 433 Individual Results Isaiah Zoske, Solon 67 Brennen Heesch, Sol 69 Crew Klingner, WBur 72 Bryce Yearian, WBur 73 Macoy Peyton, WD 74 Griffin Lott, WD 76 Robbie Allison, WBur 77