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HS Girls Soccer: There will be a meeting on Thursday during 5th block in Coach Trainer’s room for all girls that are interested in playing soccer in the spring. If you can’t be there, please talk to Coach ahead of time.
Classroom and Passing Time Reminders:
● Students will be dismissed AFTER the Bells Ring! There will be no more leaving before the bell.
● No blankets are to be brought to class. Blankets are defined by 3x5 or 5x8 piece of cloth that keeps you warm and has no
clothing designation.
● Lunch shift dismissals will also work off the bell. Students leaving early will be sent back.
○ "A" Lunch is dismissed from Lunch Room at 11:38 - WHEN THE BELL RINGS
○ MS Lunch is dismissed from Lunch Room at 12:21 - WHEN THE BELL RINGS
○ "C" Lunch is dismissed from Lunch Room at 1:05 - WHEN THE BELL RINGS.
● No Food from the Student Center is to be eaten in the hallway. Food needs to be consumed in the Student Center.
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Bobcats get big road win at Davenport
Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, at Davenport
Benton (5-2) 28, Assumption (2-5) 14
BC 14 7 7 0 – 28
DA 0 0 7 7 – 14
Benton’s Aidan Gallery was 8 of 11 for passing with 100 yards. Sam Wallace had five catches for 47 yards. Easton Pfiffner had two catches for 26 yards. Will Shaw had one catch for 27 yards.
Benton rushed 334 yards. Carson Bruns had 38 carries for 243 yards and four touchdowns, including a 16-yard touchdown run. Gallery had 14 carries for 84 yards.
Easton Pfiffner had 8.0 total tackles. Will Shaw had 1.5 sacks. Noah Franck had one sack. Brennen Blegen had 0.5 sacks.
Sam Wallace had one kickoff return for five yards. Dylan LeFebvere had two returns for 55 yards. Easton Pfiffner had one punt return for four yards. Nathan Rottman had five kickoffs for 2-9 yards, and was 4 of 4 for points after touhdown.
Assumption had 135 yards passing and 131 yards rushing.
District 3A-4 scores
Oct. 7, 2022
Central DeWitt 24, Vinton-Shellsburg 0
Mount Vernon 49, Maquoketa 7
Benton 28, Assumption 14
Oct. 14, 2022
Central DeWitt at Mount Vernon
Maquoketa at Benton
Assumption at Vinton-Shellsburg
Standings
Overall, District, point difference average
Mount Vernon 7-0 3-0 31.9
Benton 5-2 2-1 9.1
Central DeWitt 5-2 2-1 14.9
Assumption 2-5 1-2 7.7
Vinton-Shellsburg 2-5 2-1 1.3
Maquoketa 1-6 0-3 -24.3
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Lady Bobcats travel to CPU tourney
Center Point-Urbana tournament
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Center Point
Columbus (11-23) 2, Benton (16-20) 0
WC 25 30 – 2
BC 19 28 – 0
Mabry Sadler had 16 assists for Benton. Brooke DeRycke added 10. The team had 30 kills in 102 attempts with 16 errors. Addison Phillips had 14 kills. Piper Nelson added 11. Nelson had 16 digs. Olivia Janss had 14. The team was 45 of 48 for serves with two aces, one each from from Janss and Sadler. Phillips was 10 of 10. Kennedy Donald was 9 of 9. Janss and DeRycke were 7 of 7 each.
Solon (21-9) 2, Benton 0
BC 8 13 – 0
S 21 21 - 2
Emma Townsley had 10 assists. Benton had 12 kills in 53 attempts with eight errors. With six each were Phillips and Nelson. With seven digs each were Janss and Sadler. The team was 19 of 22 for serves with one ace from Addison Phillips. Nelson was 4 of 4.
Assumption (24-5) 2, Benton 0
BC 8 11 - 0
DA 21 21 – 2
Sadler had four assists. The team had eight kills in 32 attempts with four errors. With three kills each were Phillips and Nelson. The team was 18 of 20 for serves with one ace from Nelson. Janss was 6 of 6. Phillips was 5 of 5.
Benton 2, Waterloo West (9-18) 1
BC 20 21 15 – 2
WW 22 19 11 – 1
DeRycke had 14 assists. Sadler added eight. Benton had 30 kills in 94 attempts with 12 errors. Phillips had 12 kills and Nelson added 10. Nelson also had 15 digs. Benton was 52 of 53 for serves with two aces from Nelson. Philips was 10 of 10. Jenna Twedt was 9 of 9.
Benton has WaMaC tourney action this Thursday, Oct. 13, at Mount Vernon.
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Benton cross country teams run at North Linn
North Linn Lynx Invitational
Troy Mills
Saturday, Oct 8, 2022
Varsity girls
1 Solon 57
2 Williamsburg 60
3 Washington 76
4 Tipton 87
5 Hudson 137
6 North Linn Csd 162
7 Iowa City Regina 178
8 Marion 186
9 Grundy Center / Gladbrook 272
10 Vinton Shellsburg 329
11 Benton Community 329
12 Alburnett 333
Benton varsity girls
55 Gwen King, 12 22:42
65 Delaney Lohrer, 12 23:57
68 Haiden Moore, 10 24:45
70 Emma Schwake, 12 25:03
71 Lizzy Wolf, 9 25:05
Varsity boys
1 Marion 73
2 Solon 81
3 Tipton 120
4 Grundy Center / Gladbrook 124
5 Iowa City Regina 127
6 Vinton Shellsburg 129
7 Washington 134
8 Williamsburg 172
9 North Linn Csd 267
10 Benton Community 278
11 Starmont West Central 292
12 Maquoketa Valley 293
13 Hudson 332
14 Alburnett 393
15 Independence 433
Benton varsity boys
33 Isaac Morris, 11 17:43 5:42
41 Caleb Olson, 9 17:52
65 Blake Daugherty, 12 18:41
69 Luke Lange, 10 19:07
70 Marcus Ricklefs, 11 19:12
74 Brandon Schultz, 12 19:17
76 Evan Daugherty, 12 19:29
My name is Keri Graveman and I teach 3 and 4 year old preschool at Atkins Elementary. I come from a long line of teachers, both of my parents were teachers and my grandma was a school counselor. I have 3 children that attend Benton Community Schools and 2 step-children that attend Waterloo Community Schools. This is my 4th year teaching preschool at Benton Community, but 7th year being a preschool teacher!
October 10-14 is National School Lunch Week. Thank you to our Food Service workers for providing our students nutritious meals every school day!
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Girls Wrestling Meeting: There will be a girls wrestling meeting on Wednesday, October 12 during 5th Block in Coach Hoeck’s room. If you can’t attend the meeting, please talk to Coach Hoeck before the meeting.
Ashley Jones is in her sixth year teaching and third year at Benton. Ashley teaches 7th grade language arts and one section of senior English. Over the summer Ashley got married and went to Hawaii for her honeymoon.
MS Student Council: There will be a middle school student council meeting Friday during 5th block. The meeting will be in Mrs. Jones' room.
FCCLA: If you are interested in FCCLA there will be a meeting next Tuesday October 11th at 3:00pm in room 212. If you have any questions please email bfox@benton.k12.ia.us or grnorton24@benton.k12.ia.us
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Krystal Wright is in her 16th year as the Agriculture Education Teacher and FFA Advisor at the Benton Community MS/HS. Krystal resides in Atkins with her husband Bryan and three sons, Kaden, Bowen and Easton. When not busy with FFA, Krystal enjoys spending time with family, reading, baking and cheering on the Cyclones!
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BC volleyball wins at South Tama
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at South Tama
Benton (16-19) 3, South Tama (12-19) 0
BC 25 25 25 – 3
ST 19 12 18 – 0
Emma Townsley had 23 assists for Benton. Benton had 34 kills in 113 attempts with 13 errors. Piper Nelson had 16 kills. Nelson also had 22 digs. Olivia Janss added 16. Addison Phillips had two blocks. The team was 67 of 73 for serves with nine aces. Townsley had four aces. Janss added three. With one each were Phillips and Nelson. Townsley was 20 of 21. Janss was 13 of 14. Nelson was 16 of 17. McKenna Kramer was 5 of 5.
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BC CC teams travel to Dike-New Hartford Invite on Tuesday, October 4
Dike-New Hartford Invitational
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
Girls varsity
Denver 68
Hudson 126
North Linn 143
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR 156
Union 199 21:48
Sumner-Fredericksburg 203
Osage 212
Benton Community 238
Dike-New Hartford 245
GCGR Grundy Center 276
Wapsie Valley Fairbank 277
North Tama 285
Charles City 288
Aplington-Parkersburg 305
Newman Catholic Mason City 317
West Marshall State Center 350
BCLUW Conrad 393
Grinnell 394
Benton varsity girls
9 Jaida Lyons 20:08.5
18 Abbie Jones 20:48.3
57 Gwen King 22:37.9
71 Haiden Moore 23:09.1
92 Delaney Lohrer 24:07.2
110 Jessa DeMoss 25:19.9
112 Lizzy Wolf 25:25.7
Varsity boys
Denver 67
GCGR Grundy Center 69
Grinnell 89
Charles City 107
Benton Community 156
North Linn Troy Mills 209
Hudson 238
Newman Catholic Mason City 248
Osage 249
Columbus Catholic Waterloo 278
Valley Lutheran 288
Aplington-Parkersburg 337
West Marshall State Center 400
BCLUW Conrad 404
Dike-New Hartford 404
Union La Porte City 418
Baxter 434
Sumner-Fredericksburg 438
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR 453
Dunkerton 510
Benton Varsity Boys 5K
15 Trey Schulte 17:37.5
19 Isaac Morris 17:50.6
25 Caleb Olson 18:04.1
42 Blake Daugherty 18:34.2
58 Luke Lange 18:53.5
59 Marcus Ricklefs 18:53.5
60 Brandon Schultz 18:54.2
JV Boys
Denver 15
Charles City 58
Grinnell 116
Benton Community 118
Newman Catholic Mason City 150
GCGR Grundy Center 182
Wapsie Valley Fairbank 191
Osage 213
West Marshall State Center 214
BCLUW Conrad 267
Benton JV boys
9 Evan Daugherty 19:30.2
26 Luis Araiza 20:41.3
33 Noah Pickart 21:11.4
35 Colin Reiners 21:12.1
66 Bryton Grimm 23:08.2
78 Braeton Havill 23:51.2
101 Nathan Becker 25:29.2
119 Robert Eddards 29:03.5
123 Andrew Hines 32:15.3
JV Girls
Denver 18
Sumner-Fredericksburg 97
Hudson 122
Aplington-Parkersburg 130
Dike-New Hartford 142
Osage 183
GCGR Grundy Center 188
North Linn Troy Mills 204
Union La Porte City 210
Charles City 215
Benton Community 238
West Marshall State Center 284
Benton JV Girls
45 Emma Schwake 26:17.7
50 Alex Welte 26:43.8
58 Sarah Wright 27:05.1
67 Alana Hagen 27:31.0
77 Whitney Bridgewater 28:04.8
87 Madelyn Wolf 28:47.2
98 Ana Glawe 29:54.0
102 Carlie Sims 30:57.4
Students doing station work to prepare for their 8th grade science test. Photo courtesy of Emily O'Connell #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Sophomore students receiving their Fall Academic Awards.
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