State Wrestling lineup for Benton Community
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2026
First round
2A – 140
(13) Izzy Schoettmer, 41-14, 11th grade, vs. (4) Meredith Kaump, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 33-9, 12th grade
2A – 145
(1) Lizzy Wolf, 47-3, 12th grade vs. (16) Emma Smith, Pella, 29-18, 10th grade
2A – 155
(3) Layna Demoss, 47-5, 11th grade, vs. Cece Wagner, Gilbert, 36-9, 11th grade
All brackets
Bobcats battle area teams at WaMaC wrestling tournament
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
WaMaC Conference Boys Wrestling Tournament
Saturday 1/31/26
1 Independence 215.0
2 West Delaware, Manchester 209.5
3 Williamsburg 185.0
4 Solon 147.5
5 Clear Creek-Amana 117.0
5 Mount Vernon 117.0
7 Benton Community 115.5
8 Center Point-Urbana 95.0
9 Vinton-Shellsburg 83.5
10 Grinnell 78.0
11 South Tama County 65.0
12 Marion 64.5
Benton
106 – Memphis Bishop (21-18) placed 8th and scored 6.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Bishop won by fall over Matthew Goodlove (Mount Vernon) 19-24 (Fall 0:57)
Quarterfinal – Anderson Osgood (Solon) 39-3 won by tech fall over Bishop (TF-1.5 2:00 (17-1))
Cons. Round 2 – Bishop won in sudden victory – 1 over Dallas Bayler (Marion) 15-18 (SV-1 17-14)
Cons. Round 3 – Sladen Shover (West Delaware, Manchester) 25-15 won by fall over Bishop 21-18 (Fall 1:39)
7th Place Match – Curran Meyer (Independence) 32-16 won by tech fall over Bishop (TF-1.5 3:41 (18-0))
113 – Aaron George (6-22)
Champ. Round 1 – Lucas Peters (West Delaware, Manchester) 20-9 won by fall over George (Fall 0:21)
Cons. Round 2 – Ryker Logue (Mount Vernon) 3-9 won by tech fall over George (TF-1.5 4:50 (16-1))
126 – Jason Eastman (25-15) placed 6th and scored 11.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Eastman 25-15 won by fall over Bruce Willis (Marion) 1-16 (Fall 1:30)
Quarterfinal – Eastman won by fall over Israel Zamarron-Acosta (South Tama County) 21-12 (Fall 4:54)
Semifinal – Jayden Steapp (Solon) 33-13 won by decision over Eastman (Dec 16-12)
Cons. Semi – Conner Bridgewater (Vinton-Shellsburg) 21-15 won by fall over Eastman (Fall 5:34)
5th Place Match – Israel Zamarron-Acosta (South Tama County) 21-12 won by decision over Eastman (Dec 15-13)
132 – Garrett Kuch (31-14) placed 5th and scored 12.5 team points.
Quarterfinal – Kuch won by tech fall over Cole Mintle (Grinnell) 15-19 (TF-1.5 5:39 (17-1))
Semifinal – Jarrett Engel (West Delaware, Manchester) 27-7 won by decision over Kuch (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Semi – Rowan Catherson (Clear Creek-Amana) 17-26 won by fall over Kuch (Fall 0:43)
5th Place Match – Kuch won by fall over AJ Dietz (Marion) 20-19 (Fall 3:13)
138 – Jaxson Mehlert (35-10) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Mehlert won by fall over Aidan Rotzinger (Clear Creek-Amana) 13-19 (Fall 1:22)
Semifinal – Mehlert won by fall over Wyatt Donohoe (Williamsburg) 17-22 (Fall 4:41)
1st Place Match – Mehlert won by decision over Kooper Waugh (West Delaware, Manchester) 28-9 (Dec 4-3)
144 – Brady Patterson (37-2) placed 1st and scored 26.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Patterson won by tech fall over JT Malcolm (Marion) 6-17 (TF-1.5 2:24 (21-5))
Quarterfinal – Patterson won by tech fall over Jett Arant (Clear Creek-Amana) 16-17 (TF-1.5 3:36 (21-6))
Semifinal – Patterson won by tech fall over Jadyn Bevans (Solon) 27-19 (TF-1.5 5:04 (22-4))
1st Place Match – Patterson won by decision over Carver Wieland (Independence) 40-7 (Dec 9-5)
150 – Beckett Sexton (9-20)
Champ. Round 1 – Wyatt Johnson (West Delaware, Manchester) 11-2 won by tech fall over Sexton (TF-1.5 5:07 (19-3))
Cons. Round 2 – Eli Cash (Solon) 21-12 won by decision over Sexton (Dec 4-2)
157 – Elias Bieschke (33-10) placed 2nd and scored 19.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Bieschke won by major decision over Eli Petersen (Vinton-Shellsburg) 14-11 (MD 18-7)
Semifinal – Bieschke won by decision over Carson Kidwell (Solon) 35-11 (Dec 4-2)
1st Place Match – Liam Weber (West Delaware, Manchester) 26-2 won by major decision over Bieschke (MD 20-9)
175 – Derek Roos (11-24) placed 6th and scored 6.5 team points.
Quarterfinal – Blake Mather (West Delaware, Manchester) 29-6 won by fall over Roos (Fall 3:31)
Cons. Round 3 – Roos won by tech fall over Brayden Hakert (Center Point-Urbana) 7-13 (TF-1.5 4:34 (19-1))
Cons. Semi – Marcus Bear (South Tama County) 29-8 won by tech fall over Roos (TF-1.5 3:43 (20-5))
5th Place Match – Cael Troutman (Independence) 17-8 won by fall over Roos (Fall 0:55)
190 – Trey Sharp (10-21)
Champ. Round 1 – Elias Schanz (Williamsburg) 23-20 won by fall over Sharp (Fall 1:18)
Cons. Round 2 – Jay Georgen (West Delaware, Manchester) 22-20 won by fall over Sharp (Fall 1:16)
215 – Keason Louis (10-27) placed 7th and scored 4.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Danny Small (Center Point-Urbana) 27-6 won by fall over Louis (Fall 1:08)
Cons. Round 3 – Manuel Cervantes (South Tama County) 29-10 won by tech fall over Louis (TF-1.5 5:00 (21-5))
7th Place Match – Louis won by fall over Lincoln Stensrud (Grinnell) 7-9 (Fall 3:17)
285 – David Jones (3-3) placed 8th and scored 4.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Andrew Dix (Mount Vernon) 32-8 won by fall over Jones (Fall 1:26)
Cons. Round 2 – Jones won by fall over Malachi Parker (Vinton-Shellsburg) 6-9 (Fall 2:24)
Cons. Round 3 – Lakyr Peska (South Tama County) 25-11 won by fall over Jones (Fall 0:57)
7th Place Match – Dylan Schaul (West Delaware, Manchester) 18-20 won by fall over Jones (Fall 3:00)
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
IGHSAU 2A Region 4 at Nevada
Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
Team Scores
1 Algona 235.0
2 Prairie, Cedar Rapids 230.5
3 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 154.0
4 Benton Community 126.5
5 Boone 98.0
6 Nevada 82.0
7 WDM Girls Wrestling 47.0
8 Denison-Schleswig 41.0
9 Webster City 38.0
10 Harlan Community 30.0
Benton results
100 – Aubrey Krueger (26-25) placed 4th and scored 13.0 team points
Quarterfinal – Krueger won by fall over Rylee Fulton (Nevada) 7-20 (Fall 0:53)
Semifinal – Mara Davis (Algona) 34-5 won by fall over Krueger (Fall 5:46)
Cons. Semi – Krueger won by fall over Ray Kashawlic (Boone) 0-7 (Fall 1:22)
3rd Place Match – Elizabeth Burns (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 32-13 won by fall over Krueger (Fall 1:36)
105 -Victory Dursky (8-12)
Quarterfinal – Allison Houston (Nevada) 37-9 won by fall over Dursky
Cons. Round 3 – Rozlin Fries (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 11-21 won by fall over Dursky (Fall 2:47)
115 – Paige Eastman (38-17) placed 3rd and scored 15.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Eastman won by fall over Abagayle Albert (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 19-20 (Fall 3:02)
Semifinal – Laura Stohr (Algona) 28-8 won by fall over Eastman (Fall 2:31)
Cons. Semi – Eastman won by decision over Kearsyn Kite (Webster City) 12-13 (Dec 10-4)
3rd Place Match – Eastman won by major decision over Abagayle Albert (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 19-20 (MD 15-2)
2nd Place Match – Ashlyn Leslie (Nevada) 4-1 won by fall over Eastman (Fall 0:47)
120 – Makinzee Petre-King (22-9) scored 6.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Petre-King won by fall over Johanna Meeks (Boone) 12-22 (Fall 2:10)
Semifinal – Kali Hartnett (Webster City) 22-5 won by fall over Petre-King
Cons. Semi – Kayle Vicente-Gomez (Algona) 30-14 won by fall over Petre-King (Fall 5:29)
125 – Madelyn Kenny (6-13) placed 4th and scored 9.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Paisley Levendusky (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 17-17 won by fall over Kenny (Fall 1:06)
Cons. Semi – Kenny won by fall over Madison Culver (Webster City) 6-10 (Fall 1:17)
3rd Place Match – Paisley Levendusky (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 17-17 won by fall over Kenny (Fall 1:57)
130 – Adelyn McDonald (11-25)
Quarterfinal – Ariana Wilson (Webster City) 14-11 won by fall over McDonald (Fall 2:43)
Cons. Round 3 – Averie Strollo (Boone) 3-15 won by fall over McDonald (Fall 3:43)
135 – Willow Sexton (10-2) placed 4th and scored 13.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Sexton won by fall over Rowan Kaufman (WDM Girls Wrestling) 7-27 (Fall 1:30)
Semifinal – Emersyn Zehner (Boone) 19-15 won by major decision over Sexton (MD 10-0)
Cons. Semi – Sexton won by fall over Savannah Talyat (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 16-23 (Fall 3:56)
3rd Place Match – Kayel Roberts (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 38-15 won by fall over Sexton (Fall 5:39)
140 – Izzy Schoettmer (41-14) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Schoettmer won by fall over Penny Hughes (WDM Girls Wrestling) 8-20 (Fall 1:53)
Semifinal – Schoettmer won by decision over Abigail Molitor (Boone) 28-14 (Dec 6-5)
1st Place Match – Meredith Kaump (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 33-9 won by decision over Schoettmer (Dec 9-3)
2nd Place Match – Schoettmer won by fall over Lillian Allie (Algona) 23-19 (Fall 3:01)
145 – Lizzy Wolf (47-3) placed 1st and scored 25.5 team points.
Quarterfinal – Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 47-3 won by fall over Kendra Shultz (Webster City) 3-17 (Fall 0:36)
Semifinal – Wolf won by tech fall over Emmy Owen (Algona) 36-13 (TF-1.5 3:16 (17-1))
1st Place Match – Wolf won by fall over Luisa Meade (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 44-7 (Fall 3:34)
155 – Layna DeMoss (47-5) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – DeMoss won by fall over Ashton Devitt (Boone) 3-10 (Fall 0:20)
Semifinal – DeMoss won by fall over Maci Bruce (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 22-19 (Fall 0:40)
1st Place Match – Regan Jensen (Algona) 42-2 won by major decision over DeMoss (MD 11-1)
2nd Place Match – DeMoss won by fall over Isabelle Gasper (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 24-18 (Fall 2:24)
170 – Jordan Koehler (10-19) scored 4.0 team points.
Quarterfinal – Onyx VanderHorn (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 22-17 won by fall over Koehler (Fall 3:32)
Cons. Round 3 – Koehler won by fall over Joyful Ssuubi (Webster City) 5-18 (Fall 3:23)
Cons. Semi – Emelie Martinez (Denison-Schleswig) 26-19 won by fall over Koehler (Fall 0:29)
WaMaC Boys Wrestling Information and Ticket Link
WaMaC Boys Wrestling Championships
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Primary Host: Marion
Secondary Hosts: WaMaC
Competitions:
• 1/31/26 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM at Marion High School Red Gym - Varsity Boys Wrestling - WaMaC Boys Wrestling Championships
TICKETS CANNOT BE PURCHASED ON BOUND.
Pre-purchased ticket holders will just need to give the gate worker the name the tickets were purchased under or show their emailed receipt.
https://ia-marion-lite.intouchreceipting.com/ActivitiesAdmission
#APlaceToBelong
Benton CSD is accepting open enrollment applications for the 26-27 school year! If you are considering open enrollment, please know that filling out the open enrollment application does not mean your child must enroll at Benton, but it does give you the option to attend Benton in the 26-27 school year.
For more information about open enrollment, visit our website at: https://www.benton.k12.ia.us/page/open-enrollment
7th Grade Bobcat Character Award recipients:
Mrs. Hase- James Pierce
Mr. Kiburis- Makinley Miller and Evan Cretin
Ms. Kearns- Madison McNeal
Mrs. O'Leary- Mason Kaump and Arya Riley
Mr. Edwards- Matt Culp and Layla Mattheis
Mrs. Jones- Caliie Wauters and Vivian Hahn
8th Grade Bobcat Character Award recipients:
Mrs. Hase- Drake Anderson
Mrs. Miller- Ava Mitchell
Mr. Heinsius- Derek Stearns and Lily Franck
Mrs. Silbernagel- Aylee Perkins and Jaxson Veerhusen
Mrs. Mayrose- Beth Rashidi and Aidan Miller
Mr. Furler- Lacey Kruse and Trevor Ballard
7th Grade Bobcat Character Award recipients:
Mrs. Hase- James Pierce
Mr. Kiburis- Makinley Miller and Evan Cretin
Ms. Kearns- Madison McNeal
Mrs. O'Leary- Mason Kaump and Arya Riley
Mr. Edwards- Matt Culp and Layla Mattheis
Mrs. Jones- Caliie Wauters and Vivian Hahn
8th Grade Bobcat Character Award recipients:
Mrs. Hase- Drake Anderson
Mrs. Miller- Ava Mitchell
Mr. Heinsius- Derek Stearns and Lily Franck
Mrs. Silbernagel- Aylee Perkins and Jaxson Veerhusen
Mrs. Mayrose- Beth Rashidi and Aidan Miller
Mr. Furler- Lacey Kruse and Trevor Ballard
7th Grade Bobcat Character Award recipients:
Mrs. Hase- James Pierce
Mr. Kiburis- Makinley Miller and Evan Cretin
Ms. Kearns- Madison McNeal
Mrs. O'Leary- Mason Kaump and Arya Riley
Mr. Edwards- Matt Culp and Layla Mattheis
Mrs. Jones- Caliie Wauters and Vivian Hahn
8th Grade Bobcat Character Award recipients:
Mrs. Hase- Drake Anderson
Mrs. Miller- Ava Mitchell
Mr. Heinsius- Derek Stearns and Lily Franck
Mrs. Silbernagel- Aylee Perkins and Jaxson Veerhusen
Mrs. Mayrose- Beth Rashidi and Aidan Miller
Mr. Furler- Lacey Kruse and Trevor Ballard
#BeABobcat
#APlaceToBelong
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Benton girls’ basketball
Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at Van Horne
Benton (5-9) 49, Vinton-Shellsburg (0-14-1) 31
VS 9 2 8 12 - 31
BC 10 14 17 8 - 49
Benton was 19 of 56 for field goals, 5 of 25 for three-pointers and 6 of 10 for free throws. Benton had 35 rebounds, 11 assists, 13 steals, three blocks, 19 turnovers and 18 fouls. Aubrey Kelly had 15 points. Talulah Schroeder had six rebounds. Kelly had three assists. Schroeder had four steals.
Vinton-Shellsburg was 8 of 34 for field goals, 2 of 10 for three-pointers, and 13 of 24 for free throws. They had 28 rebounds, six assists, 10 steals, three blocks 25 turnovers and 13 fouls.
Benton hosts Grinnell on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, hosts South Tama (4-10) on Friday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. and travels to Monticello (9-5) on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. The game starts at 12:30 p.m. On Tuesday Feb. 3, Benton travels to Clear Creek Amana (13-0) with the game starting at 6 p.m. Benton hosts Williamsburg (11-4) on Friday, Feb. 6, at Van Horne. Action starts at 6:30 p.m.
Benton boys’ basketball
Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at Van Horne
Vinton-Shellsburg (7-7) 75, Benton (7-6) 42
VS 22 13 21 19 - 75
BC 6 12 14 9 - 42
Benton was 13 of 45 for field goals, 3 of 15 for three-pointers and 13 of 18 for free throws. They had 28 rebounds, three assists, four steals, six blocks and 20 turnovers. Eli Patterson had 11 points for Benton and eight rebounds. Carson Pickering had two steals. Patterson and Cole Junge had two blocks each.
