Bobcats close football season with loss to No. 16 Iowa Falls-Alden
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, at Van Horne
IF 7 3 0 14 - 24
BC 0 7 0 7 - 14
Class 3A-2
No. 16 Iowa Falls-Alden 24, Benton 14
Independence 16, Charles City 7
No. 5 Clear Lake 35, No. 4 West Delaware 21
ALL DIS AVG
Clear Lake 9-0 5-0 +40.7
West Delaware 7-2 4-1 +24.0
Iowa Falls-Alden 6-3 2-2 +6.9
Independence 3-6 1-3 -3.3
Charles City 2-7 0-5 -14.1
Benton 1-8 1-4 -23.6
Class 3A Playoffs
POD A
Fairfield at Solon
Assumption at West Delaware
POD B
Harlan Community at Des Moines Christian
Williamsburg at Mount Pleasant
POD C
Algona at Carroll
Sioux Center at Bishop Heelan
POD D
Iowa Falls-Alden at Clear Lake
Wahlert Catholic at Mount Vernon
Statistics are coming.
A big thank you to our students and music directors for all the time and effort they put into preparing for this performance. And thank you to everyone who came out to support our young musicians!
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2026
Clear Creek Amana (32-6) 3, Benton (18-18) 0
CCA 25 25 25 - 3
BC 15 15 10 - 0
Statistics are coming.
BOBCATS will be competing against Clear Creek-Amana tonight in the second round of the regional playoff. Play begins at 7:00 pm at Clear Creek-Amana. Tickets may be purchases online or at the door.
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Come and support the BOBCATS.
GO BOBCATS!!
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Iowa State Qualifier – 3A – Winterset 2026
Oct 21, 2026
Winterset High School
Boys 5,000 meters – Benton
7 Jack Lange 12 17:11.14
18 Fisher Sexton 8 17:43.36
21 Korbin Hunt 10 17:49.09
22 Jed Schanbacher 11 17:50.05
24 Mason Becker 9 17:55.82
39 Brian Araiza 12 18:40.25
44 Jaxson Mehlert 11 18:57.94
Girls’ 5,000 meters – Benton
24 Kyra Kauder 12 22:03.02
26 June Fisher 11 22:09.57
27 Anna Cretin 10 22:13.47
37 Emma King 11 23:01.90
49 Lacey Kruse 9 23:53.21
54 Layna DeMoss 12 24:16.35
58 Kenna Lennie 11 24:39.38
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, at Van Horne.
Benton (18-17) 3, Cedar Rapids Washington (1-32) 0
CRW 7 14 7 – 0
BC 25 25 25 – 3
Brynlee Seeck had 26 assists. Talulah Schroeder had 20 kills. Lily Schulte had 12 digs. Emily Kulbartz had four blocks. Benton was 71 of 73 for serves with 12 aces. Sydney Brant had three aces.
Semifinal action is Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, at Clear Creek Amana (31-6).
Tune in Friday, October 23rd to follow the game
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GO BOBCATS!!
Benton Community Theatre Presents: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Show times:
Friday, November 6 @ 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 7 @ 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 8 @ 2:00 PM
Go to https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/benton/tickets to purchase tickets.
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Class 3A-2
Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, at Manchester
No. 5 West Delaware (7-1) 48, Benton (1-7) 7
BC 0 7 0 0 – 7
WD 14 7 21 6 – 48
Statistics are coming.
Class 3A-2
Friday, Oct. 16, 2026
No. 4 Clear Lake 55, Charles City 0
No. 15 Iowa Falls-Alden 34, Independence 10
No. 5 West Delaware 48, Benton 7
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
Iowa Falls-Alden at Benton
Independence at Charles City
No. 4 Clear Lake at No. 5 West Delaware
ALL DIS AVG
Clear Lake 8-0 4-0 +44.0
West Delaware 7-1 4-0 +28.8
Iowa Falls-Alden 5-3 2-2 +6.5
Charles City 2-6 0-4 -14.8
Independence 2-6 0-3 -4.9
Benton 1-7 1-2 -25.3
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at Solon
WaMaC Volleyball
West Delaware (21-14) 2, Benton 1
BC 24 25 10 - 1
WD 26 18 15 - 2
Benton 2, Vinton-Shellsburg (3-30) 0
VS 18 17 - 0
BC 25 25 - 2
Benton cross country runs at WaMaC meet on October 14
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
WaMaC Conference Meet
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at Seminole Valley Park, Cedar Rapids
Varsity girls 5K
Team scores
Williamsburg 42
Solon 74
Mount Vernon-Lisbon 81
Clear Creek-Amana 97
Center Point-Urbana 121
Marion 156
Benton Community 168
West Delaware Manchester 186
Vinton-Shellsburg 292
South Tama County Tama 312
Benton results
22 Kyra KAUDER [SR] 20:15.8
27 June FISHER [JR] 20:36.6
36 Anna CRETIN [SO] 20:53.4
40 Emma KING [JR] 21:28.0
43 Lacey KRUSE [FR] 21:32.1
47 Layna DEMOSS [SR] 21:58.7
50 Kenna LENNIE [JR] 22:27.2
JV Girls
Solon 24
Williamsburg 35
Mount Vernon-Lisbon 84
Clear Creek-Amana 93
Benton Community 157
West Delaware Manchester 162
Marion 172
Vinton-Shellsburg 235
Benton results
19 Zoey HUTTON [SO] 23:07.7
31 Grayce FRAZIER [FR] 23:54.8
33 Leigha BIRCH [SO] 24:02.0
41 Paige EASTMAN [SO] 24:24.5
53 Willow SEXTON [JR] 25:51.2
70 Alexis WILEY [FR] 27:10.1
74 Madi KENNY [SR] 27:51.3
77 Evie IRELAND [JR] 28:28.1
78 Lila BIESCHKE [SO] 28:59.9
79 Marissa NOLTE [JR] 29:01.3
80 Makayla VOLESKY [SO] 29:08.1
85 Alissa ZIMMERMAN [SR] 29:41.4
Varsity boys 5K
Mount Vernon-Lisbon 44
Clear Creek-Amana 47
Benton Community 63
Marion 111
Grinnell 148
Williamsburg 158
Solon 185
Center Point-Urbana 198
South Tama County Tama 240
West Delaware Manchester 284
Vinton-Shellsburg 316
Independence 361
Benton results
4 Jack LANGE [SR] 15:59.8
13 Korbin HUNT [SO] 16:49.8
14 Jed SCHANBACHER [JR] 16:50.1
15 Fisher SEXTON [8] 16:50.6
17 Mason BECKER [FR] 16:56.3
33 Brian ARAIZA [SR] 17:34.5
46 Sam SCHOETTMER [FR] 18:08.7
JV Boys 5K
Mount Vernon-Lisbon 25
Clear Creek-Amana 41
Benton Community 85
Center Point-Urbana 122
Williamsburg 142
Marion 144
Solon 195
Vinton-Shellsburg 246
Grinnell 251
West Delaware Manchester 290
Benton results
8 Jaxson MEHLERT [JR] 18:04.0
16 Brock CORRIGAN [SR] 18:30.0
21 Ethan SCHWAKE [SR] 18:37.0
23 Beckett SEXTON [SO] 18:40.1
24 Jonathon SADLER [SR] 18:43.9
46 Landon FURLER [JR] 19:41.5
48 Knox BECKER [FR] 19:44.9
59 Chase MILLER [FR] 20:16.5
68 Zavier DITTMAR [SO] 20:36.9
75 Sawyer DAVIS [SO] 21:22.1
81 Mason RAUSCH [FR] 21:36.5
106 Isaiah BERGERT [SO] 22:53.5
110 Ben HAHN [SR] 23:19.3
Bobcats play against West Delaware, Friday, October 16th at 7:20 p.m.
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