Thanks for all you do to make Benton Community a great place to be!
Benton Basketball, Week of February 17, 2025
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Boys' Basketball
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at Van Horne
Benton (7-14) 71, South Tama (1-20) 48
ST 14 11 20 3 - 48
BC 19 12 19 21 - 71
BC
Field goals 23/49
3-Pointers 14/33
Free throws 11/16
Rebounds 32
Assists 18
Steals 6
Blocks 1
Turnovers 12
Fouls 10
Carson Pickering led Benton with 27 points. Eli Patterson added 15 and Brody Timmerman had 11 points. Ryan Spina had eight rebounds. Timmerman had six assists.
The Marching Bobcats along with students, staff, and parents celebrated Boys State Wrestling Qualifiers with a spirit walk send off today.
Congratulations and best of luck!
126# Jason Eastman
144# Elijah Kupka
150# Brady Patterson
157# Elias Bieschke
190# Brenden Heying
215# Troy Kupka
285# Will Clausen
2025 IHSAA State Wrestling Live Broadcast by IAwrestle
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIJ1x8bw-M7OirOq6GoROaC-TWOxBfpNp
What do you love most about working at Benton?
The staff has been great to work with and very welcoming!
Level up your athletic skills! 💪🎾 Mr. Bauder's Fitness & Conditioning class used tennis balls to boost reaction time, hand-eye coordination, agility, and lateral quickness. Simple tools, big results! 🏃♂️⚡
Congratulations to the 6 DECA students who competed in the State Competition on Sunday. This was the first time Benton has ever competed at DECA State. Special congratulations to Kayley Dirks and Hailey Suiter for placing 4th in the Startup Business Plan event.
The webstore for the Rocket League State Qualifier shirts is open!
Store will close on Thursday February 20th!
Thanks in advance for your support of our first ever Esports State Qualifiers!
Store Link - https://stores.inksoft.com/benton_rocket_league/shop/home?fbclid=IwY2xjawIdmpBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSafiCjrs6qYj7iF1XZ4nC1r17--Ln6lEk4RWGJ2FMQlAmgA-qY12dOWNQ_aem_4OU4z1DE2i65SrsBFwWsqg
Best of luck to the Benton Boys Bowling Team at their state qualifying meet today!
Congratulations to the Benton Girls Bowling Team on placing 3rd in the state qualifying meet yesterday! They have broken a few records this season! Congratulations on all of your successes!
Thanks for all you do to make Benton Community a great place to be!
Every School Day Counts
Benton Community and Central Lutheran will be running a 2 hour late start schedule tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18. Please remember that there are no morning activities on a late start. Also, there is no breakfast served. The AM and PM preschool session times have been adjusted.
Just a reminder there will be no school today, Monday, February 17, due to staff professional development.
#BeABobcat
#APlaceToBelong
DUE TO POSSIBLY IMCLEMENT WEATHER THERE IS AN UPDATED START TIME FOR DISTRICT WRESTLING TOMORROW!!
District 2 at Benton Community: LATE START Saturday, 12 p.m. start / 10 a.m. weigh-in
District Wrestling at Benton Community
Assumption; Benton Community; Camanche; Central DeWitt; Grinnell; South Tama County; Tipton; West Liberty
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM CST
Benton Community Middle School/High School
600 1st St. Van Horne, IA 52346
Tickets online: $8.00
Link to purchase tickets: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIcQcFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa7zECBLigSaG35au63qUHHFiy_-3LN-8XKOH2BvbP-IUa6nslN9dwAm8Q_aem_INSAg4KaAJBjsEFovIh55A
Benton State Large Group Speech results
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
From Feb. 8, 2025
Radio Broadcasting - Lillie Pickart, Will Rinderknecht, and Alissa Zimmermann - Division 2 Rating
Radio Broadcasting - Derrek Campbell, Lydia Dwyer, Peter Rashidi, and Greta Tichy - Division 2 Rating
Readers’ Theatre - Claire Becker, Derrek Campbell, Averie Gale, Lillie Pickart, Jesse Ponce, Savannah Rickels, Nova Selck, Greta Tichy, Alissa Zimmermann - Division 2 Rating
Ensemble Acting - Hayden Bange and Brady Gammill - Division 1. Nominated for All-State
Ensemble Acting - Emma Bange and Savannah Rickels - Division 1. Nominated for All-State.
BC Boys Track is gearing up for a great season! Check out their spring 2025 schedule.
Thanks for all you do to make Benton Community a great place to be!
Benton Community and Central Lutheran will be running a 2 hour late start schedule tomorrow, Thursday, February 13. Please remember that there are no morning activities on a late start. Also, there is no breakfast served. The AM and PM preschool session times have also been adjusted.
What do you love most about working at Benton?
I enjoy the hours that allow me to be home with my kids!
