Benton Community School District

Bobcats host CCA tonight in our final non-district game of the year. Freshmen start at 5 pm and Varsity at 7:15 pm. It is also Youth Cheer Night. Live streaming on Benton Community HUDL fan page: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/van-horne/organization/8278/benton-community-high-school

Benton Cross Country Teams run at Cascade meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Cascade Invitational Fillmore Fairways Golf Course Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 Girls Team Scores Tipton 72 Wahlert Dubuque 77 Monticello 85 Jesup 142 Cascade Western Dubuque 157 Central DeWitt 158 Beckman Catholic Dyersville 208 Maquoketa Valley Delhi 222 Regina Iowa City 222 Anamosa 227 Maquoketa 239 Benton Community 245 Durant 424 Benton girls results, 5K 35 Sloane SLOUHA 24:28.2 41 June FISHER 24:48.1 54 Layna DEMOSS 25:36.9 69 Emma KING 26:40.3 78 Lizzy WOLF 28:04.4 89 Libi FRESE 29:21.3 111 Sarah WRIGHT 32:37 112 Marissa NOLTE 32:45.9 126 Jordan VOELKEL 35:02.4 Boys team scores Central DeWitt 39 Anamosa 102 Jesup 114 Monticello 125 Tipton 150 Wahlert Dubuque 160 Beckman Catholic Dyersville 222 Maquoketa Valley Delhi 227 Benton Community 267 Durant 269 Regina Iowa City 283 Cascade Western Dubuque 285 Maquoketa 356 Prince of Peace Catholic Clinton 356 Calamus-Wheatland 365 Benton boys results, 5K 24 Caleb OLSON 19:14.6 52 Luke LANGE 20:11.8 55 Jaxson MEHLERT 20:21.3 79 Brian ARAIZA 21:38.4 80 Noah PICKART 21:38.6 83 Parker MITCHELL 21:41.5 98 Jonathon SADLER 22:19.0 99 Colin REINERS 22:19.3 103 Ethan SCHWAKE 22:34.5 108 Jed SCHANBACHER 22:39.1 158 Nathan BECKER 27:37.7 160 Ian SADLER 27:53.0 170 Andrew HINES 30:59.1

Employment opportunities may be found at www.benton.k12.ia.us #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

More BC artwork on display in Keystone at The Schroeder Public Library.

Liliahnah DeLong (11th grade) completed her Kirkwood WLC internship and had an amazing experience. She was able to learn about a career in radiology. This confirmed her desire to complete a degree as a radiologist. Please continue to watch for future opportunities to apply for these amazing experiences!

Gameday is here! Benton Rainbow 6 takes on Burlington in our season opener today. Be sure to tune in and support Benton's first EVER match in program history! The match begins at 4 PM and you can watch it at either link below. youtube.com/@BentonEsports twitch.tv/bcbobcatesports

Tara Bonewitz was presented her 25 years of service award recently. Thank you for your service and dedication to Benton Community School District. Congratulations!

Associates from throughout the district spent time learning with our partners from Grant Wood AEA on Wednesday’s early release. We are so fortunate to have such a dedicated group of individuals supporting Bobcats.

What I love most about working at Benton is our students, staff and family atmosphere. To see growth of our young students from year to year is something special. Their daily smiles and knock knock jokes are an added bonus!

What do you love most about working at Benton? I love that there really is a sense of community and everyone does their best to help and support others.

Benton Community School District is proud to share Alumni Spotlights focusing on "Where are you now?" If you would be interested in sharing your post-graduation journey with us, we would love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/xe3KwMKkWkB8FLcN9

Due to an unforeseen and tragic loss of a student at South Tama....all MS Football and MS Volleyball Contests are cancelled for this evening. Please keep the family and the South Tama community in your thoughts and prayers. There are no MS Football (7th or 8th grade) games this evening....Tuesday, Sept. 17th There are no MS Volleyball (7th or 8th grade) games this evening...Tuesday, Sept. 17th There will be NO Middle School Football or MS Volleyball Practices this evening. MS Football and Volleyball players are to go home right after school at 3:21 pm. MS Cross Country is still practicing at the HS this evening right after school. Shuttle bus will run from the high school this evening at 6:00 pm. We will circle back on rescheduling.

The Benton Esports Webstore is now open! The store closes on 9/30 and items will be back 10/15. https://stores.teamelitesports.com/benton_esports/shop/home

BOBCATS take on Grinnell tonight @ Grinnell Freshmen @ 5 p.m. JV @ 6 p.m. Varsity @ 7:30 p.m. Grinnell live streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/live/7RNj5JyyLXU

Attending school regularly is a challenge that makes you stronger.

What do you love most about working at Benton? I enjoy working with the students and hearing them laugh and have a good time on the bus. Benton feels a lot like family. Everyone is helpful and kind. If you need anything, you just need to ask.

Check out this video produced by the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health showcasing Natalie and her work at Benton Community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c19e3zVg4Fo

Congratulations to Benton's very own Natalie Nesbitt in receiving the Iowa School Mental Health Hero Award from the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health. Mrs. Nesbitt received this award on Sunday at the IowaBest annual conference. We are so thankful that Natalie chooses to share her talents and passion with Bobcats. Read more about Natalie and her award at the link below. https://scsmh.education.uiowa.edu/news/top-of-their-class-meet-the-2024-iowa-school-mental-health-awardees/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFVZO5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfNl_T2n_VDi_F4RaGCCd5lh9iHp1GVA7lmBJH25mW9KsE5vloXARRIdPg_aem_Q_bzQjngv8BofJhcFwXXDg

Check out this incredible Bobcat student artwork displayed at the Blairstown Public Library!

BC stays busy at East Marshall volleyball tournament on Sept. 14 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at East Marshall High School Benton 2, East Marshall 0 BC 21 21 - 2 EM 14 11 - 0 Mabry Sadler had nine assists. Junge added seven. The team was 26 of 67 for kills with five errors. Embretson and Schroeder had seven kills each. The team had 30 digs, led by Embretson with seven. The team was 38 of 41 for serves with two aces. Junge was 4 of 4. Embretson was 7 of 8 with one ace. Moore was 8 of 8. Lohrer was 1 of 2. Schroeder was 7 of 7. Callan Keiper was 2 of 3. Sadler was 9 of 9 with one ace. Benton 2, Vinton-Shellsburg 1 BC 21 13 15 - 2 VS 15 21 12 - 1 Mabry Sadler had 12 assists. Laura Junge added 11 assists. The team was 35 of 92 for kills with 17 errors. Talulah Schroeder had 13 kills for Benton. Avery Palmer added nine. The team had 38 digs, led by Schroeder with 13 digs. With six digs each were Junge and Embretson. The team was 44 of 48 for serves with two aces. Junge was 13 of 13. Embretson was 6 of 6. Moore was 7 of 9. Ashlee Michels was 1 of 1. Kennedy Lohrer was 1 of 3. Schroeder was 7 of 7 with one ace. Sadler was 9 of 9 with one ace. Hudson 2, Benton 1 BC 21 12 6 - 1 H 19 21 15 - 2 Junge had five assists for Benton. The team was 18 of 70 for kills with 12 errors. Embretson had five kills for Benton. The team had 41 digs, led by Embretson with nine. With eight each were Junge and Schroeder. The team was 36 of 39 for serves with three aces. Junge was 5 of 6. Embretson was 2 of 3. Moore was 9 of 9 with two aces. Lohrer was 6 of 7. Schroeder was 8 of 8 with one ace. Kelly was 1 of 1. Sadler was 5 of 5. Hudson was 24 of 84 for kills with 15 errors. They were 55 of 73 for serves with 12 aces. Benton 2, HLV 0 HLV 23 16 - 0 BC 26 21 - 2 Laura Junge had seven assists. The team was 20 of 68 for kills with 12 errors. Talulah Schroeder had six kills. With four each were Anna Embretson and Aubrey Kelly. The teamed 41 digs, led by Junge and Schroeder with 10 each. The team was 41 of 45 for serves with five aces. Junge was 11 of 12 with three aces, Embretson was 5 of 5, Moore was 9 of 9. Lohrer was 8 of 9 with one ace. Schroeder was 4 of 5. Sadler was 4 of 5 with one ace. HLV was 13 of 64 for kills with 12 errors. They were 33 of 39 in serves with six aces. West Marshall 2, Benton 0 BC 19 10 - 0 WM 21 21 - 2 Benton was 14 of 64 for kills with 11 errors. Talulah Schroeder had five kills for Benton. The team had 42 digs, led by Mabry Sadler with 10. Harden Moore had nine and and Talulah Schroeder had eight. Benton was 29 of 30 for serves with three aces. Laura Junge was 3 of. Anna Embretson was 3 of 3. Avery Palmer was 1 of 1. Moore was 3 of 3. Kennedy Lohrer was 7 of 7 with one ace. Talulah Schroeder was 4 of 5 with one ace. Mabry Sadler was 8 of 8 with one ace. Mabry Sadler had seven assists. West Marshall was 14 of 58 for kills with eight errors. They were 32 of 34 for services with five aces. Benton (5-10) hosts Grinnell (5-5) on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Van Horne. On Saturday, Sept. 21, they host a tournament in Van Horne with Bondurant-Farrar, Iowa City High, North Scott, Marion, Dallas Center Grimes, Xavier and Grinnell.