My name is Claire White and I teach 5th Grade at Norway Intermediate Center. This is my second year of teaching but my first year teaching 5th and here at Benton! I have loved being a Benton Bobcat! Outside of school I enjoy visiting my family back in Minnesota, listening to Taylor Swift’s music, reading, and planning future trips to Disney World!
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Bobcats face West Liberty and South Tama in basketball action
Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at Van Horne
West Liberty (6-13) 56, Benton (6-13) 53
WL 17 13 13 13 - 56
BC 26 5 12 10 - 52
Noah Franck led Benton with 15 points. Blake Daugherty added 10 points. Franck also had 13 rebounds. Cael Kaestner had three assists. Evan Daugherty had three steals. West Liberty was led by Jayce McHugh with 20 points.
WL BC
Field goals 19/42 21/57
3-pointers 7/18 8/33
Free throws 11/17 3/9
Rebounds 25 33
Assists 12 13
Steals 8 9
Blocks 0 2
Turnovers 17 15
Fouls 14 15
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 at Tama
Benton (7-13) 87, South Tama (2-17) 65
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A few pictures courtesy of Andrea Townsley from February 7th game. Final score Benton 54 South Tama 16.
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HS Boys Soccer: There will be a boys soccer meeting TODAY in Coach Stockman’s room during Block 5.
HS Girls Soccer: There is a girls soccer fundraising meeting in Mr. Stockman's room during 5th period TODAY. Please bring your
fundraising email lists.
My name is Cynda Mehlert and I am in my 12th year of teaching. I am a Special Education Teacher at Atkins Elementary but have taught in multiple buildings and grade levels throughout my 9 years at Benton Community. My husband Chad and I live in Atkins and have three kids, (Jaxson, Leigha, and Logan) who are students in the district. We spend most of our time watching our boys wrestle, camping with our friends and family, or cheering on the Hawkeyes!
Due to predicted inclement weather, there will be no morning activities or practices tomorrow, Thursday, February 9th.
Silver Cord Opportunity: The High School Student Council is looking for volunteers to help sort cans and bottles from the recycling bins THIS Friday, February 10th after school from 12:00 - 1:00. Volunteers will receive credit toward their Silver Cord Hours!
MS FFA Members: There will be a meeting in the IMC tomorrow at 2:45 PM.
Morning Lifting: There will be NO morning lifting the week of February 13-17.
Garret Albers is a high school Social Studies teacher at Benton Community. He is also an assistant football coach, 7th grade basketball coach, and assistant golf coach. In his free time he enjoys many hobbies, but his favorite is to shout random fun facts at strangers and friends. He would like you to know that President Harry S Truman’s middle name is only the initial S. He also wants everyone to know that the origin of Daylight Savings Time is due to an attempt by the US to save resources during WWI, and has nothing to do with farmers. In reality, it helped consumer oriented business and hobbies (such as Mr. Albers’ favorite hobby: golf) spur growth as Americans after the war had more leisure time during daylight hours. That consumer centered growth continued throughout the roaring 20s, when urban economic areas experienced a boom while rural farming communities struggled.
*Mr. Albers had 4000 words typed up on the American economic developments since 1918, but we figured it would be better to just cut him off here and save everybody time.
Joe Davis and Clayton won The National Guard lifting challenge. Photo courtesy of Larry Carlson. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Its going to be a great weekend! #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Here are some photos courtesy of Madilyn Colburn from Girls State Wrestling.
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National School Counseling Week is February 6-10, 2023. We want to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful School Counselors for all that they do!
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Stats Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Photos Courtesy of Madilyn Colburn
BC competes in IGHSAU State Championships for wrestling
Xtream Arena
200 E 9th St Ste 100
Coralville, IA 52241
Feb. 2 to 3, 2023
Benton results
135 - Lizzy Wolf (39-12) placed 8th and scored 8.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 39-12 won by fall over Summer Wolff (Indianola) 21-9 (Fall 3:59)
Champ. Round 2 - Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 39-12 won by decision over Maddy Jansen (South Winneshiek) 28-19 (Dec 8-5)
Quarterfinal - Dakota Whitman (Independence) 48-5 won by fall over Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 39-12 (Fall 5:58)
Cons. Round 4 - Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 39-12 won by decision over Bella Mulder (Dallas Center-Grimes) 28-10 (Dec 8-5)
Cons. Round 5 - Cadence Bushong (Valley, West Des Moines) 37-5 won by fall over Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 39-12 (Fall 3:20)
7th Place Match - Shaylee Sutherland (Spencer) 43-8 won by fall over Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 39-12 (Fall 1:30)
170 - Jessa DeMoss (22-13) scored 3.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Autumn Elsbury (South Tama County) 38-6 won by fall over Jessa DeMoss (Benton Community) 22-13 (Fall 1:23)
Cons. Round 1 - Jessa DeMoss (Benton Community) 22-13 won by fall over Aleah Eichenberger (NH/TV) 28-20 (Fall 4:56)
Cons. Round 2 - Leah Grimm (Osage) 37-6 won by tech fall over Jessa DeMoss (Benton Community) 22-13 (TF-1.5 5:59 (17-1))
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2023 Wrestling Assignments 2A
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Student council will be selling crush cans February 6th-10th during lunch. Students can purchase a crush can for $1 and write a message to go with it. Buy one for your crush, a friend, or even yourself! They will be delivered on Valentine’s Day!
Starting our day here watching Lizzy win! #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Beautiful sunrise in Bobcat Country!
Photo courtesy of Melisa Venneman
From Representative Thomas Gerhold:
The Capitol was treated to a huge wave of blue jacketed young people on Tuesday, the Future Farmers of America chapters from across the state, and it’s fantastic to see so many bright futures in the FFA! When I was an FFA member, most were guys and from a farm. Now, it seems the makeup has almost flipped to majority being female and not from a farm. It’s great to see all of them involved.
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