Benton MS/HS

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Absences Add Up! #SchoolEveryday Missing just 2 days a month means a child misses 10% of the school year.

Class of 2025 Senior Walk

Benton hosts CPU in soccer on May 8 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Girls Soccer Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Van Horne No. 11 Center Point-Urbana 7, Benton 1 Statistics are coming Boys’ Soccer Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Van Horne Benton 1, Center Point-Urbana 0 Goals: Casey Gessner 1 Shots on goal: Casey Gessner 1, Elijah Kupka 2 Saves: Troy Kupka 11

Bobcat track teams travel to WaMaC meet in Mount Vernon -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau WaMaC Conference Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Mount Vernon Benton boys’ place-winners High jump – 1 Eli Patterson 6-6, 5 Kaleb Hayden 6-0 Shot put – 8 Carter Holmes 45-2 Discus – 8 Carter Holmes 146-0 4×800 – 4 Jayden Beck, Noah Pickart, Caleb Olson, Jack Lange 8:31.46 Shuttle hurdle – 2 Owen Von Ahsen, Evan Patterson, Will Schanbacher, Eli Patterson 1:01.38 400 – 8 Jayden Beck 53.29 4×200 – 2 Gavin Brooks, Will Schanbacher, Gabe Pugh, Owen Von Ahsen 1:31.06 110 hurdles – 5 Eli Patterson 16.25, 8 Evan Patterson 17.13 200 – 3 Gavin Brooks 22.92 400 hurdles – 2 Owen Von Ahsen 53.51 1600 – 8 Caleb Olson 4:46.27 4×400 – 2 Gavin Brooks, Will Schanacher, Gabe Pugh, Owen Von Ahsen 3:25.49 Team standings 1 Clear Creek-Amana 134 2 CPU 107 3 Mt Vernon 75.5 4 Grinnell 69.5 5 Benton Comm 66 6 Vinton-Shellsburg 64 7 Williamsburg 55 8 Solon 48 9 W Delaware 36 10 Marion 35 11 Independence 32 12 South Tama 19 Girls’ place-winners Shot put – 2 Ana Glawe 37-00.75 Discus – 3 Ana Glawe 121-10 4×800 – 6 Haddie Kroneman, June Fisher, Kenna Lennie, Avery Franzenburg 10:38.19 Shuttle hurdle – 3 Mabry Sadler, Belle Werner, Haiden Moore, Sophia Seeck 1:08.94 1600 medley – 8 Brynnlee Seeck, Reagan Brooks, Anna Embretson, Abbie Jones 4:44.67 4×200 – 5 Ashlyn Drahos, Alexis Sexton, Ashlee Michels, June Fisher 1:50.39 100 hurdles – 5 Sophia Seeck 16.76 1500 – 8 Haddie Kroneman 5:21.98 4×400 – Layna DeMoss, June Fisher, Anna Embretson, Mya McGarville 4:19.22 Team Standings 1 Mt Vernon 162.5 2 Williamsburg 104.5 3 Marion 94 4 W Delaware 86 5 Solon 71.5 6 Clear Creek-Amana 70 7 CPU 37.5 8 Grinnell 37 9 Benton 34 10 Vinton-Shellsburg 22 11 South Tama 11 12 Independence 10

BC girls’ golf team in triangular meet at Three Elms -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Three Elms Golf Course, Manchester Benton scores 1 Halle Sobaski 38 4 Madelyn Kenny 43 6 Bristol Kahle 46 11 Hailey Suiter 50 16 Katelyn Covington 57 Team standings Lisbon 173 Benton 177 Independence 195 Benton travels to Pin Oak Pub and Links on Monday, May 12 2025, facing Center Point-Urbana, Clear Creek Amana, Grinnell, Independence, Marion, Solon, South Tama, Vinton-Shellsburg, West Delaware and Williamsburg. On Thursday, May 15 Benton is in the Prairie Invite against Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Washington, Clear Creek Amana, Dowling Catholic, Iowa City West, Linn-Mar, Marion, Prairie, Vinton-Shellsburg, West Delaware and Xavier. The meet is at Airport National.

Yesterday the BC girls golf team played in the WaMaC West Divisional at Vinton Country Club. The girls took 2nd place overall with a team score of 351. Halle Sobaski was the overall tournament champion with a 76. Team Results: Williamsburg 346 Benton 351 Clear Creek-Amana 369 South Tama 403 Vinton-Shellsburg 454 Benton Individual Results Halle Sobaski- 76 (Tournament Medalist) Bristol Kahle- 89 (6th Place) Madelyn Kenny- 90 (7th Place) Hailey Suiter- 96 Avery Kramer- 96 Katelyn Covington- 109

BC soccer girls host Wapello -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton Girls' Soccer Monday, May 5, 2025, at Van Horne Benton 8, Wapello 0 Assists: Sandreana Lamer 1 Goals: Sandreana Lamer 1, Ava Rinholen 1, Aubrey Kelly 1, Dani Werning 1, Ashlee Michels 3, Haley McMahon 1 Shots on goal: Kiera Coffin 6, Sandreana Lamer 4, Ava Rinholen 6, Marin Mitchell 1, Maci Andrew 2, Aubrey Kelly 1, Dani Werning 11, Ashlee Michels 8, Haley McMahon 11 Saves: Morgan Brown 3 Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Van Horne No. 12 Center Point-Urbana at Benton

BC track teams travel to Marion -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Marion Co-ed Invite Monday, May 5, 2025, at Marion Boys results Benton place-winners High jump - 1 Eli Patterson 6-4, 5 Kaleb Haydwn 5-8 Long jump - 6 Kaden Wright 17-04.25, 7 Asa Frese 17-2 Shot put - 1 Carter Holmes 45-0 Discus - 3 Carter Holmes 142-7 800 medley - 6 Brayden Butler, Braden Mell, Jayce Plummer, Colton Croneman 1:44.91 3200 - 4 Brian Arazia 12:05.86 4x800 - 2 Jayden Beck, Noah Pickart, Caleb Olson, Jack Lange 8:37.40 Shuttle hurdle - 1 Owen Von Ahsen, Brody Timmerman, Will Schanbacher, Eli Patterson 1:02.36 100 - 6 Evan Martin 12.02 1600 medley - 6 Brayden Suiter, Jordan Guldner, Kaleb Hayden, Cade Volesky 4:05.71 4x200 - 1 Gavin Brooks, Gabe Pugh, Brody Timmerman, Owen Von Ahsen 1:31.72 110 hurdles - 1 Eli Patterson 16.07, 4 Evan Patterson 17.24 800 6 Jayden Beck 2:11.76 200 - 5 Evan Martin 24.30, 6 Jayce Plummer 24.31 400 hurdles - 1 Brock Corrigan 1:00.6, 4 Joel Hacker 1:06.44 4x100 - 5 Evan Martin, Brayden Suiter, Jayce Plummer, Brod Timmerman 46.54 4x400 - 1 Gavin Brooks, Will Schanbacher, Gabe Pugh, Owen Von Ahsen 3:27.29 Team scores 1 CPU 146 2 Benton Comm 108 3 Marion 96 4 IC, Liberty 93 5 Anamosa 55 6 North Linn 37 7 Springville 33 8 Mt Vernon 12 Girls' results Long jump - 4 Brynnlee Seeck 15-03.25 Shot put - 3 Ana Glawe 36-7.5 Discus 2 Ana Glawe 199-2 800 medley - 3 Ashlyn Drahos, Reagan Brooks, Alexis Sexton, Layna DeMoss 1:58.44 3000 - 5 Emma King 13:34.88 4x800 - Abbie Jones, June Fishcer, Kenna Lennie, Avery Franzenburg 10:38.40 Shuttle hurdle - 4 Haiden Moore, Belle Werner, Mabry Sadler, Sophia Seeck 1:14.53 1600 medley - 3 Ashlyn Drahos, Alexis Sexton, Anna Embretson, Haddie Kroneman 4:35.57 4x200 - 5 Brynnlee Seeck, June Fisher, Reagan Brooks, Mya McCarville 1:54.39 100 hurdles - 4 Belle Werner 17.66, 5 Mabry Sadler 17.66 4x100 - 6 Brynnlee Seeck, Sophia Seeck, Haiden Moore, Regan Brooks 54.31 4x400 - 3 Mya McCarville, June Fisher, Anna Embretson, Libi Frese 4:20.02 Team scores 1 Marion 164 2 Solon 128 3 CR Kennedy 78 4 CPU 76 5 Benton Comm 55 6 Springville 46 7 North Linn 26 8 Williamsburg 12

Thanks for all you do to make Benton Community a great place to be!

Today is National School Nurse Day! Thank you for all of your help, support and compassion.

BENTON ALUMNI - WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Please complete the Benton Community Graduation Survey. The Survey can be found at https://forms.gle/xe3KwMKkWkB8FLcN9

BC 7th graders visited the Linn Regional Center for a Financial Literacy Fair on Tuesday, May 6th. The fair is an opportunity for our 7th graders to experience what it is like to have monthly expenses. Each student chose a career during their careers exploratory this year, and they will get to spend the monthly salary of their career on a house, car, insurance, cell phone, etc.

#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Benton hosts WaMaC West Golf Tourney -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau 2025 WaMaC West Tournament Monday, May 5, 2025, at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne Team standings GRINNELL 299 WILLIAMSBURG 315 VINTON-SHELLSBURG 333 CCA 348 BENTON 349 Top 10 Medalist - Levi Jack GRINNELL 72 Runner-Up - Brandon Thompson GRINNELL 74 3 Braiden Moore BENTON 74 4 Cooper Bott WILLIAMSBURG 75 5 Jake VanCompernolle GRINNELL 76 6 Cameron Gosselink GRINNELL 77 7 Lincoln Stensrud GRINNELL 78 8 Rogan Ackerman WILLIAMSBURG 80 9 Jack Blais VINTON-SHELLSBURG 80 10 Quincy Klingner WILLIAMSBURG 80 11 Robbie Allison WILLIAMSBURG 80 Benton Scores Braiden Moore 36 38 74 Ryan Spina 43 42 85 Trayton Lentner 49 42 91 Kaiser Townsley 52 54 106 Brayden Miller 53 46 99 Braedyn Junge 55 53 108

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to our amazing staff of helpful, kind, thoughtful and hardworking teachers! Thank you for all that you do to support our students, families and communities!

Are you tough enough? Attending school regularly is a challenge that makes you stronger.

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

Kirkwood Community College is announcing that their Pistons to Pathways program will be starting this fall in Belle Plaine and Blairstown! In partnership with the Thys Automotive Family, Kirkwood will offer a new learning experience at NO COST to junior and senior high school students. For more information visit http://www.kirkwood.edu/pistons2pathways

Benton girls’ golfers face Marion and South Tama -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Thursday, May 1, 2025, at South Tama Benton 175 South Tama 194 Marion 230 Individual results Medalist Halle Sobaski BENTON 38 Runner-Up Madelyn Kenny BENTON 43 3 Hailey Suiter BENTON 44 4 Taylor Dolezal South Tama 47 5 Jamy Dolash South Tama 47 6 Aubrey Dolezal South Tama 49 7 Landri Albers Marion 49 8 Bristol Kahle BENTON 50 9 Maddy Hitchcock South Tama 51 10 Claire Kearney South Tama 51 11 Katelyn Covington BENTON 52 12 Ella Kopsa South Tama 54 13 Tillie Cahalan Marion 57 14 Kyla Benke Marion 58 15 Taryn Olemann Marion 66 16 Isa Aguilar-Lingo Marion 72 17 Cadence Pastor Marion 76