
Happy Teacher & Staff Appreciation Day! Today we celebrate our amazing teachers and staff!


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Happy National School Principals' Day! Today we celebrate our school leaders. #BeABobcat
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Friday, April 28th The JV girls golf team participated in JV state at Williamsburg. The Benton girls JV team won the championship!!! Way to go!!!
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Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Lady Bobcats hosted Williamsburg at Tara Hills Thursday
Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne
Williamsburg 181, Benton 200
Benton scores
Emma Schwake 48
Madelyn Wolf 52
Kayley Dirks 49
Olivia Pickering 54
Ally Furman 51
Sydney Rupp 52
Medalist: Jaisel Bott, Williamburg, 42
Junior varsity
Benton 209, Williamsburg 220
Benton JV scores
Whitney Bridgewater 53
Brooke DeRycke 50
Hailey Suiter 54
Emery Rinderknecht 67
Tegan Bertka 52
Emma Bange 59


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BC track teams run at Viking Co-ed
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Vinton, Iowa
Relay names are coming
Girls team scores
Marion 171
West Delaware 134
Benton 94
Vinton-Shellsburg 93
Alburnett 62
Iowa Valley 24
Benton results
100 - 6 Mabry Sadler 14.61
800 - 3 Gwen King 2:41.35
1500 - 4 Abbie Jones 5;41.69
3000 - 1 Jaida Lyons 11:28.30
100 hurdles - 1 Hope Moore 16.75
400 hurdles - 4 Belle Werner 1:27.18
4x100 - 4 55.24
4x200 - 4 1:53.55
4x400 - 3 4:25.47
800 medley - 2 1:59.42
1600 medley - 3 4:48.40
Shuttle hurdle - 2 1:10.67
Shot put - 2 Ana Glawe 35-07
Discus - 5 Ana Glawe 93-02.50
Boys' results
Team scores
Benton Community 149
Marion 130
Vinton-Shellsburg 995
Alburnett 98
Iowa Valley 61
West Delaware 45.5
Benton results
100 - 1 Sam Wallace 11.24, 3 Carson Bruns 11.70
200 - 1 Sam Wallace 22.90, 3 Carson Bruns 24.28
400 - 4 Evan Martin 53.80
800 - 4 Trey Schulte 2:13.59, 6 Isaac Morris 2:16.70
1600 - 5 Caleb Olson 5:14.38
3200 - 5 Luke Lange 12:00.62
110 hurdles - 1 Easton Patterson 17.08
400 hurdles - 1 Easton Patterson 58.58, 2 Brody Timmerman 1:00.54
4x100 - 3 46.49
4x200 - 3 1:36.06
4x400 - 4 3:46.65
4x800 - 2 8:59.16
800 medley - 1 1:38.13
1600 medley - 4 4:08.94
Shuttle hurdle - 3 1:09.14
High jump - 1 Eli Patterson 5-10
Long jump - 6 Luke Garrett 17-05
Shot put - 2 Brennen Blegen 46-05
Discus - 1 Brennen Blegen 152-09.75


The Student Council is searching for five students from each grade (8th - 11th) looking to be leaders in the school. Get 15 signatures from your grade on the petition to get your name on the ballot. Petitions are due to Mrs. Neve on Thursday, May 4th! Elections will be held on Friday, May 5th! Please pick up your petition from Mrs. Neve's room starting today!

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Trees are planted in Van Horne
Many trees were lost in Van Horne during the derecho. Baumhoefener Nursery, Future Green and Benton's National Honor Society gathered in April 26 to replant some of those trees.




Benton Community will have a Noon (12:00 p.m.) dismissal TODAY (Wednesday, April 26) for professional development and 7-12 grade parent/teacher conferences from 2:30-7:30 p.m.
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On this National Administrative Professionals' Day, we want to thank our Administrative Professionals for all you do for our students, staff, parents and administration.
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BC girls golf at Pin Oaks
Monday, April 24, 2023, at Pin Oaks Pub & Links
West Delaware 193, Benton 207
Medalist: Maylin Coates, West Delaware 46
Benton scores
Madelyn Wolf 54
Emma Schwake 58
Kayley Dirks 47
Sydney Rupp 60
Olivia Pickering 58
Ally Furman 48
Junior Varsity
Whitney Bridgewater 52
Brooke DeRycke 60
Emery Rinderknecht 66
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Saddleback Ridge Golf Course, Solon
Solon 341
Washington 341
West Delaware 352
West Branch 370
Williamsburg 375
Benton 384
Regina 475
Medalist: Makenna Conrad, Washington 79
Benton scores
Kayle Dirks 51 48 - 99
Emma Schwake 45 48 - 93
Madelyn Wolf 46 49 - 95
Olivia Pickering 49 48 - 97
Sydney Rupp 51 59 - 110


10th and 11th Graders, please check your email for information regarding a college planning and financial aid night scheduled for tomorrow night (April 26) at 5:30 PM.

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BC boys’ soccer teams face Clear Creek Amana and Center Point-Urbana
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Van Horne
Benton 5, Clear Creek Amana 0
CCA 0 0 - 0
BC 3 2 - 5
With two goals each were Casey Gessner and Caleb Gessner. Nathan Rottman had one goal. Rottman also had two assists. Eli Kupka had one assist. With two shots on goal each were Casey Gessner and Caleb Gessner. Rottman had one shot on goal. Clayton Sebetka had seven saves.
Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Fross Park
Center Point-Urbana 2, Benton 1
BC 0 1 - 1
CPU 2 0 - 2
Caleb Gessner scored a goal for Benton. Casey Gessner had one assist. Caleb Gessner had two shots on goal. Tim Thompson had one. Sebetka had three saves.


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BC boys’ golf team finishes busy week
Friday, April 21, 2023, at Pin Oak Pub and Links, Manchester
Team scores
1 Solon 323
2 West Delaware 326
3 Pella 333
4 Center Point-Urbana 335
5 Waverly-Shell Rock 335
6 Columbus Catholic 336
7 Vinton-Shellsburg 337
8 Clear Creek-Amana 343
9 Williamsburg 355
10 Independence 359
11 Benton 377
12 Decorah 379
Benton varsity
Nathan Rottman 5 4 8 3 6 5 5 3 6 45 4 7 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 48 93
Jo Davis 4 4 7 4 5 6 5 5 7 47 6 6 5 4 5 4 6 5 5 46 93
Jordan Thys 5 4 6 4 5 5 7 3 6 45 6 6 5 4 4 5 7 4 8 49 94
Brock Silhanek 4 7 8 5 6 8 8 4 6 56 7 5 5 4 5 6 6 7 7 52 108
Ryan Spina 6 4 6 5 4 6 5 6 6 48 4 6 6 3 5 5 8 5 7 49 97
Kolby Wenger 5 4 8 5 4 6 4 5 7 48 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 51 99
Medalist: Carter Lamont, Vinton-Shellsburg, 73
Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Vinton Country Club
Varsity
Vinton 169
Mount Vernon 173
Benton 174
Medalist: Jo Davis, Benton 40
Benton varsity
Jo Davis 4 5 2 5 3 4 5 6 4 38
Jordan Thys 5 8 4 8 4 4 6 6 4 49
Ryan Spina 4 6 3 5 3 6 7 5 5 44
Kolby Wenger 5 5 5 5 3 6 5 5 4 43
Robert Davidson 6 8 7 8 4 7 8 6 5 59
Nash Brunssen 6 7 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 50
Junior varsity
Mount Vernon 188
Vinton 196
Benton 210
Benton junior varsity
Ryan Finn 7 6 4 6 4 8 6 6 6 53
Marcus Newton 7 5 7 7 4 7 5 7 6 55
Trayton Lentner 3 7 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 48
Joanh Thompson 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 6 5 54
Hayden Bange 7 7 4 10 6 8 8 6 6 62


Baseball Apparel Store: The baseball store is open at the following link: https://www.teamelitesports.com/Benton The store closes on April 26.

All Members of NHS please plan to be at a required meeting at the beginning of 4th period on Tuesday, April 25 on the auditorium stage.

All 8th-11th grade girls who are going to participate in basketball next year need to meet on Friday April 28 in Coach Z's classroom during 5th Period.

Our Girls Basketball Team will be participating in On Iowa Live tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Union Station in Cedar Rapids. You can watch/listen to the broadcast live on KCRG 9.2. What a fun way to recap our great season with Scott Saville!
