Benton MS/HS

Solon hosts Benton boys’ golf team -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Friday, April 4, 2025, at Lake MacBride Golf Course Team Standings Solon 308 West Delaware 310 Independence 313 West Branch 317 Tipton 329 Regina Catholic 336 Williamsburg 337 West Liberty 343 Benton 361 Clear Creek Amana 366 Durant 415 Benton scores 10 Braiden Moore 79, 30 Ryan Spina 87, 36 Trayton Lentner 90, 47 Braedyn Junge 106, 48 Brayden Miller 107, 50 Will Rausch 112, 51 Ben Langerman 117

SPORTS: Benton travels to Mount Vernon for track meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau MOUNT VERNON RELAYS Mount Vernon, IA Thursday, April 3, 2025 Benton results Girls' varsity High jump - 4 Talulah Schroeder, 4-10 Long jump - 4 Brynnlee Seeck 15-07.12 Shot put - 1 Ana Glawe 39-0.5 DIscus - 3 Ana Glawe 109-7 800 sprint medley - 5 Brynlee Seeck, Reagan Brooks, Alexis Sexton, Mya McCarville 1:59.99 4x800 - 5 Abbie Jones, Avery Franzenburg, Emma King, Lydia Stearns 11:15.97 Shuttle hurdle - 2 Mabry Sadler, Belle Werner, Haiden Moore, Sophia Seeck 1:11.17 Distance medley - 3 Ashlyn Drahos, Ashlee Michels, Anna Embretsen, Haddie Kroneman 4:47.60 4x200 - 6 Brynnlee Seeck, June Fisher, Talulah Schroeder, Alexisix Sexton 1:55.00 100 hurdles - 2 Haiden Moore 17.19, 3 Sophia Seecck, 17.27 400 hurdles - 3 Mya McCarville 1:15.28 4x100 - 7 Sophia Seeck, Ashlee Michels, Haiden Moore, Talulah Schroeder 53.84 4x400 - 6 June Fisher, Libi Frese, Reagan Brooks, Avery Palmer, 4:36.48 Team scores 1 Mt Vernon 145 2 Marion 101 3 Solon 94.5 4 Clear Crk-Amana 71 5 Benton Comm 68 6 West Branch 42.5 7 Lisbon 39 8 CPU 20 Varsity boys results High jump - 1 Eli Patterson 6-4, 7 Kaleb Hayden 5-6 Shot put - 3 Carter Holmes 46-5 Discus - 3 Carter Holmes 133-11 Sprint medley - 3 Brody Timmerman, Evan Marti, Gavin Brooks, Gabe Pugh, 1:39.14 Shuttle hurdle - 2 Brody Timmerman, Brock Corrigan, Owen VonAhsen, Ely Patterson 1:04.16 100 - 5 Owen VonAhsen 11.42 Distance medley - 2 Gabe Pugh, Jordan Guldner, Jayden Beck, Caleb Olson 3:54.98 4x200 - 5 Brody Timmerman, Eli Patterson, Evan Martin, Gavin Brooks, 1:34.21 400 hurdles - 1 Owen VonAhsen 1:54.57, 2 Brock Corrigan 58.92 1600 - 6 Jack Lange 4:55.74, 7 Caleb Olson 4:59.81 4x100 - 3 Brody Timmerman, Gavin Brooks, Evan Martin, Owen VonAhsen 45.13 Team scores 1 Clear Crk-Amana 131 2 Lisbon 96 3 CPU 91 4 Benton Comm 79 5 Mt Vernon 70 6 Solon 60 7 West Branch 33 8 Marion 28

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April 7-11 is National Assistant Principals Week! Thank you to Shawn Pffifner, Activities Director and Assistant High School Principal, for all that you do!

School Bus Driver Appreciation Dinner & NEW Bus Driver Recruitment Dinner When: Wednesday, April 9th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Where: Van Horne Community Center, 558 1st Avenue, Van Horne Benton Community School District is looking for New Bus Drivers. If you have any interest, please join us for dinner to learn more about becoming a bus driver and meet some of the Transportation Staff. Questions or unable to attend? Pease contact Tim Lyons, Transportation Director, at tlyons@benton.k12.ia.us

Happy School Librarian Appreciation Day! Thank you Chris Frimml for all that you do!

The Day the Internet Died starts tomorrow! Showings: Saturday, April 5th & Monday, April 7th both at 7:00 p.m. Admissions: $7.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Students

Current 6th graders and parents, the orientation for 7th grade is Wednesday, April 23rd.

BENTON COMMUNITY DRAMA DEPARTMENT PRESENTS "THE DAY THE INTERNET DIED" Saturday, April 5th & Monday, April 7th 2025 Benton Community High School Auditorium 7:00PM Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for students

The Benton – The Green Bandana Project webstore is now open: https://www.teamelitesports.com/Benton.html Store Close: 4/10 Orders Back: 4/29 before Mental Health Awareness Month in May!

Information about upcoming ISASP testing and 9th grade orientation for current 8th graders. Check it out!

Happy Paraprofessional Appreciation Day ! Thank you for all that you do to inspire, challenge, and support Benton Community students every day!

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

A really good night for your Bobcats in pretty chilly conditions last night, lots of personal bests and some near school records! Have to mention Eli in the high jump as he automatically qualifies for the Drake Relays with a clearance at 6’7” - tying his own school record in the event! Keep supporting this team Bobcat Nation, they are working their tails off for you! Go Cats!

BENTON EARLY BIRD CO-ED INVITE -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Van Horne, IA Bobcat Stadium Monday, March 31, 2025 Belle Plaine and Benton Results Boys High Jump 1 PATTERSON, Eli JR Benton Com 6' 7” 7 KRONEMAN, Colton SO Benton Com 5' 6" 7 HAYDEN, Kaleb SO Benton Com 5' 6” Boys’ long jump 1 VOKOUN, Lane SR Belle Plaine 20' 10 3/4 Boys’ shot put 2 HOLMES, Carter SR Benton Com 44' 5” Boys’ discus 3 HOLMES, Carter SR Benton Com 147' 1” Boys’ 800 sprint medley 3 Belle Plaine (A) 1:40.24 1) ALCOTT, Ty SR 2) DOSTAL, Peyton SO 3) WALTER, Mason SO 4) DEMEULENAERE, Sam SR
7 Benton Comm (A) 1:42.12 1) TIMMERMAN, Brody JR 2) MELL, Braden FR 3) MARTIN, Evan JR 4) PUGH, Gabe SO

Boys’ 4x800
 4 Benton Comm (A) 8:58.27 5 1) BECK, Jayden SO 2) LANGE, Jack SO 3) FURLER, Landon FR 4) OLSON, Caleb JR


 Boys’ shuttle hurdle
 1 Benton Comm (A) 1:03.57 3(1) 10 1) TIMMERMAN, Brody JR 2) CORRIGAN, Brock SO 3) VON AHSEN, Owen JR 4) PATTERSON, Eli JR
 Distance medley 9 Benton Comm (A) 4:18.49 1) PLUMMER, Jayce SO 2) GULDNER, Jordan JR 3) KRONEMAN, Colton SO 4) DOYLE, Reid SO


 Boys’ 400
 2 DEMEULENAERE, Sam SR Belle Plaine 52.37 Boys’ 4x200

 2 Benton Comm (A) 1:34.28 1) BROOKS, Gavin SR 2) MARTIN, Evan JR 3) TIMMERMAN, Brody JR 4) VON AHSEN, Owen JR


 Boys' 110 hurdles 2 VOKOUN, Lane SR Belle Plaine 15.30 3 PATTERSON, Eli JR Benton Com 16.17 Boys' 800 4 DEMEULENAERE, Sam SR Belle Plaine 2:04.02 2(4) 5 5 EICHHORN, Lucas SR Belle Plaine 2:04.07 2(5) 4 Boys’ 400 hurdles 1 VON AHSEN, Owen JR Benton Com 54.89 2 CORRIGAN, Brock SO Benton Com 1:01.31 Boys’ 4x100 5 Belle Plaine (A) 46.63 1) ALCOTT, Ty SR 2) DOSTAL, Peyton SO 3) WALTER, Mason SO 4) VOKOUN, Lane SR 6 Benton Comm (A) 47.06 1) TIMMERMAN, Brody JR 2) MARTIN, Evan JR, 3) MELL, Braden FR 4) BROOKS, Gavin SR
 Boys 4x400

 4 Benton Comm (A) 3:41.28 1) BROOKS, Gavin SR 2) CORRIGAN, Brock SO, 3) PUGH, Gabe SO 4) VON AHSEN, Owen JR

 Team scores

 1 Denver 134 2 CPU 107.5 3 Grinnell 95 4 Benton Comm 86 5 Union, LaPorte C 79.5 6 Belle Plaine 46 7 Springville 42 8 Alburnett 34 9 Xavier, CR 32 10 Monticello 27 11 Anamosa 23 12 South Tama 22 13 Valley Lutheran 6 14 North Linn 2 Benton girls’ results High jump 8 SCHROEDER, Talulah FR Benton Com 4' 6” Shot put 1 GLAWE, Ana SR Benton Com 34' 10” Discus 2 GLAWE, Ana SR Benton Com 112' 11” 4x800 4 Benton Comm (A) 11:08.30 5 1) KRONEMAN, Haddie FR 2) JONES, Abbie SR 3) FISHER, June FR 4) KING, Emma FR

 Shuttle hurdle

 1 Benton Comm (A) 1:11.63 2(1) 10 1) SADLER, Mabry SR 2) WERNER, Belle JR 3) MOORE, Haiden SR 4) SEECK, Sophia JR


 100

 5 SEXTON, Alexis FR Benton Com Distance medley

 4 Benton Comm (A) 5:03.40 1) BRIES, Janessa JR 2) SELCK, Nova SO 3) PALMER, Avery JR 4) FRANZENBURG, Avery FR

400

4 FRESE, Libi SO Benton Com 1:09.17 4x200

 2 Benton Comm (A) 1:55.70 3(2) 8 1) SEECK, Brynnlee FR 2) MICHELS, Ashlee SR 3) DRAHOS, Ashlyn SR 4) DEMOSS, Layna SO
 100 hurdles

 2 SEECK, Sophia JR Benton Com 17.48 3 WERNER, Belle JR Benton Com 18.11 800 6 KRONEMAN, Haddie FR Benton Com 2:46.46 2 200 8 DRAHOS, Ashlyn SR Benton Com 30.12 400 hurdles 3 MCCARVILLE, Mya FR Benton Com 1:16.21 4 EMBRETSON, Anna FR Benton Com 1:17.46 4x100 5 Benton Comm (A) 55.01 1) SEECK, Sophia JR 2) MICHELS, Ashlee SR 3) MOORE, Haiden SR 4) SEXTON, Alexis FR

 4x400 3 Benton Comm (A) 4:38.01 1) MCCARVILLE, Mya FR 2) FISHER, June FR 3) DEMOSS, Layna SO 4) EMBRETSON, Anna FR
 Team standings 1 Mt Vernon 148
 2 Union, LaPorte C 103 3 Benton Comm 98 4 CPU 86 5 Grinnell 72 6 Denver 56 7 WAT West 48 8 South Tama 41 9 Springville 34 10 Xavier, CR 30 11 Alburnett 6 12 North Linn 5

Registration is now open for the 2025 Summer Show Choir camp Cedar Valley Show Choir camp will be held again in Van Horne in the high school auditorium July 7-11, 2025 in the mornings from 9:00 a.m.-Noon The camp concert will be Friday night, July 11 at 7:00 p.m. Theme this year is "Music Through the Decades" The camp is open to kids who have finished 2nd-7th grade. You can use this link to register or complete the attached registration form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFNMzMXtn2s4G3kjv06szKu_N7_S_D5bcYEjaRJjcBevFYJg/viewform

Iowa Association for Student Financial Aid Administrators Community Outreach Committee is hosting an event on for Students and Families of current Seniors to discuss and understand their Financial Aid Offers. They will have representatives from the Regent Universities, Private Schools, Community College’s, and also representatives from ICAN, as well. This will be a drop-in event where families are able to come and discuss with professionals to best understand their offer, no matter what type or where that specific institution is located. When: Thursday, April 10th 5:30-7:00 p.m. Where: Ladd Library – Community Room 3750 Williams Blvd SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

BC High School Spring Newsletter

Over the weekend, Aubrey Becker and Justice Reynolds represented Benton Community at the All-Star cheer event held in conjunction with the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Pizza Ranch All Star Basketball games. Larry Carlson was there as part of his duties being a board member of the IBCA.

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