DUE TO POSSIBLY IMCLEMENT WEATHER THERE IS AN UPDATED START TIME FOR DISTRICT WRESTLING TOMORROW!!
District 2 at Benton Community: LATE START Saturday, 12 p.m. start / 10 a.m. weigh-in
District Wrestling at Benton Community
Assumption; Benton Community; Camanche; Central DeWitt; Grinnell; South Tama County; Tipton; West Liberty
Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM CST
Benton Community Middle School/High School
600 1st St. Van Horne, IA 52346
Tickets online: $8.00
Link to purchase tickets: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIcQcFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa7zECBLigSaG35au63qUHHFiy_-3LN-8XKOH2BvbP-IUa6nslN9dwAm8Q_aem_INSAg4KaAJBjsEFovIh55A
Benton State Large Group Speech results
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
From Feb. 8, 2025
Radio Broadcasting - Lillie Pickart, Will Rinderknecht, and Alissa Zimmermann - Division 2 Rating
Radio Broadcasting - Derrek Campbell, Lydia Dwyer, Peter Rashidi, and Greta Tichy - Division 2 Rating
Readers’ Theatre - Claire Becker, Derrek Campbell, Averie Gale, Lillie Pickart, Jesse Ponce, Savannah Rickels, Nova Selck, Greta Tichy, Alissa Zimmermann - Division 2 Rating
Ensemble Acting - Hayden Bange and Brady Gammill - Division 1. Nominated for All-State
Ensemble Acting - Emma Bange and Savannah Rickels - Division 1. Nominated for All-State.
BC Boys Track is gearing up for a great season! Check out their spring 2025 schedule.
Benton Community and Central Lutheran will be running a 2 hour late start schedule tomorrow, Thursday, February 13. Please remember that there are no morning activities on a late start. Also, there is no breakfast served. The AM and PM preschool session times have also been adjusted.
Benton basketball, Week of Feb. 10, 2025
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Boys basketball
Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at Van Horne
WL 10 16 10 16 - 52
BC 11 16 21 16 - 64
Eli Patterson led Benton with 16 points. Ryan Spina added 15 points. Patterson had 10 rebounds. Spina had four assists. VJ Schulte had two blocks.
BC
Field goals 14/36
3-pointers 10/28
Free throws 26/33
Rebounds 26
Assists 12
Steals 10
Blocks 2
Turnovers 27
Fouls 17
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at Van Horne
Center Point-Urbana vs. Benton
Benton bowls at Monticello
By magdefrau on February 8, 2025
Benton Community Bowling at Monticello Legacy Lanes
Feb. 6, 2025
Girls
Benton- 2,403,
Monticello- 2,118
Round 1 - Benton scores
Janessa Bries 183/ 149/ 332
Megan Krug 132 /153 /285
Maddie Rammelsberg 169 /132/ 301
Paige Meyer 201 /189/ 390
Cali Nolte 186/ 182 /368
Sloan McVay 159/ 118 /277
Round 1- 1,676
Round 2- 727
Total- 2,403
Boys
Monticello- 1,924
Benton- 1,790
Round 1 - Benton scores
Ian Davis 141/ 209/ 350
Hunter Kupka 139/ 156/ 295
Kam Rouse 148/ 146/ 294
Caleb Kaump 221/ 162/ 383
Josh Fabor 175/ 201/ 376
Cade Volesky 188/ 198/ 386
Round 1 - 1,790
Round 2 - 930
Total - 2,720
Excellent Attendance Gives You The Best Chance of Success
Benton girls compete at state wrestling in Coralville
-Article courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
-Photos courtesy of Southeast Iowa Union and BC Athletic Dir.
Feb. 6 to 7 at the Xtream Arena Coralville
Benton results so far
1A-155 – Lizzy Wolf (32-2)
Champ. Round 1 – Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 32-2 won by fall over Gracie Recker (Panorama) 29-15 (Fall 3:17)
Quarterfinal – Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 32-2 won by tech fall over Lilly Ness (Williamsburg) 28-20 (TF-1.5 2:14 (17-1))
Semifinal – Destiny Kolheim (Charles City) 26-5 won by major decision over Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 32-2 (MD 9-1)
Cons. Semi – Lizzy Wolf (Benton Community) 32-2 won by fall over Ryley Marcum (Missouri Valley) 42-13 (Fall 3:37)
1A-170 – Layna DeMoss (48-5)
Champ. Round 1 – Layna DeMoss (Benton Community) 48-5 won by decision over Emma Walker (Panorama) 32-10 (Dec 4-0)
Quarterfinal – Layna DeMoss (Benton Community) 48-5 won by fall over Kira Cox (AP/GC) 40-14 (Fall 1:36)
Semifinal – Brooklyn Graham (East Buchanan) 43-3 won by fall over Layna DeMoss (Benton Community) 48-5 (Fall 5:21)
Cons. Semi – Layna DeMoss (Benton Community) 48-5 won by decision over Briar Blake (North Tama) 28-2 (Dec 8-6)
1A-235 – Averie Gale (22-6)
Champ. Round 1 – Skylar Wegener (Northeast) 25-4 won by fall over Averie Gale (Benton Community) 22-6 (Fall 0:55)
Cons. Round 1 – Averie Gale (Benton Community) 22-6 won by fall over Valerie Cook (Sheldon-South O`Brien) 22-11 (Fall 1:47)
Cons. Round 2 – Emma Cook (Colfax-Mingo) 45-5 won by fall over Averie Gale (Benton Community) 22-6 (Fall 3:48)
BC boys travel to Independence for team dual, 2A Region 5 on Feb. 4, 2025
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Benton 35, Solon 34
190: Brenden Heying (BECO) over Kyler Jensen (SOLO) (Fall 2:55)
215: Lucas Feuerbach (SOLO) over Troy Kupka (BECO) (TF 16-0 3:55)
285: Grant Wilson (SOLO) over Will Clausen (BECO) (MD 19-10)
106: Anderson Osgood (SOLO) over Memphis Bishop (BECO) (TF 16-1 1:22)
113: Jaxson Mehlert (BECO) over Quinten Henning (SOLO) (Fall 0:32)
120: Jayden Steapp (SOLO) over Garrett Kuch (BECO) (Dec 9-8)
126: Jason Eastman (BECO) over (SOLO) (For.)
132: Brock Corrigan (BECO) over Justin Moore (SOLO) (TF 17-1 3:56)
138: Charlie Karam (SOLO) over Ryan Koehler (BECO) (TF 15-0 3:25)
144: Jordan Schmidt (SOLO) over Elijah Kupka (BECO) (Dec 9-6)
150: Brady Patterson (BECO) over Evan Burg (SOLO) (Fall 2:31)
157: Carson Kidwell (SOLO) over Elias Bieschke (BECO) (Dec 8-5)
165: Blayke Heying (BECO) over Teague Williams (SOLO) (Fall 1:05)
175: Jackson Feuerbach (SOLO) over (BECO) (For.)
Independence 32, Benton 28
215: Troy Kupka (BECO) over Masin Hummel (INDE) (MD 9-0)
285: Will Clausen (BECO) over Gable Eddy (INDE) (Dec 6-2)
106: Memphis Bishop (BECO) over Lyric Wellman (INDE) (Dec 18-11)
113: Benjamin Anderson (INDE) over Jaxson Mehlert (BECO) (Fall 3:58)
120: Garrett Kuch (BECO) over Zach Homan (INDE) (Dec 7-0)
126: Carver Wieland (INDE) over Jason Eastman (BECO) (MD 10-1)
132: Remy Ressler (INDE) over Brock Corrigan (BECO) (Fall 1:27)
138: Tanner Wilson (INDE) over Ryan Koehler (BECO) (Fall 1:22)
144: Tyler Wieland (INDE) over Elijah Kupka (BECO) (MD 10-0)
150: Brady Patterson (BECO) over Kameron Kremer (INDE) (Dec 17-10)
157: Elias Bieschke (BECO) over Cael Troutman (INDE) (Dec 13-8)
165: Blayke Heying (BECO) over Christopher Meyer (INDE) (Dec 6-2)
175: Braylen Bieber (INDE) over Weston Kaestner (BECO) (Inj. [time])
190: Brenden Heying (BECO) over (INDE) (For.)
Benton basketball, Week of Feb. 3, 2025
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Benton Girls’ Basketball
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Van Horne, vs. Clear Creek Amana
CCA 17 16 18 9 - 60
BC 8 10 14 8 - 40
Aubrey Kelly had 10 points for Benton. Hailey Suiter had seven rebounds. Sophia Seeck had four assists. Lena Evans led CCA with 21 points.
BC
Field goals 16/25
3-pointers 3/10
Free throws 5/12
Rebounds 25
Assists 10
Steals 1
Blocks 0
Turnovers 20
Fouls 5
Benton boys’ basketball
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Van Horne, vs. Clear Creek Amana
CCA 22 15 18 23 - 78
BC 8 14 8 13 - 43
Brody Timmerman had 10 points for Benton. Carson Nolan had nine rebounds. Gavin Brooks had three assists. Ryan Spina had two steals. Andrew Rotzoll had 17 points for CCA.
BC
Field goals 18/58
3-pointers 5/24
Free throws 2/8
Rebounds 36
Assists 11
Steals 5
Blocks 6
Turnovers 19
Fouls 12
Congratulations to Benton Community 8th graders, Ethan Straka and Zoey Hutton on their 2nd and 3rd placements in the Wildlife Forever Songbird Art Contest.
Students and staff tuning in to support our girls at state.
All After-School Practices and Activities including Open Gyms are Cancelled at Benton Community TODAY, Wednesday, February 5th.
Girls State Wrestling spirit walk!
Congratulations to Layna DeMoss (10), Averie Gale (10), and Lizzy Wolf (11)!
Good luck!
Middle school and high school students will be celebrating FCCLA Week Feb. 10th-14th with dress up days!
BC Middle School's February Newsletter
The Benton Spanish Department is thrilled to share that 11 students have earned their Seal of Biliteracy after completing Spanish during the fall semester.
The Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by a school district to students who demonstrate proficiency in both English and another language by High School Graduation. These students took a four part standardized Spanish exam including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Each of them passed all four areas, demonstrating proficiency.
Congratulations to the following students: Evelyn Godsey, Lydia Dwyer, Aubrey Kelly, Emily Kulbartz, Callan Keiper, Weston Kaestner, Mabry Sadler, Madison Rammelsberg, Ava Kleinmeyer, Kayley Dirks, and Nolan Harbach.
2A Regional Dual Team Wrestling at Independence
700 20th Ave SW Independence IA 50644
Independence; Solon; Benton Community
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM CST
Tickets online $6.00
To purchase tickets use the following link (please be sure to select 2A and Independence)
https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/
Benton hosts WaMaC wrestling tourney
-Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
WaMaC Tournament
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2026, at Van Horne
Team scores
1 Williamsburg 225.5
2 Independence 195.5
2 West Delaware, Manchester 195.5
4 Benton Community 191.0
5 Clear Creek-Amana 173.0
6 Mount Vernon 152.0
7 Solon 135.5
8 Grinnell 66.5
8 South Tama County 66.5
10 Center Point-Urbana 49.5
11 Vinton-Shellsburg 46.0
12 Marion 45.0
Team results
106 - Memphis Bishop (6-24) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
113 - Jaxson Mehlert (34-9) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.
120 - Garrett Kuch (27-18) placed 2nd and scored 19.5 team points.
126 - Jason Eastman (27-19) placed 4th and scored 15.5 team points.
132 - TJ Lovell (25-17) placed 4th and scored 14.0 team points.
138- Ryan Koehler (20-21) placed 8th and scored 3.0 team points.
144 - Elijah Kupka (32-14) placed 4th and scored 13.5 team points.
150 - Brady Patterson (30-11) placed 4th and scored 15.0 team points.
157 - Elias Bieschke (31-20) placed 5th and scored 12.0 team points.
165 - Blayke Heying (31-4) placed 1st and scored 25.5 team points.
175 - Sage Edberg (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
190 - Brenden Heying (41-1) placed 1st and scored 25.0 team points.
215 - Troy Kupka (36-12) placed 4th and scored 16.0 team points.
285 - Will Clausen (31-13) placed 6th and scored 7.0 team points.
