Respect Week is coming up February 27 through March 3! Pick up and post a coloring sheet in the IMC by February 27. Prizes will be awarded. Stay tuned for more Respect Week activities.
PROM INFORMATION:
Juniors: Any Junior interested in helping plan prom, meet in Mrs. Sahu's room 112, at 8:00 a.m on Thursday Feb 16th, or talk to Mrs.
Sahu.
Sophomores: Any sophomore interested in being a prom server see Mrs. Sahu.
Girls Speed Training: There will be no girls speed training on Tuesday or Thursday nights this week after school.
Benton girls bowling finishes 4th today at the state qualifying meet! 1- Camanche, 2962 2-Wahlert, 2341 3-Denver, 2121 4-Benton, 2078 5-Bellevue, 1709 6-Oelwein, 1006 #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Congratulations Parker Gammill. He anchored the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay, on the CR Jefferson Team.
Results
200 free relay, 19th
19 CR Jefferson 1:32.44 1:31.10
1) Sheppard West JR 2) r:+0.15 Kurtis Petersen JR
3) r:+0.16 Kiefer Askam SR 4) r:+0.23 Parker Gammill SR
400 free relay, 17th
17 CR Jefferson 3:20.56 3:21.06
1) Sheppard West JR 2) r:+0.15 Kurtis Petersen JR
3) r:+0.27 Kiefer Askam SR 4) r:+0.35 Parker Gammill SR
Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Benton competes at WaMaC Bowling
Feb 13
2023 WaMaC
319 Social, Independence
Girls scores
West Delaware 1589
Vinton-Shellsburg 1514
Independence 1404
Benton Community 1269
Marion 1212
Benton girls
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Totals
1 Destiny Lindsey 112 102 114 328
2 Sydney Rupp 139 120 118 377
3 Hope Heck 116 161 137 414
4 Cali Nolte 88 115 115 318
5 Brook DeRycke 135 124 145 404
6 Janessa Bries 130 189 169 488
Round 2 Total - 1,269
Boys scores
Independence 1901
West Delaware 1885
Vinton-Shellsburg 1726
Benton Community 1705
Marion 1702
Benton boys
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Totals
1 Brandon Schultz 161 194 152 507
2 Cade Volesky 193 129 201 523
3 Gage Offill 145 141 132 418
4 Brayden Boone 124 146 142 412
5 Ethan Hepker 189 231 168 588
6 Nathan Rottman 168 164 170 502
Round 2 Total - 1,705
#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Seniors: If you only need a tassel for graduation, it can be purchased from Mrs. Bear in the counseling office. The cost is $11.72.
Please bring a check made out to Herff Jones or the exact change. If you need a cap, gown, and tassel, you need to order from www.highschool.herffjones.com
HS Boys Track: There will be a short preseason meeting in Coach Winsor's room (#19) on Monday, February 13th for those planning on participating in Track and Field. Please see Coach Winsor if you have any questions. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Benton Community & Central Lutheran are now canceled today, Thursday, February 9th.
Benton Community & Central Lutheran are on a 2 hour delay this morning, Thursday, February 9th. We are monitoring this system closely. Please stay tuned if we need to make changes with our current school plans.
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
#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
A few pictures courtesy of Andrea Townsley from February 7th game. Final score Benton 54 South Tama 16.
#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
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.
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
