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BC girls run at Cedar Falls Invite
Cedar Falls Tiger Invitational
Monday, April 17, 2023
Team scores are coming
Benton place-winners (top eight)
200 – 3 Delaney Lohrer 28.44
400 – 2 Aubrey Kelly 1:04.24, 3 Delaney Lohrer 1:04.29
800 – 2 Abbie Jones 2:38.25, 7 Lizzy Wolf 2:58.94
1500 – 6 Jaida Lyons 5:17.89
3000 – 3 Jaida Lyons 11:23.00
High jump – 7 Piper Nelson 4-04, 8 Carlie Sims 4-02
Shot put – 2 Ana Glawe 33-11
4x100 – 6 Carlie Sims, Mabry Sadler, Hope Moore, Danica Nolte 55.23, 7 Kennedy Lohrer, Haiden Moore, Emma Townsley, Sophia Seeck 56.58 (JV)
4x200 – 5 Danica Nolte, Hope Moore, Ashlyn Drahos, Piper Nelson 1:56.28, 7 Emma Townsley, Haiden Moore, Mabry Sadler, Sophia Seeck 2:03.3 (JV)
4x400 – 5 Delaney Lohrer, Aubrey Kelly, Paper Nelson, Ava Collum 4:32.78, 6 Kennedy Donald, Gwen King, Abbie Jones, Belle Werner 4:42.61 (JV)
800 medley – 4 Carlie Sims, Danica Nolte, Hope Moore, Piper Nelson 2:05.90
1600 medley – 3 Kennedy Donald, Kennedy Lohrer, Ava Collum, Gwen King 4:58.53
Shuttle hurdle – 4 Sophia Seeck, Haiden Moore, Belle Werner, Mabry Sadler 1:14.44

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
BC girls golf at South Tama
Monday, April 17, 2023 at Tama Toledo Country Club
Varsity girls
Solon 182
Benton 205
South Tama 223
BC Varsity
Madelyn Wolf 49
Kayley Dirks 57
Emma Schwake 62
Olivia Pickering 50
Sydney Rupp 55
Ally Furman 52
Junior varsity girls
Solon JV 223
Benton JV 235
South Tama JV 265
BC Junior Varsity
Emery Rinderknecht 62
Whitney Bridgewater 60
Emma Bange 57
Tegan Bertka 56
Medalist: Sydney Dee, Solon, 44

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Benton soccer – April 11-18
BC girls’ soccer
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Union 3, Benton 0
BC 0 0 – 0
U 3 0 – 3
No statistics yet
Friday, Aril 14, 2023
Benton 3, Williamsburg 0
BC 1 2 – 3
W 0 0 – 0
No statistics yet
Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Newton
Perry 1, Benton 0
BC 0 0 – 0
P 1 0 – 1
No statistics yet
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Benton at Clear Creek Amana
BC boys’ soccer
Friday, April 14, 2023
Williamsburg 1, Benton 0
BC 0 0 – 0
W 0 1 – 1
No statistics yet
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Clear Creek Amana at Benton
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Benton at Center Point-Urbana, Fross Park

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Bobcat golfers host invite at Tara Hills
Bobcat Invite
Saturday, April 15, 2023 at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne
Clear Creek Amana 312
Williamsburg 316
Columbus Catholic 321
Marion 323
Center Point-Urbana 324
Independence 339
Benton 351
Grinnell 352
Medalist – Christian Burkhart, CPU, 74
Benton scores
Nathan Rottman 45 42 - 87
Jordan Thys 45 44 - 89
Jo Davis 45 43 - 88
Brock Silhanek 43 44 - 87
Kolby Wenger 52 49 - 101
Ryan Spina 46 44 – 90


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Golf action continues for Benton teams
Thursday, April 13, 2023, at Tara Hills Country Club
Varsity boys
Marion 160, Benton 189
Benton results
Nathan Rottman 43
Jordan Thys 52
Jo Davis 49
Brock Silhanek 49
Kolby Wenger 49
Ryan Spina 48
Junior varsity
Marion 196, Benton 198
Benton JV results
Robert Davidson 49
Nash Brunssen 48
Marcus Newton 61
Ryan Finn 49
Jonah Thompson 59
Trayton Lentner 52
Medalist - Lawson Berndt, Marion, 37
Benton at Marion Girls Golf
Gardner Golf Course
Marion, Iowa
Benton 204, Marion 242
Benton results
Emma Schwake 48 (medalist runner-up)
Kayley Dirks 50
Maddy Wolf 53
Olivia Pickering 53
Sydney Rupp 55
Whitney Bridgewater 58
Benton JV 218
Ally Furman 49
Brooke DeRycke 54
Tegan Bertka 57
Emery Rinderknecht 58
Emma Bange 60
Hailey Suiter 64

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Bobcat Co-ed on April 13
Bobcat Co-ed Invite
Van Horne, Iowa
Team scores
Mt Vernon 105
Xavier, CR 89
Benton 89
Williamsburg 73
Oelwein 47
Independence 44
CPU 41.5
Vinton-Shellsburg 40
English Valleys 39
Belle Plaine 38.5
Iowa Valley 38
Union 38
Columbus 14
Prairie, CR 13.5
Regina, IC 13
Janesville 7.5
Valley Lutheran 6
Benton JV 5
BC boys place-winners
High jump – 3 Eli Patterson 5-8
Long jump – 6 Brayden Suiter 18-8
Shot put – 4 Brennan Blegen 46-2
Discus – 1 Brennen Blegen 159-6
800 medley relay – 2 Henderson, Upah, Bruns, Wallace 1:37.62
4×800 – 5 Schulte, Morris, Olson, Michelsen 9:08.23
4×200 – 3 Henderson, Bruns, Martin, Wallace 1:31.65
Shuttle hurdle – 5 Timmerman, Patterson, Patterson, Franck 1:07.09
100 – 3 Carson Bruns 11.96, 8 Evan Martin 12.36
110 hurdles – 6 Noah Franck 16.90, 8 Easton Patterson 17.21
200 – Sam Wallace 22.78
400 hurdles – 1 Easton Patterson 58.88, 5 Brody Timmerman 1:01.20 (JV), 6 Brayden Suiter 1:01.36
4×100 – 2 Henderson, Bruns, Martin, Wallace 44.45
Girls results
Team scores
Williamsburg 146
Xavier 123
CPU 87
Benton 80
Regina 65
Vinton-Shellsburg 50
Independence 43
Columbus 28
Prairie 27
Oelwein 25
Iowa Valley 25
Belle Plaine 14
Benton JV 12
Benton place-winners
High jump – 6 Carlie Sims 4-6, 7 Piper Nelson 4-4
Shot Put – 6 Ana Glawe 33-6
Discus – 7 Addison Phillips 94-4
800 medley – 4 Sims, Nolte, Kelly, Lohrer 2:01.08
3000 – 1 Jaida Lyons 12:06.56
Shuttle hurdle – 2 Moore, Seeck, Moore, Werner 1:13.74
1600 medley – 2 Lohrer, Collum, Donald, King 4:48.18
4×200 – 1 1:53.53, 5 (JV) 1:58.34
100 hurdles – 4 Hope Moore 17.29, 6 Sophia Seeck (JV) 18.04
800 – 2 Jaida Lyons 2:35.71, 3 Abbie Jones 2:41.58
4×100 – 7 Sims, Sadler, Moore, Moore 54.37, 8 Nolte, Seeck, Townsley, Drahos (JV) 54.91
4×400 – 2 Lohrer, Kelly, Donald, Nelson 4:25.25, 5 Collum, King, Lohrer, Werner (JV) 4:47.20


Josh Hoeck teaches both 7-12 Behavior-Focused Special Education and 9-12 Credit Recovery/Virtual Academy. Josh is also the Head Freshman Football Coach, Head Girls Wrestling Coach, Assistant Boys Middle School Track Coach, and Head Level III Baseball Coach.

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My name is Jacob Reid, and I am the industrial technology teacher for the middle school and high school. A fun fact about me is that I work road construction during the summertime. My favorite part about teaching is hearing about students' success after graduation.

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Benton boys’ track teams run at Ruth Ahrens meet in Marengo
Ruth Ahrens Invite, Iowa Valley, Marengo, Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Varsity Boys
BCLUW 126
North Mahaska 100.50
Belle Plaine 90
Iowa Valley 87.50
BGM 66.50
English Valleys 57
Sigourney 29
HLV 26.50
Class A Male
Solon 170.00
Benton 160.00
Williamsburg 140.00
Clear Creek-Amana 41.00
Benton JV 27.00
Solon JV 18.00
CCA JV 3.00
Williamsburg JV 2.00
Benton place-winners
100 – 1 Sam Wallace 11.39, 4 Carson Bruns 11.79
200 – 1 Sam Wallace 22.72
400 – 4 Owen Von Ahsen 56.91, 5 Wyatt Rinderknecht 58.57
800 – 3 Isaac Morris 2:12.75, 6 Tobias Michelsen 2:27.09
110 hurdles – 2 Noah Franck 16.99, 3 Easton Patterson 17.48, 4 Evan Patterson (JV) 20.07
1600 – 3 Trey Schulte 5:07.49, 5 Caleb Olson 5:14.50
400 hurdles – 1 Easton Patterson 58.86, 4 Brayden Suiter 1:01.23, 5 Brody Timmerman (JV) 1:04.87, 6 Eli Patterson (JV) 1:08.75
Discus – 3 Brennen Blegen 136.07, 4 Carter Holmes 122-06
High jump – 2 Eli Patterson 6-00
Long jump – 3 Brayden Suiter 18-04.50, 4 Luke Garrett (JV) 18–3.50, 5 Brody Timmerman 17-08
Shot put – 5 Brennen Blegen 43-03
4x100 – 2 Evan Martin, Carson Bruns, Logan Upah, Sam Wallace 44.18
4x200 – 1 Malique Henderson, Carson Bruns, Evan Martin, Sam Wallace 1:32.71
4x400 – 3 Dylan LeFebvere, Owen Tjelmeland, Wyatt Rinderknecht, Owen Von Ahsen 3:56.53
4x800 2 Trey Schulte, Isaac Morris, Caleb Olson, Tobias Michelsen 9:03.46
Shuttle hurdle 2 Easton Patterson, Eli Patterson, Brody Timmerman, Noah Franck 1:06.89
800 sprint medley – 2 Dylan LeFebvere, Logan Upah, Malique Henderson, Evan Martin 1:31.28
1600 medley – 4 Dylan LeFebvere, Logan Upah, Owen Von Ahsen, Luke Lange 4:20.22

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
BC girls run at Ruth Ahrens, Lisbon meets
Monday, April 10, 2023 at Marengo
Class A Female
Williamsburg 225
Pcm, Monroe 123
Benton 62
Williamsburg Raiders 62
Clear Creek Amana 35
CCA JV 6
Benton Comm JV 3
Benton place-winners
200 - 3 Piper Nelson 30.08
400 - 1 Piper Nelson 1:08.26
Discus - 3 Ana Glawe 96-06, 4 Addison Phillips 94-06
High jump - 3 Piper Nelson 4-02
Long jump - 2 Kaitlynn Guldner 13-08, 5 Kayla Lennie 13-01
Shot put - 2 Ana Glawe 33-06, 5 Addison Phillips 28-02
4x100 – 4 Janessa Bries, Calista Nolte, Kayla Lennie, Mallory Kenny 2:07.81
800 sprint medley - 5 Janessa Bries, Calista Nolte, Kayla Lennie, Lizzy Wolf 2:17.07
Lisbon Track and Field Invitational
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
No team scores available at press time
Benton place-winners
800 – 5 Gwen King 2:43.70
1500 – 2 Jaida Lyons 5:22.02
100 hurdles – 2 Hope Moore 16.63
Shot put – 4 Ana Glawe 34-02.50
Discus – 3 Addison Phillips 99-05, 4 Ana Glawe 98-02
4x100 – 6 54.21
4x200 – 4 1:56.67
4x400 – 4 4:27.39
800 medley – 3 2:00.32
1600 medley – 2 4:36.83
Shuttle hurdle – 2 1:12.43

Benton Community will have a Noon (12:00 p.m.) dismissal TODAY (Wednesday, April 12) for professional development.
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Please join us TODAY! School Bus Driver Appreciation Dinner & New Bus Driver Recruitment Dinner: Benton Community School District is looking for new bus drivers. If you have any interest, please join us TODAY for dinner to learn more and meet the current transportation staff on Wednesday, April 12, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Van Horne Community Center, 558 1st Avenue, Van Horne.

Team Tatum apparel: If you ordered Team Tatum apparel and had it sent to the HS, please stop in the Activities office and pick it up.
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BC boys golf at Amana meet
Monday, April 10, 2023, at Amana Golf Course
Varsity boys
CCA 166
Independence 183
Benton 199
Benton varsity
Nathan Rottman 51
Marcus Newton 79
Jordan Thys 48
Jo Davis 50
Ryan Spina 56
Brock Silhanek 50
Benton junior varsity
Kolby Wenger 52
Jonah Thompson 66
Ryan Finn 57
Robert Davidson 49
Nash Brunssen 53
Trayton Lentner 54
Junior varsity
CCA 175
Benton 208
Williamsburg 227

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
BC girls compete with CCA and Indee at golf meet
Monday, April 10, 2023, at Tara Hills Country Club, Van Horne
Girls golf results
Clear Creek Amana 195
Benton 197
Independence 241
Junior varsity
Benton 219
Independence 296
Benton results
Madelyn Wolf 53
Kayley Dirks 52
Emma Schwake 40 (medalist)
Olivia Pickering 53
Sydney Rupp 52
Ally Furman 55
Benton junior varsity
Whitney Bridgewater 52
Brooke DeRycke 56
Hailey Suiter 52
Emery Rinderknecht 60
Emma Bange 59
Tegan Bertka 67

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau
Lady Bobcats defeat Wapello, have busy week in soccer
Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Van Horne
Benton 7, Wapello 0
W 0 0 - 0
BC 2 5 - 7
Ashlee Michels had three goals. With two each were Kyla Voelkel and Piper Nelson. Voelkel had three assists. Olivia Janss added one assist. With six shots on goal each were Michels and Voelkel. Janss and Maddie Rammelsburg had four shots on goal. Delaynee Slouha had two shots on goal. Morgan Brown had one save.
This week, Benton travels to Union on Monday, travels to Williamsburg on Friday, and competes in Newton on Saturday, April 15.
The Benton boys host Williamsburg this Friday, April 14, at Van Horne.

School Bus Driver Appreciation Dinner & New Bus Driver Recruitment Dinner: Benton Community School District is looking for new bus drivers. If you have any interest, please join us for dinner to learn more and meet the current transportation staff this Wednesday, April 12 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Van Horne Community Center, 558 1st Avenue, Van Horne.

