7th Grade Girls Basketball: 7th grade girls basketball will begin practice on Monday, Oct. 17th. We will practice at the MS/HS starting at 3:30. This is a change from the original schedule. See Mr. Liddle with questions.
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Benton girls volleyball travels to Mount Vernon for WaMaC tournament
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at Mount Vernon
WaMaC Tournament
Benton 2, Independence 0
BC 25 25 – 2
I 13 19 – 0
Mabry Sadler had 10 assists. Benton had 23 kills in 72 attempts with 10 errors. Addison Phillips had nine kills and Piper Nelson added eight. Olivia Janss had 12 digs. Nelson had 10. Benton was 43 of 49 in serves with six aces. Nelson had two aces. Janss was 8 of 8. Nelson was 11 of 12.
Mount Vernon (29-5) 2, Benton (18-23) 0
BC 12 9 – 0
MV 25 25 – 2
Sadler had six assists for Benton. The team had 12 kills in 56 attempts with 10 errors. Nelson had eight kills for Benton. Janss had six digs. Benton was 22 of 22 for serves with no aces. Phillips was 6 of 6.
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Benton goes to Indee for WaMaC CC meet on Thursday
WaMaC Conference Meet
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at Independence
Varsity girls’ team scores
1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 50
2 Solon 68
3 Clear Creek-Amana 79
4 Center Point-Urbana 84
5 Williamsburg 85
6 Marion 150
7 Benton Community 185
8 West Delaware 223
9 Vinton-Shellsburg 267
10 South Tama County 297
Varsity boys
1 Marion 61
2 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 71
3 Solon 92
4 South Tama 98
5 Clear Creek-Amana 111
6 Vinton-Shellsburg 123
7 Center Point-Urbana 132
8 Williamsburg 219
9 West Delaware 250
10 Benton Community 257
11 Independence 346
JV girls
1 Solon 19
2 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 49
3 Williamsburg 90
4 Clear Creek-Amana 103
5 Marion 143
6 West Delaware 146
7 Benton Community 215
JV boys
1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 49
2 Clear Creek-Amana 50 18:54
3 Center Point-Urbana 72
4 Solon 75
5 Marion 155
6 South Tama 168
7 Williamsburg 198
8 West Delaware 200
9 Benton Community 261
10 Vinton-Shellsburg 301
Benton varsity girls
8 Jaida Lyons 20:24.6
26 Abbie Jones 21:31.2
44 Gwen King 22:44.5
54 Haiden Moore 24:01.1
55 Delaney Lohrer 24:36.1
61 Jessa DeMoss 25:46.0
64 Emma Schwake 26:07.5
Benton JV Girls
49 Lizzy Wolf 25:24.9
59 Alex Welte 26:17.6
64 Sarah Wright 26:44.6
66 Alana Hagen 26:49.9
69 Whitney Bridgewater 26:55.5
81 Ana Glawe 29:19.0
82 Carlie Sims 29:22.4
83 Madelyn Wolf 29:25.5
Benton Varsity Boys
39 Isaac Morris 18:27.6
43 Trey Schulte 18:30.6
52 Caleb Olson 18:44.7
58 Blake Daugherty 18:58.7
65 Luke Lange 19:35.6
67 Marcus Ricklefs 19:46.6
70 Brandon Schultz 20:04.7
Benton JV Boys
40 Evan Daugherty 20:13.3
55 Luis Araiza 20:50.4
79 Bryton Grimm 21:44.1
88 Colin Reiners 21:58.0
90 Noah Pickart 21:59.9
100 Braeton Havill 22:34.7 Pr
120 Nathan Becker 25:04.8
125 Robert Eddards 29:48.0
126 Andrew Hines 33:35.1
Girls Wrestling 2022 Apparel is now available to you to order. Store closes October 22, 2022. Thank you for your support. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Update: For those still interested in purchasing apparel, we have added a coach pick-up to the order so you will not have to pay for shipping.
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2022 Iowa High School Cross Country
State Qualifying Meet Assignments
CLASS 1A - 4 p.m., Thursday, October 20
SOUTH HARDIN
Belle Plaine
BCLUW, Conrad
Dunkerton
East Buchanan
East Marshall
GMG, Garwin
HLV, Victor
Janesville
Meskwaki Settlement
Newell-Fonda
North Butler, Greene
North Linn
North Tama
South Hardin
Tri-County, Thornburg
Tripoli
Valley Lutheran, Cedar Falls
Wapsie Valley
Waterloo Christian
CLASS 3A - 4 p.m., Wednesday, October 19
PELLA
Ballard
Benton Community
Bondurant-Farrar
Carlisle
Des Moines, Hoover
Grinnell
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR
Knoxville
Nevada
Newton
Oskaloosa
Pella
Winterset
All Middle School Cross Country Runners: check your emails for a reminder from coach Cochrane about uniform turn in and a team outing on Thursday after school. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong
Homecoming Pictures: If you ordered Homecoming pictures they are ready to be picked up in the Activities Office.
Benton Community Art Club, will be hosting our Annual Blood Drive on Thursday, November 3rd from 10:15 to 3, in the IMC. In order to be eligible to donate, you must be at least 16 years of age, and weigh 110 lbs. All Benton students are required to have a signed parental consent form to donate, regardless of age. See Mr. Patterson in the Art Room, to sign up for a donation time, receive a parental consent form, or if you simply have any questions about the Drive.
Kasey Hullett is in his fifth year of teaching and second year at Benton. Kasey teaches Composition I & II, as well as Sophomore English—he is also the advisor for the D&D Club. Kasey is currently working on his second book, a YA novel titled "The Creatures of Misty Meadows".
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Thank you for your support.
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HS Girls Soccer: There will be a meeting on Thursday during 5th block in Coach Trainer’s room for all girls that are interested in playing soccer in the spring. If you can’t be there, please talk to Coach ahead of time.
Classroom and Passing Time Reminders:
● Students will be dismissed AFTER the Bells Ring! There will be no more leaving before the bell.
● No blankets are to be brought to class. Blankets are defined by 3x5 or 5x8 piece of cloth that keeps you warm and has no
clothing designation.
● Lunch shift dismissals will also work off the bell. Students leaving early will be sent back.
○ "A" Lunch is dismissed from Lunch Room at 11:38 - WHEN THE BELL RINGS
○ MS Lunch is dismissed from Lunch Room at 12:21 - WHEN THE BELL RINGS
○ "C" Lunch is dismissed from Lunch Room at 1:05 - WHEN THE BELL RINGS.
● No Food from the Student Center is to be eaten in the hallway. Food needs to be consumed in the Student Center.
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Bobcats get big road win at Davenport
Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, at Davenport
Benton (5-2) 28, Assumption (2-5) 14
BC 14 7 7 0 – 28
DA 0 0 7 7 – 14
Benton’s Aidan Gallery was 8 of 11 for passing with 100 yards. Sam Wallace had five catches for 47 yards. Easton Pfiffner had two catches for 26 yards. Will Shaw had one catch for 27 yards.
Benton rushed 334 yards. Carson Bruns had 38 carries for 243 yards and four touchdowns, including a 16-yard touchdown run. Gallery had 14 carries for 84 yards.
Easton Pfiffner had 8.0 total tackles. Will Shaw had 1.5 sacks. Noah Franck had one sack. Brennen Blegen had 0.5 sacks.
Sam Wallace had one kickoff return for five yards. Dylan LeFebvere had two returns for 55 yards. Easton Pfiffner had one punt return for four yards. Nathan Rottman had five kickoffs for 2-9 yards, and was 4 of 4 for points after touhdown.
Assumption had 135 yards passing and 131 yards rushing.
District 3A-4 scores
Oct. 7, 2022
Central DeWitt 24, Vinton-Shellsburg 0
Mount Vernon 49, Maquoketa 7
Benton 28, Assumption 14
Oct. 14, 2022
Central DeWitt at Mount Vernon
Maquoketa at Benton
Assumption at Vinton-Shellsburg
Standings
Overall, District, point difference average
Mount Vernon 7-0 3-0 31.9
Benton 5-2 2-1 9.1
Central DeWitt 5-2 2-1 14.9
Assumption 2-5 1-2 7.7
Vinton-Shellsburg 2-5 2-1 1.3
Maquoketa 1-6 0-3 -24.3
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Lady Bobcats travel to CPU tourney
Center Point-Urbana tournament
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Center Point
Columbus (11-23) 2, Benton (16-20) 0
WC 25 30 – 2
BC 19 28 – 0
Mabry Sadler had 16 assists for Benton. Brooke DeRycke added 10. The team had 30 kills in 102 attempts with 16 errors. Addison Phillips had 14 kills. Piper Nelson added 11. Nelson had 16 digs. Olivia Janss had 14. The team was 45 of 48 for serves with two aces, one each from from Janss and Sadler. Phillips was 10 of 10. Kennedy Donald was 9 of 9. Janss and DeRycke were 7 of 7 each.
Solon (21-9) 2, Benton 0
BC 8 13 – 0
S 21 21 - 2
Emma Townsley had 10 assists. Benton had 12 kills in 53 attempts with eight errors. With six each were Phillips and Nelson. With seven digs each were Janss and Sadler. The team was 19 of 22 for serves with one ace from Addison Phillips. Nelson was 4 of 4.
Assumption (24-5) 2, Benton 0
BC 8 11 - 0
DA 21 21 – 2
Sadler had four assists. The team had eight kills in 32 attempts with four errors. With three kills each were Phillips and Nelson. The team was 18 of 20 for serves with one ace from Nelson. Janss was 6 of 6. Phillips was 5 of 5.
Benton 2, Waterloo West (9-18) 1
BC 20 21 15 – 2
WW 22 19 11 – 1
DeRycke had 14 assists. Sadler added eight. Benton had 30 kills in 94 attempts with 12 errors. Phillips had 12 kills and Nelson added 10. Nelson also had 15 digs. Benton was 52 of 53 for serves with two aces from Nelson. Philips was 10 of 10. Jenna Twedt was 9 of 9.
Benton has WaMaC tourney action this Thursday, Oct. 13, at Mount Vernon.
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Benton cross country teams run at North Linn
North Linn Lynx Invitational
Troy Mills
Saturday, Oct 8, 2022
Varsity girls
1 Solon 57
2 Williamsburg 60
3 Washington 76
4 Tipton 87
5 Hudson 137
6 North Linn Csd 162
7 Iowa City Regina 178
8 Marion 186
9 Grundy Center / Gladbrook 272
10 Vinton Shellsburg 329
11 Benton Community 329
12 Alburnett 333
Benton varsity girls
55 Gwen King, 12 22:42
65 Delaney Lohrer, 12 23:57
68 Haiden Moore, 10 24:45
70 Emma Schwake, 12 25:03
71 Lizzy Wolf, 9 25:05
Varsity boys
1 Marion 73
2 Solon 81
3 Tipton 120
4 Grundy Center / Gladbrook 124
5 Iowa City Regina 127
6 Vinton Shellsburg 129
7 Washington 134
8 Williamsburg 172
9 North Linn Csd 267
10 Benton Community 278
11 Starmont West Central 292
12 Maquoketa Valley 293
13 Hudson 332
14 Alburnett 393
15 Independence 433
Benton varsity boys
33 Isaac Morris, 11 17:43 5:42
41 Caleb Olson, 9 17:52
65 Blake Daugherty, 12 18:41
69 Luke Lange, 10 19:07
70 Marcus Ricklefs, 11 19:12
74 Brandon Schultz, 12 19:17
76 Evan Daugherty, 12 19:29
October 10-14 is National School Lunch Week. Thank you to our Food Service workers for providing our students nutritious meals every school day!
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Girls Wrestling Meeting: There will be a girls wrestling meeting on Wednesday, October 12 during 5th Block in Coach Hoeck’s room. If you can’t attend the meeting, please talk to Coach Hoeck before the meeting.
