Here are a few photos courtesy of Andrea Townsley from the game game last night. Final score Benton Community 6 Charles City 0. Cats will play Tuesday in Norwalk to go to State! Ticket and game details to come.
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Friday, July 8, 2022, at Decorah
BC 040 120 0 - 7
D 104 000 0 - 5
Benton Community (18-19) defeated Decorah (22-11) on the road in Class 3A regional baseball action on Friday, July 8.
Benton had six hits in the contest. Zane Frese was 1 for 3 with one RBI. Casey Gallagher was 1 for 4 with a double. Cael Kaestner was 1 for 2 with a double. Easton Patterson was 2 for 3 with one RBI. Benton had three strikeouts and six walks. Benton stole six bases, with two by Patterson. The team had no errors. Zane Frese picked up the win, throwing for six innings, allowing nine hits, five earned runs, three walks, and striking out two. Jordan Thys threw for one inning, allowing no hits or runs, walking two and striking out one.
Benton travels to No. 6 Western Dubuque (27-11) in Farley for the second round in Region 3. The game starts at 7 p.m.
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Bobcats close regular season against Assumption; prepare for tourney game
Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Van Horne
DA 123 300 0 - 9
BC 000 000 0 - 0
Benton had three hits in the closing of the regular season against Davenport Assumption. Getting singles were Zane Frese, Wyatt Rinderknecht and Evan Daugherty. Benton had 11 strikeouts and two errors. Jordan Thys threw for 1 1/3 innings, allowed one hit, nor runs, walked one, hit one batter and struck out one. Lane Kaestner took the loss, throwing two innings, allowing four hits, six runs (four earned), walking one, hitting one batter and striking out two. Ryan Finn threw for 1 2/3 innings, allowing three hits, three earned runs, walking three and striking out one.
Benton (17-19) travels to Decorah (21-10) on Friday, July 8, in the first round of Class 3A-3 baseball. The game starts at 7 p.m.
Information about school meals for next school year.
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Lady Bobcats play at Iowa City West; host tourney this Saturday evening
Friday, July 1, 2022, at Iowa City West
NS 210 401 0 - 9
BC 200 050 x - 7
Benton Community lost in the first game to North Scott at the Rick Doran Softball Classic, Iowa City. Benton had eight hits. Emma Townsley was 2 for 4. Hannah Greiner was 1 for 3 with one RBI. Ana Glawe was 1 for 3. Gabby McKee was 2 for 4 with a home run and five RBIs. Jesse DeMoss was 1 for 3. Jaida Lyons was 1 for 3. Losing pitcher Jess DeMoss threw for seven innings, and allowed 13 hits, nine earned runs, walked no one and struck out five.
BC 005 400 2 - 11
ICW 001 000 0 - 1
Benton bounced back with a win over Iowa City West. Benton had 15 hits. Emma Townsley was 2 for 4. Jaida Lyons was 3 for 5 with three RBIs. Gabby McKee was 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs. Jesse DeMoss was 2 for 3 with a double and one RBI. Lexie Pippert was 1 for 2 with one RBI. Haiden Moore was 2 for 1. Fiona McCleod was 1 for 1. Mary Phillips was 1 for 1.
Benton (24-15) hosts Waterloo East (4-26) or Charles City (15-10) on Saturday, July 9, in the semifinal of Class 4A Region 6. The game is at 7 p.m.
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Baseball Fans: The Varsity Baseball game on Wednesday, June 29 vs Oelwein will be broadcasted. Go to www.thehuskycast.com and click on the audio link to listen to the game. Broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the first pitch at 7:00 p.m. Good luck Bobcats!
Baseball Fans: The Varsity Baseball game on Wednesday, June 29 vs Oelwein will be broadcasted. Go to www.thehuskycast.com and click on the audio link to listen to the game. Broadcast starts at 6:45 pm with the first pitch at 7:00 p.m. Good luck Bobcats!
Big Congratulations to Marty Thomae! Marty was named National Coach of the Year for Girls Cross Country! What a tremendous honor! Bobcat Proud!!! #BeABobcat
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BC baseball loses two to Independence in WaMaC baseball.
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Monday, June 20, 2021, at Independence
BC 140 32 - 10
I (12)44 0x - 20
The Bobcat baseball team had eight hits in the first game at Independence. Jordan Thys was 2 for 3. Zane Frese was 1 for 3 with a triple. Lane Kaestner was 1 for 2 with two RBI. Easton Patterson was 1 for 3 with one RBI. Wyatt Rinderknecht was 2 for 3 with a double and one RBI. Cael Kaestner was 1 for 3 with two RBI. Benton had three errors. Benton had six pitchers. Gallagher threw for one out, allowed five hits, five runs (none earned), walked two and struck out one. Patterson took the loss and threw for two outs. He allowed two hits, seven runs (two earned), and walked four. Rinderknecht threw for one inning, allowed three hits, four earned runs, walked three, hit one batter and struck out one. Colby Lennie threw for one inning, allowed four hits, four earned runs, walked one, and hit one batter. Blake Daugherty threw for one inning, allowed no hits or runs, and walked one.
BC 002 600 0 - 8
I 401 534 X - 17
Benton had six hits in the second game. Thys was 1 for 4. Zane Frese was 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. Lane Kaestner was 1 for 3 with a double and one RBI. Cael Kaestner was 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs. Benton had three errors. Thys was the losing pitcher, throwing three innings, allowing eight hits, nine runs (four earned), walking three and striking out three. Ryan Finn threw for three innings, allowed five hits, eight earned runs, walked three and struck out five.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Anamosa
BC 000 11 - 2
A 233 4x - 12
The Bobcats had four hits against Anamosa in non-conference play. Gallagher was 1 for 2 with one RBI. Cael Kaestner was 1 for 2 with a double. Evan Daugherty was 2 for 2 with a double and one RBI. Benton had no errors. Lane Kaestner was the losing pitcher, throwing three innings, allowing nine hits, eight earned runs, walking one, hitting one batter and striking out six. Blake Daugherty threw one inning, allowed five hits and four earned runs.
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Lady Bobcats get two wins at Independence
Monday, June 20, 2022
BC 520 07 - 14
I 101 01 - 3
BC 030 500 0 - 8
I 102 200 2 - 7
Ana Glawe is ready to bat against Independence. Photo by Andrea Townsley.
Benton picked up two WaMaC wins at Independence on Monday, June 20. In the first game Benton had 20 hits. Hope Moore was 2 for 5 with one RBI. Hannah Greiner was 2 for 2 with one RBI. Ana Glawe was 1 for 2 with a double and one RBI. McKee was 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Jessa DeMoss was 4 for 4 with three doubles and four RBIs. Gorkow was 1 for 4 with one RBI. Jaida Lyons was 3 for 4 with one RBI. Lexie Pippert was 2 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Emma Townsley was 3 for 4. The team had one error. Winning pitcher DeMoss threw for five innings, allowed four hits, three runs (two earned), walked five and struck out four.
Benton held on for an 8-7 win in the second game. The team had 11 hits. Hope Moore was 2 for 4 with three RBIs. Greiner was 2 for 4 with two RBIs. DeMoss was 2 for 4 with one RBI. Gorkow was 1 for 4 with a double. Lyons had one RBI. Pippert was 1 for 3 with a double. Townsley was 3 for 3 with one RBI. Benton had no errors. Winning pitcher Hope Moore threw for seven innings, allowed 12 hits, seven earned runs, walked one and struck out five.
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A couple more pictures from the DC/NY trip Courtesy of Theresa Ludeking
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