Benton Community School District

REMINDER!!! Tomorrow is picture re-take day. If you missed picture day or you had a bad hair day first go around, make sure to stop by the flag pole entrance for a re-take .tomorrow morning.

Marching Band Contest that was held at Kingston last Saturday :)

Benton CC teams run at Dike Invite -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Dike-New Hartford Invitational Oct. 8, 2024 Girls' varsity Denver 102 Sumner-Fredericksburg 117 Hudston 122 Iowa Falls-Alden 147 Jesup 184 Grundy Center 193 Osage 200 West Marshall State Center 213 Wapsie Valley Fairbank 224 Dike-New Hartford 261 Aplington-Parkersburg 271 BCLUW Conrad 271 Union279 Newman Catholic Mason City 355 Benton 355 Grinnell 368 North Tama 417 BGM 549 Benton girls' varsity 45 Sloane Slouha 21:59.0 84 Lydia Stearns 23:29.0 86 Kayla Lennie 23:31.5 90 Layna DeMoss 23:36.3 91 Emma King 23:38.6 Varsity boys Grinnell 46 Denver 68 Baxter 135 Newman Catholic Mason City 172 Charles City 189 Benton Community 215 West Marshall State Center 223 Sumner-Fredericksburg 239 Dike-New Hartford 248 Iowa Falls-Alden 301 Union La Porte City 305 Columbus Catholic Waterloo 317 Osage 343 Wapsie Valley Fairbank 353 Valley Lutheran 368 Hudson 378 Grundy Center 396 BCLUW Conrad 399 Gladbrook Reinbeck 432 Benton boys' varsity 28 Caleb Olson 17:46.4 36 Luke Lange 18:11.7 51 Jaxson Mehlert 18:39.0 57 Noah Pickart 18:48.3 64 Brian Araiza 18:55.4 69 Ethan Schwake 19:09.3 70 Parker Mitchell 19:13.1

BC volleyball team loses at South Tama -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, at South Tama South Tama (12-18) 3, Benton (6-23) 1 BC 19 13 27 18 - 1 ST 25 25 25 25 - 3 Statistics are coming. Benton plays Saturday, Oct. 12, at Center Point-Urbana. Action starts at 8:30 a.m.

What do you love most about working at Benton? The students and community.

8th grade Science Egg Drop

Thanks for all you do to make Benton Community a great place to be!

BOBCATS take on South Tama tonight @ Tama Games are at 5 pm., 6 pm., and Varsity at 7:30 pm.

What do you love most about working at Benton? The community, I love how involved everyone is with the students and activities.

Benton plays at Prairie volleyball tournament -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Cedar Rapids Prairie Tournament Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 Muscatine 2, Benton 0 BC 10 17 - 0 M 21 21 - 2 Mabry Sadler had four assists. Benton was 8 of 48 for kills with 13 errors. Avery Palmer had three kills for Benton. Benton had 21 digs, led by Talulah Schroeder with six. Laura Junge added five. With one block eah were Schroeder and Aubrey Kelly. Benton was 27 of 28 for serves with two aces. Junge was 3 of 3. Anna Embretson was 10 of 11 with one ace. Haiden Moore was 5 of 5. Schroeder was 4 of 4. Callan Keiper was 1 of 1. Sadler was 4 of 4 with one ace. No. 9 CR Prairie 2, Benton 0 BC 10 12 - 0 CRP 21 21 - 2 Sadler had five assists. Benton was 9 of 40 for kills with five errors. With three kills each were Palmer and Schroeder. Benton had 19 digs. Schroeder had six and Junge had five. With two blocks each were Palmer and Ashlee Michels. Benton as 21 of 23 for serves with three aces. Junge was 4 of 4 with one ace. Embretson was 4 of 4. Moore was 4 of 5 with one ace. Schroeder was 2 of 2. Keiper was 3 of 3 with one ace. Sadler was 4 of 5. CR Washington 2, Benton 0 BC 17 16 - 0 CRW 21 21 - 2 Benton was 8 of 51 for kills with 11 errors. Embretson had three kills. Benton had 27 digs, led by Moore with eight. Benton was 30 of 34 for serves with six aces. Junge was 3 of 5 with one ace. Embretson was 4 of 4. Moore was 3 of 3. Schroeder was 10 of 11 with four aces. Keiper was 7 of 8 with one ace. Sadler was 3 of 3. CR Kennedy 2, Benton 0 CRK 23 24 - 2 BC 21 22 - 0 Junge had six assists for Benton. The team was 18 of 58 for kills with 12 errors. Kelly had six kills and Schroeder added five. Benton had 25 digs, led by Schroeder with seven. Embretson added six. Benton was 45 of 46 for serves with six aces. Junge was 4 of 5 with one ace. Embretson was 5 of 5 with one ace. Moore was 7 of 7. Schroeder was 14 of 14 with three aces. Kelly was 2 of 2. Stella Tjelmeland was 9 of 9. Sadler was 4 o 4. Benton (6-22) travels to South Tama on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and travels to Center Point-Urbana on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Wooooooweeeee!! The WIN heard 'round Eastern Iowa Friday night. Congratulations, boys! “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.“ ~Archie Griffin Benton tops No. 1 Solon in Class 3A football action Friday -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Class 3A, District 5 Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at Van Horne Benton (4-2) 21, Solon 20 (5-1) S 6 0 6 8 - 20 BC 7 0 7 7 - 21 Benton Statistics are coming. Solon passed for 273 yards, led by Ty Bell, who was 19 of 33 for one touchdown. Solon rushed for 111 yards, led by Einar Stecher with 41 yards. Oct. 4, 2024 Benton 21, Solon 0 Grinnell 45, South Tama 7 Williamsburg 54, Fairfield 12 Oct. 11, 2024 South Tama at Fairfield Grinnell at Benton Solon at Williamsburg Standings, Oct. 4, 2024 Overall District Point Difference Average Grinnell 5-1 1-1 20.7 Solon 5-1 1-1 21.0 Williamsburg 5-1 2-0 35.5 Benton 4-2 2-0 13.2 Fairfield 1-5 0-2 -6.2 South Tama 0-6 0-2 -31.5

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Benton Community School District is proud to share Alumni Spotlights focusing on "Where are you now?" If you would be interested in sharing your post-graduation journey with us, we would love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/xe3KwMKkWkB8FLcN9

Benton R6 (1-1) takes on Crestwood (0-1) at 4 PM today. The match can be watched at: twitch.tv/bcbobcatesports http://youtube.com/@BentonEsports Replays are always available after the match at those same links!

BC cross country team travels to Jesup for invite -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Jesup Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 Jesup Golf and Country Club Varsity girls Center Point-Urbana 85 Hudson 89 Denver 97 Jesup 136 Grundy Center 161 Wapsie Valley Fairbank 181 Maquoketa Valley Delhi 182 MFL MarMac 242 North Fayette Valley 254 Dike-New Hartford 261 Mason City Newman 301 New Hampton 303 Benton 306 Union 317 Aplington-Parkersburg 345 Oelwein 389 Alburnett 395 Benton results 41 Sloane Slouha 22:01.2 66 Layna DeMoss 22:59.6 73 Emma King 23:24.8 76 Kenna Lennie 23:24.8 93 Lydia Stearns 23:578 Varsity Boys Oelwein 66 Denver 72 Waukon 127 Jesup 149 Center Point-Urbana 180 Mason City Newman 234 Starmont 270 Benton 283 Alburnett 306 Dike-New Hartford 319 North Fayette Valley 322 New Hampton 338 Kee Lansing 380 Grundy Center 381 Union 390 Aplington-Parkersburg 442 Hudson 455 Independence 460 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 504 East Buchanan Winthrop 600 Benton results 34 Caleb Olson 17:41.0 58 Luke Lange 18:28.1 67 Jaxon Mehlert 18:50.1 79 Ethan Schwake 19:06.4 80 Noah Pickart 19:07.9 83 Brian Araiza 19:21.0 84 Parker Mitchell 19:22.7

What do you love most about working at Benton? "Seeing the kids each day and watching them grow throughout the year."

Today is National Custodian Appreciation Day! Thank you to our incredible custodians for working behind the scenes to keep our schools/buildings safe and clean!

What do you love most about working at Benton? "I love working with kids, parents and the amazing Benton Staff!"

BOBCATS take on CCA tonight @ Benton Community and it's SENIOR NIGHT. Games are at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and Varsity at 7:30 p.m. Congratulations to our Seniors! Senior photo top L to R- Hope Heck, Justess Reynolds, Olivia Sadler, and Pleng Saysuib. Bottom L to R - Haiden Moore, Mabry Sadler, Laura Junge, Kennedy Lohrer, and Ashlee Michels.

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