Benton Community School District

Agriculture students visited Paul & Jon Bierschenk's farm to explore their use of cover crops in their operation. During the demonstration, Rebecca Vittetoe and Evan Brehm explained the benefits of cover crops, including erosion prevention, enhanced organic matter, improved water quality, and support for weed management. Owen and Ben from Terraplex talked about how they got into the business and about the demand for drones in agriculture.

BC volleyball girls travel to BCLUW -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at BCLUW Tournament No. 2 Hudson 2, Benton 0 H 25 25 - 2 BC 11 13 - 0 Benton 2, South Tama 0 ST 20 22 - 0 BC 25 25 - 2 No. 11 BCLUW 2, Benton 0 BC 16 16 - 0 BCLUW 25 25 - 2 Statistics are coming. Benton (2-7) hosts Williamsburg (6-3) on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Van Horne. They travel to East Marshall on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.

Bobcats get big road win over Marion in Class 3A football Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at Marion Benton 41, Marion 13 BC 7 13 14 7 - 41 M 0 6 7 0 - 13 Brenden Heying was 7 of 11 in passing for 119 yards and on touchdown. Benton had 311 yards rushing. Heying had 18 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns. Dylan LeFebvere had 19 carries for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Logan Upah had three catches for 28 yards. Brody Zimmerman had three catches for 56 yards. Dawson Rozek had one carry for 35 yards and a touchdown. Benton had 51.0 total tackles, with 36 solo, no sacks and 8.0 tacklers for loss. Grant Volesky had 9.0 total tackles, five solo and 1.0 for a loss. Dylan LeFebvere had 7.5 total tackles with six solo and 3.0 for loss. Upah had 4.0 total tackles with three solo. Brody Timmerman had 4.0 total tackles with three solo. Eli Patterson had 4.0 total tackles with four solo. Upah had one kickoff return for 17 yards. Timmerman added a return for 31 yards. Timmerman had two punt returns for -3 yards. Elijah Kupka had eight kickoffs for 356 yards. Marion had 145 yards passing and 140 yards rushing. Kaleb Davis had 84 yards on 13 carries and one touchdown. Class 3A District 5 Sept. 6, 2024 Benton 41, Marion 13 Grinnell 17, Bondurant-Farrar 14 Fairfield 55, Fort Madison 15 Charles City 22, South Tama 14 Xavier 29, Willamsburg 27 Sept. 13, 2024 Mount Vernon at Benton Fairfield at Washington Solon at Central DeWitt Williamsburg at Clear Creek Amana South Tama at Knoxville

Absences add up! Missing just 2 days of school a month means a child misses 10% of the school year. #SchoolEveryday

Guess what??!! It's HOMECOMING WEEK!! Day 1 Wild Wild West

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

Next week is HOCO!!

Bobcats are on the road tonight vs. Marion. Freshmen start at 5 pm and Varsity plays at 7:30 pm. Live streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/marion/organization/6321/marion-high-school

What do you love the most about working at Benton? The thing I love most about working here is seeing the kids grow and their personalities develop throughout the year.

Check out all the MS "happenings" in the BC Middle School Newsletter

Join us for an evening walk to support suicide prevention. Activities, resources, and more will be available. Register to walk at this link https://tinyurl.com/BCSPCwalk or the QR code below. This is a national event that is being brought to Benton County by the Benton County Suicide Prevention Coalition. When: Sunday, September 8, 2024, 5:00 P.M. Gates Open, 6:00 P.M. Walk Begins Where: Benton Community MS/HS, 600 1st Street, Van Horne, IA 52346 Stadium/Track Complex For More Information Contact info@bentoncountyspc.org

What do you love most about working at Benton? "I am a Benton Community graduate, our children graduated from Benton, and it's wonderful that I get to work here as well. Benton is like family and I love working with the students and staff!

BC and BP cross country teams open 2024 season at Williamsburg meet -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Williamsburg Raider Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 Williamsburg Recreation Varsity Girls Mid-Prairie Welllman 32 Williamsburg 54 PCM Monroe 71 Oskaloosa 103 Davis County Bloomfield 164 Newton 171 Grinnell 192 Benton 193 Mediapolis 227 Montezuma 263 Waterloo Christian 321 Benton results 30 Sloane Slouha 23:49.5 35 June Fisher 24:16.2 41 Layna DeMoss 24:58.1 32 Kyra Kauder 24:58.7 45 Kenna Lennie 25:13.3 48 Lydia Stearns 25:39.9 Varsity Boys Mid-Prairie Wellman 38 Grinnell 65 Williamsburg 99 Newton 120 Mediapolis 139 PCM Monroe 144 Oskaloosa 214 Davis County Bloomfield 234 HLV Victor 297 Montezuma 327 Waterloo Christian 342 Belle Plaine 380 Benton results 33 Caleb Olson 19:19.3 35 Noah Pickart 19:22.3 47 Luke Lange 19:56.6 58 Jaxon Mehlert 20:46.9 60 Parker Mitchell 21:04.5 63 Ethan Schwake 21:20.9 81 Jonathon Sadler 23:08.4 Belle Plaine results 61 Maddox Purk 21:20.4 82 Davis Timm 23:13.9 87 Caleb Argo 25:48.7 88 Hunter Henry 25:53.0 90 Ian Davis 26:42.9 92 Sawyer Neuhaus 29:37.6

What do you love most about working at Benton Community? "I love the support & the "feeling of home" throughout the whole community. Benton has always been "home" for me and I wanted that for my kids as well."

Benton Community works with Kirkwood Workplace Learning Connection to provide job shadowing opportunities for our students. Please encourage your student to sign up for this great opportunity. https://www.kirkwood.edu/workplace-learning-connection/job-shadows/job-shadows-fall/how-to-apply

Benton Homecoming 2024 highlights -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Photos from the 2024 homecoming season at Benton Community. Homecoming week is next week. The top 5 will be chosen next Tuesday, Sept. 10. Crowning is Sept. 13 at the pep assembly and before the varsity football game. Front row: Emma Bange, Kayla Lennie, Kiera Coffin, Mallory Kenny, Sarah Wright, Kennedy Lohrer, Ana Glawe, Mabry Sadler, Haiden Moore, and Olivia Sadler Back row: Blayke Heying, Gavin Brooks, Eli Kupka, Brenden Heying, Troy Kupka, Peter Rashidi, Mayson Mitchell, Luke Lange, Hayden Bange, and Brady Gammill

We are excited to announce that Benton student artwork is now being displayed in the MS/HS Counseling office.

Mr. Kauder's MS Health exploratory class is starting the year with a unit on CPR.

- Last Chance To Get Your Gear - Support Benton Boosters Store Close: 9/5 | Items Back: 9/20 https://www.teamelitesports.com/Benton

Bobcats open football season with win over rival Vinton-Shellsburg -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton 48, Vinton-Shellsburg 0 BC 20 21 7 0 - 48 VS 0 0 0 0 - 0 Benton passed for 91 yards. Vinton passed for 140 yards. Benton rushed for 309 yards, and VS had 20 yards rushing. Benton quarterback Carson Nolan was 8 of 10 for 91 yards and one touchdown. Nolan had 171 yards rushing and three touchdowns. Brenden Heying rushed six times for 84 yards. Dylan LeFebvere had one touchdown. Logan Upah had two catches for 26 yards. Lefebvere had one catch for 21 yards and one touchdown. Eli Patterson had two catches for two yards. Heying had 4.5 total tackles, with four solo tackles and two for loss. LeFebvere had 3.5 tackles with two solo. Elias Bieschke had 3.5 tackles with one solo. Nolan had one interception for 33 yards and a touchdown. Patterson had one 30-yard interception for a touchdown. Lefebvere had one kick return for 19 yards. Brody Timmerman had two punt returns for 29 yards. Elijah Kupka had eight kickoffs for 465 yards. He was 4 of 6 for points after touchdown. Nolan had one two-point conversion. Vinton’s Colton Koeppen was 11 of 25 in passing for 140 yards and two interceptions. Isaiah Schneider had 11 carries for 27 yards. Class 3A - 5 district scores (non-district) Aug. 30, 2024 Williamsburg 55, West Branch 10 Grinnell 28, Center Point-Urbana 0 Mount Pleasant 13, Fairfield 12 Roland-Story 47, South Tama 0 Solon 33, Assumption 7 Benton 48, Vinton-Shellsburg 0 Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 Benton at Marion Grinnell at Bondurant-Farrar Solon at Clear Creek Amana Fort Madison at Fairfield Charles City at South Tama Xavier at Williamsburg