Benton MS/HS

Congratulations to, Benton Community Senior, William Kroneman and Union High School's, Olivia Hanson. William and Olivia were the winners of the Iowa Cattlemen's Beef Extravaganza Contest on December 6th, 2023. The contest consisted of 10 stations requiring collegiate sophomore-level knowledge of the beef industry and public speaking skills. Both, William and Olivia, received a $2,500 award for college.

"My favorite thing about being a Bobcat is watching our students participate in the many activities that we offer our students at Benton Community and the support from the community surrounding the school."

Santa is coming to BCHS tonight and is looking forward to taking pictures and accepting donations for our toy drive! Toys and monetary donations are accepted! All proceeds support Benton Community families.

Student Council has announced student dress-up days for next week Monday, Dec. 18th through Thursday, Dec. 21st.

BC Boys & Girls Bowling Stats for match up against Marion on December 7th at Keystone Turner Hall.

There's still time to donate to the BC Toy Drive. Bring in your donation to the Boys and Girls Basketball Doubleheader TONIGHT and check in with Santa!

Lady Cats on the mat! Pictures from Dec. 7th meet at South Tama.

Our Girls and Boys Basketball both had wins home and away this past Friday night against West Delaware. Check out these shots!

Congratulations on an outstanding tournament win for Boys Wrestling this past Saturday at the Keith Vry Invitational. Bobcat Wrestling Results 106 - Garrett Kuch (6-6) placed 4th and scored 16.0 team points. 113 - Jason Eastman (8-4) placed 3rd and scored 18.0 team points. 126 - Ryan Koehler (3-2) placed 5th and scored 7.0 team points. 132 - Elijah Kupka (9-2) placed 2nd and scored 20.5 team points. 138 - Elias Bieschke (8-3) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points. 144 - Brady Patterson (7-3) placed 1st and scored 24.5 team points. 150- Weston Kaestner (6-4) placed 5th and scored 12.5 team points. 157 - Blayke Heying (9-2) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points. 165 - Brenden Heying (10-0) placed 1st and scored 24.5 team points. 190 - Troy Kupka (9-3) placed 3rd and scored 18.0 team points. 215 - Will Clausen (2-6) 285 - AJ Wilson-Myles (3-5) placed 5th and scored 5.0 team points.

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Benton girls wrestlers faced South Tama Thursday, Dec. 8, 2023, at Tama South Tama 48, Benton 24 145: Layna DeMoss (BECO) over Brooklyn Mitchell (STC) (Fall 3:07) 155: Ioleta Kingbird (STC) over Madilyn Colburn (BECO) (Dec 4-0) 170: Abigail Chyma (STC) over Hailee Kruse (BECO) (Fall 0:19) 190: Autumn Elsbury (STC) over Mo Brown (BECO) (Fall 0:42) 235: Averie Gale (BECO) over Kinley Jimenez (STC) (Fall 2:44) 100: Double Forfeit 105: Livia Smith (STC) over Tegan Bishop (BECO) (Fall 4:54) 110: Ava Hendricks (STC) over Katilynn Guldner (BECO) (Fall 1:54) 115: Keylee Holloway (STC) over Evelynn McMahon (BECO) (Fall 0:55) 120: Kaitlyn Bonewitz (BECO) over Danica Scheller (STC) (Fall 2:12) 125: Amanda Schnor (BECO) over London Jaennette (STC) (Fall 5:48) 130: Ava Perkins (STC) over Bella De Nooy (BECO) (Dec 4-1) 135: Paisley Bro (STC) over Kaylie Wright (BECO) (Fall 0:24) 140: Maeley Elsbury (STC) over Lizzy Wolf (BECO) (Fall 5:42)

Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Bobcats win against South Tama in boys wrestling Benton 48, South Tama 27 Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Tama 165: Brenden Heying (BECO) over Cyrus Mathes (STC) (TF 17-2 4:32) 175: Marcus Bear (STC) over Mayson Mitchell (BECO) (Dec 6-5) 190: Troy Kupka (BECO) over (STC) (For.) 215: Gavin Bridgewater (STC) over Will Clausen (BECO) (Fall 1:43) 285: Brennen Blegen (BECO) over Kyan McBride (STC) (Fall 0:21) 106: Garrett Kuch (BECO) over (STC) (For.) 113: Jason Eastman (BECO) over Cale Graff (STC) (Fall 1:11) 120: Eligh Branan (STC) over Brennen Roberts (BECO) (Fall 1:00) 126: Amare Chavez (STC) over (BECO) (For.) 132: Elijah Kupka (BECO) over Clayton Babinat (STC) (Dec 7-2) 138: MaCael Bear (STC) over Elias Bieschke (BECO) (Fall 1:15) 144: Brady Patterson (BECO) over Cody Blocker (STC) (Fall 3:19) 150: Weston Kaestner (BECO) over Drayton White (STC) (MD 14-5) 157: Blayke Heying (BECO) over Anthony Thompson (STC) (Fall 2:59)

Thank you to Lupe Hernandez and the Iowa College Access Network for providing a financial aid presentation to some of our ELL students this morning!

Benton MS Boys Wrestling in action at Marion Tuesday, Dec. 5th

Benton Faces Mt. Vernon in WAMAC Basketball Action -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau- Benton girls’ basketball Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at Mount Vernon No. 5 Mount Vernon 53, Nov. 2 Benton, 45 BC 8 14 10 13 - 45 MV 18 9 17 9 - 53 Benton was 15 of 47 for field goals, 10 of 29 for three-pointers, and 5 of 10 for free throws. They had 24 rebounds, 11 assists, six steals, four blocks, 12 turnovers and 17 fouls. McKenna Kramer had 20 points for Benton, with 6 of 13 shooting for three-pointers. Emma Townsley added 11 points. Townsley also had five rebounds and four assists. Kramer had four steals. Benton hosts West Delaware on Friday, Dec. 8, at Van Horne. Benton boys’ basketball Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at Van Horne Mount Vernon 55, Benton 45 MV 13 10 16 16 - 55 BP 7 17 12 9 - 45 Statistics are coming. Benton travels to West Delaware on Friday, Dec. 8, in Manchester.

Benton Girls Wrestling at Williamsburg on Monday, Dec. 4th Team scores 1 East Buchanan EABU 186.0 2 Independence INDE 177.0 3 South Tama County STC 135.5 4 Ottumwa OTTU 128.0 5 Fort Madison FOMA 117.0 6 Vinton-Shellsburg VISH 117.0 7 Williamsburg WILL 115.0 8 West Delaware, Manchester WEDE 114.5 9 Marion MARI 87.0 10 Solon SOLO 87.0 11 Benton Community BECO 84.0 12 Iowa City, Liberty ICL 73.0 13 Central DeWitt CDEW 66.0 14 Iowa Valley, Marengo IOVA 63.0 15 Colfax-Mingo COMI 61.0 16 Mid-Prairie MIPR 61.0 17 Midland MIDL 50.0 18 Wapello WAPE 45.0 19 Clear Creek-Amana CCA 36.0 20 Muscatine MUSC 27.0 21 Center Point-Urbana CPU 23.0 22 WACO, Wayland WACO 23.0 23 English Valleys-Tri County EVTC 7.0 24 Centerville CENT 0.0 25 Grinnell GRIN 0.0 26 Linn-Mar LIMA 0.0 27 Mount Pleasant MOPL 0.0 28 Prairie, Cedar Rapids PCR 0.0 Benton results Varsity 100 - Tegan Bishop's scored 3.0 team points. Varsity 120 - Kaitlyn Bonewitz scored 4.0 team points. Varsity 130 - Bella De Nooy's place is 8th and has scored 5.0 team points. Varsity 140 - Lizzy Wolf's place is 1st and has scored 28.0 team points. Varsity 145 - Layna DeMoss's place is 3rd and has scored 21.0 team points. Varsity 190 - Mo Brown 3.0 team points. Varsity 235 - Averie Gale's place is 3rd and has scored 20.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-4 - Sloane Slouha's place is 2nd and has scored 13.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-5 - Madelyn Kenny's place is 4th and has scored 4.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-9 - Courtney Hlas's place is 2nd and has scored 10.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-11 - Alexis Northcutt's place is 1st and has scored 18.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-19 - Nevaeh Miller's place is 3rd and has scored 7.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-22 - Kaylie Wright's place is 4th and has scored 4.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-23 - Jordan Koehler's place is 1st and has scored 20.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-25 - Izzy Schoettmer's place is 1st and has scored 20.0 team points. Junior Varsity JV-26 - Hailee Kruse's place is 4th and has scored 4.0 team points.

School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, December 6. #BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Jeff shares, "I chose Benton because I needed a new challenge in my career and everyone here was so supportive and nice."

#BeABobcat #APlaceToBelong

Center Point- Urbana's "Stormcast Link" for tonight's JV Boys' Wrestling Tournament at CPU. With over 50 divisions, bleacher/spectator room will be limited. Tune in! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8AV70wUJGEiaOM1bXNRqLA?view_as=subscriber

There's still time to get signed up for Parents Night Out this Friday, December 8th!!