Benton MS/HS

Final Girls Wrestling Team rankings. Bobcats are ranked 10th in latest 1A rankings. Good luck at Regionals on Friday. Punch that ticket to State!!

Benton Rocket League improves to 3-0 on the season after taking down previously undefeated Clear Creek Amana 3-2. This win puts us in first place in the division, with 3 games to go in the regular season. 2 more wins should guarantee us a spot in the State Tournament.

Benton speech team competes at WaMaC, district -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Results from WaMaC speech on 1/20: Solo Mime -Lydia Dwyer - 1st Place Readers’ Theatre - Emma Bange, Claire Becker, Derrek Campbell, Averie Gale, Lillie Pickart, Jesse Ponce, Nova Selck, Greta Tichy, Alissa Zimmermann - 1st Place Radio Broadcasting- Emma Bange, Hayden Bange, Brady Gammill, and Hailee Kruse - 2nd place Radio Broadcasting - Lillie Pickart, Will Rinderknecht, and Alissa Zimmermann - 3rd place Radio Broadcasting - Derrek Campbell, Lydia Dwyer, Peter Rashidi, and Greta Tichy - 7th place Ensemble Acting - Claire Becker, Averie Gale, Jesse Ponce and Peter Rashidi District Large Group - Monticello on 1/25 Division 1 Ratings: Readers’ Theatre - Claire Becker, Derrek Campbell, Averie Gale, Lillie Pickart, Jesse Ponce, Savannah Rickels, Nova Selck, Greta Tichy, Alissa Zimmermann Ensemble Acting - Hayden Bange and Brady Gammill Ensemble Acting - Emma Bange and Savannah Rickels Radio Broadcasting - Lillie Pickart, Will Rinderknecht, and Alissa Zimmermann Radio Broadcasting - Derrek Campbell, Lydia Dwyer, Peter Rashidi, and Greta Tichy Division 2 Ratings: Radio Broadcasting- Emma Bange, Hayden Bange, Brady Gammill, and Hailee Kruse Solo Mime -Lydia Dwyer Ensemble Acting - Claire Becker, Averie Gale, Jesse Ponce and Peter Rashidi

Last night at Grundy Center, BC Sophomore, Paige Meyer broke the school record for high individual game and series with a game of 212 and series of 374. Old records were 197 (which was held by Sloan McVay) for game and 352 for series which she was co-record holder with Janessa Bries. Also, last Friday night the girls broke school record for the 2 game, baker total of 2161 with a new record of 2406. Nice work, Lady Cats!

Benton bowls at West Delaware -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Lightning Lanes, Manchester Girls Benton 2,406 West Delaware 2,285 BC girls scores Megan Krug 175 172 Total 347 Maddie Rammelsberg 138 145 Total 283 Janessa Bries 191 161 Total 352 Sloan McVay 158 171 Total 329 Cali Nolte 140 147 Total 287 Paige Meyer 143 167 Total 310 Boys West Delaware 2,692 Benton 2,614 BC boys' scores Ian Davis 179 172 Total 351 Hunter Kupka 169 159 Total 328 Kam Rouse 150 140 Total 290 Caleb Kaump 166 131 Total 297 Josh Fabor 199 151 Total 350 Cade Volesky 213 209 Total 422

Benton in EMG dual wrestling tournament -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau East Marshall/GMG Dual Tournament Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at East Marshall High School, LeGrand Benton Community defeated Waterloo East 51-27 150 - Brady Patterson (Benton Community) over Tyrone Parrow (Waterloo East) TF 16-0 157 - Elias Bieschke (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 165 - Blayke Heying (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 175 - Goerge Tyler (Waterloo East) over Weston Kaestner (Benton Community) Fall 5:29 190 - Brenden Heying (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 215 - Troy Kupka (Benton Community) over Christopher Foss (Waterloo East) Fall 0:13 285 - Will Clausen (Benton Community) over Jayden Dunn (Waterloo East) Fall 0:10 106 - Kaleb Gordon (Waterloo East) over Memphis Bishop (Benton Community) Fall 0:42 113 - Jaxson Mehlert (Benton Community) over Nolan Pfalzgraf (Waterloo East) Fall 3:43 120 - DeShawn Parrow (Waterloo East) over Garrett Kuch (Benton Community) Fall 2:00 126 - Jason Eastman (Benton Community) over Jack Cary (Waterloo East) TF 18-2 132 - TJ Lovell (Benton Community) over Brody Hall (Waterloo East) TF 16-1 138 - Georvon Tyler (Waterloo East) over Brock Corrigan (Benton Community) Fall 0:59 144 - Isaac Lomas (Waterloo East) over Elijah Kupka (Benton Community) Dec 7-6 Benton Community defeated Union, LaPorte City 44-32 106 - Coy Mehlert (Union, LaPorte City) over Memphis Bishop (Benton Community) Fall 0:35 113 - Stratton Luke (Union, LaPorte City) over Jaxson Mehlert (Benton Community) Dec 8-5 120 - Brayden Bohnsack (Union, LaPorte City) over Garrett Kuch (Benton Community) Fall 5:20 126 - Kaydin Jones (Union, LaPorte City) over Jason Eastman (Benton Community) TF 23-8 132 - Mays Weber (Union, LaPorte City) over Brock Corrigan (Benton Community) Fall 1:28 138 - Jace Hedeman (Union, LaPorte City) over TJ Lovell (Benton Community) Fall 0:32 144 - Elijah Kupka (Benton Community) over Cooper Davis (Union, LaPorte City) Fall 4:53 150 - Brady Patterson (Benton Community) over Brock Bergmeier (Union, LaPorte City) TF 19-3 157 - Elias Bieschke (Benton Community) over Briar Mast (Union, LaPorte City) Maj 16-3 165 - Blayke Heying (Benton Community) over Wyatt Walker (Union, LaPorte City) Fall 2:34 175 - Weston Kaestner (Benton Community) over Eric Zak (Union, LaPorte City) Fall 1:22 190 - Brenden Heying (Benton Community) over Zachary Thompson (Union, LaPorte City) TF 19-4 215 - Troy Kupka (Benton Community) over Hunter Sundwall (Union, LaPorte City) Fall 0:33 285 - Will Clausen (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf Benton Community defeated Gilbert 66-12 165 - Blayke Heying (Benton Community) over Philip Chitty (Gilbert) Fall 1:13 175 - Holden Boshart (Gilbert) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 190 - Brenden Heying (Benton Community) over Rowan Sents (Gilbert) TF 21-6 215 - Troy Kupka (Benton Community) over Easton Crawford (Gilbert) Fall 3:24 285 - Will Clausen (Benton Community) over Elijah Sanford (Gilbert) Fall 0:48 106 - Memphis Bishop (Benton Community) over Noah Hinderaker (Gilbert) Fall 0:51 113 - Jaxson Mehlert (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 120 - Garrett Kuch (Benton Community) over Carter Olson (Gilbert) TF 21-4 126 - Jason Eastman (Benton Community) over Matt Melody (Gilbert) TF 17-0 132 - TJ Lovell (Benton Community) over Nic Staudt (Gilbert) Fall 2:27 138 - Kody Koerner (Gilbert) over Brock Corrigan (Benton Community) Fall 3:26 144 - Elijah Kupka (Benton Community) over Braeden Nees (Gilbert) Maj 11-1 150 - Brady Patterson (Benton Community) over Mason Wibholm (Gilbert) TF 20-3 157 - Elias Bieschke (Benton Community) over Cody Puck (Gilbert) Fall 3:33 Benton Community defeated North Polk 53-23 175 - Mason Ackerman (North Polk) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 190 - Brenden Heying (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 215 - Henry Christensen (North Polk) over Troy Kupka (Benton Community) TF 18-3 285 - Will Clausen (Benton Community) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 106 - Charlie Boelman (North Polk) over Memphis Bishop (Benton Community) Fall 0:21 113 - Jaxson Mehlert (Benton Community) over Preston Dowd (North Polk) Fall 1:25 120 - Garrett Kuch (Benton Community) over Noah Francis (North Polk) Fall 1:44 126 - Andrew Reed (North Polk) over Jason Eastman (Benton Community) Fall 1:40 132 - TJ Lovell (Benton Community) over Cael Cotter (North Polk) Dec 9-5 138 - Brock Corrigan (Benton Community) over Sawyer Smeltzer (North Polk) Inj 0:36 144 - Elijah Kupka (Benton Community) over Augustin Schaffer (North Polk) Fall 1:55 150 - Brady Patterson (Benton Community) over Evan Kelsick (North Polk) TF 15-0 157 - Elias Bieschke (Benton Community) over Luke Engebretson (North Polk) Maj 22-9 165 - Blayke Heying (Benton Community) over Sam Adams (North Polk) TF 17-2

WaMaC girls have wrestling tourney at Mount Vernon -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau WaMaC Conference Girls Tournament Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Mount Vernon Team scores 1 South Tama County 260.5 2 Vinton-Shellsburg 173.5 3 Mount Vernon 157.5 4 Independence 154.5 5 Williamsburg 137.5 6 Solon 133.0 7 West Delaware, Manchester 127.0 8 Benton Community 117.5 9 Marion 74.0 10 Center Point-Urbana 65.0 11 Grinnell 39.5 12 Clear Creek-Amana 33.0 Benton results 100 - Alexis Sexton (19-22) placed 6th and scored 7.0 team points. 105 - Maria Davis (9-12) placed 8th and scored 1.0 team points. 110 - Courtney Hlas (16-24) placed 8th and scored 1.0 team points. 115 - Kaitlyn Bonewitz (23-22) placed 6th and scored 9.0 team points. 120 - Alexis Northcutt (6-24) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. 130 - Willow Sexton (32-17) placed 3rd and scored 20.0 team points. 145 - Jordan Koehler (11-15) placed 7th and scored 8.0 team points. 155 - Lizzy Wolf (26-1) placed 1st and scored 25.5 team points. 170 - Layna DeMoss (42-4) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points. 235 - Averie Gale (19-3) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.

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Congratulations to the Benton Community girls basketball team as they defeated Vinton-Shellsburg 54-33 tonight. Huge congrats to coach Jeff Zittergruen on his 100th victory as a head coach. Huge milestone!!

Big Bobcat win over Vinton last night and congratulations to BC Senior Blayke Heying on his 100 career wins! Bobcats and Vinton-Shellsburg meet in Vinton on Thursday, Jan. 23 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Benton Community Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at Vinton Benton 62, Vinton-Shellsburg 9 106: Jackson Parmater (VISH) over (BECO) (For.) 113: Jaxson Mehlert (BECO) over Eli Ollinger (VISH) (MD 16-2) 120: Conner Bridgewater (VISH) over Garrett Kuch (BECO) (Dec 10-3) 126: Jason Eastman (BECO) over Gavin Sanders (VISH) (TF 18-2 3:08) 132: TJ Lovell (BECO) over Ryan Shipley (VISH) (TF 15-0 4:00) 138: Brock Corrigan (BECO) over Tate Schminke (VISH) (TF 15-0 2:07) 144: Elijah Kupka (BECO) over Kyler Messer (VISH) (TF 15-0 3:38) 150: Brady Patterson (BECO) over Isaiah Schneider (VISH) (TF 21-5 3:19) 157: Elias Bieschke (BECO) over Eli Petersen (VISH) (Fall 1:08) 165: Blayke Heying (BECO) over Jackson Hansel (VISH) (TF 20-3 1:48) 175: Weston Kaestner (BECO) over Evan Still (VISH) (Fall 1:07) 190: Brenden Heying (BECO) over Kolby Walker (VISH) (TF 21-6 1:41) 215: Troy Kupka (BECO) over Malachi Parker (VISH) (Fall 0:11) 285: AJ Wilson-Myles (BECO) over Brennan Vanderheiden (VISH) (TF 17-2 2:20)

Congratulations to BC Junior Lizzy Wolf on 100 wins! Lizzy earned 100 wins at last Thursday's dual against Solon and West Delaware. Lizzy has an astounding 23-1 record this season. Way to go!

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uge game for the Rocket League team today as #2 Benton takes on #1 CCA! The winner of today's match will be in the driver's seat to be division champ and secure a spot in the State Tournament. Game begins at 4 PM and can be watched at the following links: https://www.twitch.tv/bcbobcatesports https://www.youtube.com/@BentonEsports

Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at Cedar Rapids Bowling Center -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Varsity Girls Benton 1,521 751 Total - 2,272 Marion 1,429 689 Total- 2,118 Isaac Newton 1,642 494 Total- 1,642 Megan Krug 188 138 Total 326 Ana Glawe 133 132 Total 265 Maddie Rammelsburg 172 171 Total 343 Janessa Bries 161 144 Total 305 Cali Nolte 113 155 Total 268 Paige Meyer 121 158 Total 279 Varsity boys Benton 1,808 983 Total 2,791 Marion 2,053 813 Total 2,866 Isaac Newton 1,517 747 Total 2,264 Ian Davis 168 160 Total 328 Hunter Kupka 160 120 Total 280 Kam Rouse 174 131 Total 305 Caleb Kaump 201 141 Total 342 Josh Fabor 247 187 Total 434 Cade Volesky 181 218 Total 399

Benton Basketball, Week of Jan. 20, 2025 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau GIRLS Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at Van Horne No. 5 Williamsburg 54, Benton 35 WB 22 9 10 13 - 54 BC 5 14 8 8 - 35 Aubrey Kelly led Benton with 12 points. Talulah Schroeder had nine rebounds. Sophia Seeck had three assists. BC Field goals 12/37 3-pointers 5/15 Free throws 6/13 Rebounds 32 Assists 7 Steals 2 Blocks 2 Turnovers 19 Fouls 9 Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 at Van Horne Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Benton Saturday, Jan 25, 2025 at Van Horne Monticello vs. Benton BOYS Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at Van Horne Williamsburg 53, Benton 50 WB 11 14 16 8 - 53 BC 10 10 9 21 - 50 BC Field goals 20/47 3-pointers 7/20 Free throws 3/5 Rebounds 23 Assists 13 Steals 8 Blocks 3 Turnovers 12 Fouls 10 Eli Patterson had 20 points for Benton. Carson Pickering added 11 points. Carson Nolan had six rebounds. With three assists each were Brody Timmerman, N0lan and Pickering. Patterson had two blocks. Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Van Horne Vinton-Shellsburg vs. Benton Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at Van Horne Monticello vs. Benton

Benton Speech team participated in the WAMAC speech competition on Monday, January 20, where they earned an impressive 4th place overall, scoring first-place finishes in both the Readers Theater group and Solo Mime events.

The Benton robotics season has reached its conclusion, marking a memorable journey for all involved. Competing at the League meet on January 20th, High School team ROAR demonstrated remarkable skill and teamwork, coming very close to qualifying for the state competition. Although they did not advance, their achievements were highlighted by securing second place in the Motivate Award. This award recognizes a team that embodies the spirit of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) by fostering a strong team culture. Both the middle school and high school teams had a great season, and each robot improved every competition.

Absences Add Up! Missing just 2 days a month means a child misses 10% of the school year. #SCHOOLEVERYDAY

Benton girls’ wrestling at Oelwein on Jan. 18 -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Oelwein Girls Invitational Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 at Oelwein Team scores 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 184.5 2 Sumner-Fredericksburg 174.5 3 Waterloo West 147.0 4 Benton Community 136.5 5 Crestwood 118.0 6 North Fayette Valley 111.5 7 Marion 103.5 8 MFL MarMac 90.0 9 Oelwein 57.0 10 Denver 45.0 11 Postville 43.5 12 Union Community 40.0 13 Independence 30.5 14 West Branch 28.0 15 Riceville 27.0 16 Highland, Riverside 18.0 17 North Cedar 12.0 18 Cedar Rapids Washington 11.0 19 Columbus Catholic, Waterloo 7.0 Benton results 100 - Alexis Sexton (16-18) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points. 110 - Courtney Hlas (16-21) placed 3rd and scored 18.0 team points. 115 - Kaitlyn Bonewitz (21-19) placed 5th and scored 11.0 team points. 120 - Alexis Northcutt (3-10) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points. 135 - Izzy Schoettmer (31-19) placed 5th and scored 14.5 team points. 135 - Marissa Nolte (4-8) place is unknown. 140 - Jordan Voelkel (25-18) placed 3rd and scored 23.0 team points. 145 - Jordan Koehler (9-11) placed 6th and scored 7.0 team points. 155 - Lizzy Wolf (23-1) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points. 170 - Layna DeMoss (40-3) placed 1st and scored 25.0 team points.

Bobcats compete at Loyd Shaffer Marion Invitational -Courtesy of Jim Magdefrau Loyd Shaffer - Marion Invite Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at Marion Team scores 1 Wilton 203.0 2 Benton Community 193.5 3 Williamsburg 187.0 4 Jesup 169.5 5 Xavier, Cedar Rapids 163.5 6 Atlantic 135.0 7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 97.0 8 Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest 84.5 9 Grinnell 83.5 10 North Linn 52.0 11 Marion 47.0 12 Maquoketa 46.0 13 Monticello 20.5 14 Keokuk 19.5 15 Springville 9.0 Benton results 106 - Memphis Bishop (4-17) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. 113 - Jaxson Mehlert (26-8) placed 3rd and scored 20.0 team points. 120 - Garrett Kuch (20-14) placed 5th and scored 9.0 team points. 126 - Jason Eastman (20-14) placed 2nd and scored 17.5 team points. 132 - Brock Corrigan (6-7) placed 5th and scored 13.0 team points. 138 - Ryan Koehler (17-18) placed 5th and scored 10.0 team points. 144 - Elijah Kupka (24-10) placed 3rd and scored 17.0 team points. 150 - Brady Patterson (20-12) placed 2nd and scored 23.0 team points. 157 - Elias Bieschke (22-16) placed 3rd and scored 16.0 team points. 190 - Brenden Heying (30-1) placed 1st and scored 27.0 team points. 215 - Troy Kupka (27-9) placed 3rd and scored 22.0 team points. 285 - Will Clausen (23-10) placed 3rd and scored 20.0 team points.