Articles Tagged: Benton Community High School

Benton won 26 games each of the last two summers and is working on its third straight winning season. It would be the longest streak since five in a row from 2012-16.

Prep softball: Williamsburg bangs out 23 hits in nine offensive innings, and sweeps Benton Community, 11-0 and 10-2.

Teams enter Week 3 of the Iowa high school baseball season, Conference games are in full swing, including an early-week Wamac contest and a Friday doubleheader between the preseason No. 1 teams in Class 4A and 3A. Here is a look at some notable games this week.

Linn-Mar’s Morgan Rupp shot even-par 72 in the second round for a 141 total, winning third title at the Class 4A state golf meet Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City.

High school softball: The two-time defending champion in Class 3A, Williamsburg opens the new season at No. 1.

Eight teams to watch from The Gazette’s area for the 2025 softball season.

Prep softball: 16 area players to watch for the 2025 season, including 12 first-team all-staters from last season.

Photo gallery of day 3 of the Iowa High School State Track & Field Championship at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, May 24, 2025

The field is set for the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state golf tournament. Here is the list of individuals and teams that will compete May 29-30.

State track and field, 3A boys: Five events, four champions -- CPU’s Nathan Miller (400), Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (3,200), CCA’s Landon Prince (discus) and Benton’s Eli Patterson (high jump) all strike gold.

Not only will Benton Community sophomore Halle Sobaski return to the Class 3A state golf meet, but her Bobcat teammates will be playing alongside her. Sobaski was runner-up medalist and the Bobcats placed second in the regional at Manchester’s Pin Oak Golf Club Wednesday, advancing to state.

They spent their summer days, winter mornings and spring evenings working on their golf games and the Solon Spartans have parlayed it into another successful golf season.

Kirkwood softball has persevered injury and staved off elimination to return to NJCAA Softball World Series, beginning on Monday in Oxford, Ala.

Mount Vernon junior sprinter, CaliAna Whitaker, has broken the school record in the 200-meter dash in the past 2 meets

List of Gazette-area teams who start their postseason play on Monday and Tuesday to reach the boys state tournament in Des Moines June 4-6