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Photos: Benton Community Bobcat boys’ wrestling Invitational (Jan. 6, 2024)

Jan. 6, 2024 3:40 pm, Updated: Jan. 6, 2024 4:15 pm
Photos from the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament at Benton Community High School in Van Horne on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.
Assumption’s Jordyn Allen reacts as CR Jeffersons’s Cade Chism wrestles him in a 285 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Independence’s Christopher Meyer throws back Benton Community’s Blake Heying while wrestling in a 157 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Benton Community’s Jason Eastman wrestles Independence’s Zach Homan in a 113 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Benton Community’s Troy Krupka wrestles West Delaware’s Jeryn Funke in a 190 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
West Delaware’s Liam Weber wrestles Benton Community’s Weston Kaestner in a 150 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Bobcats fans cheer on Benton Community’s Troy Kupka as he wrestles in a 190 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
West Delaware’s Jeryn Funke reacts as he wrestles Benton Community’s Troy Krupka in a 190 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Independence’s Christopher Meyer wrestles Benton Community’s Blake Heying in a 157 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Benton Community’s Troy Kupka wins by points after wrestling West Delaware’s Jeryn Funke in a 190 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Williamsburg wrestling coach Grant Eckenrod, left, reacts as his wrestler gets pinned during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Williamsburg’s Gavin Vesey wrestles West Liberty’s Perry Lehman in a 215 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Benton Community’s Brady Patterson pulls down CR Jefferson’s Peyton Chambers in a 144 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Independence’s Zach Homan pins Benton Community’s Jason Eastman in a 113 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
North Linn’s Jacob Rauch wrestles West Liberty’s Lincoln Daufeldt in a 106 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
West Delaware’s Garrison Gilihan pins Williamsburg’s Brett Santiago in a 165 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Independence’s Tyler Wieland wrestles West Delaware’s Max Anderson in a 144 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
CR Jefferson’s Jace Wendling wrestles Assumption’s Gavin Marietta in a 126 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Independence’s Tyler Wieland wrestles West Delaware’s Max Anderson in a 144 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Vinton-Shellsburg’s Darian Schneider pins East Marshall’s Drew Wheater in a 175 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Williamsburg’s Lincoln Schropp wrestles CR Jeffersons’s Brayden Curtis in a 113 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
West Delaware’s Blake Mather wrestles Union, LaPorte City’s Brock Bergmeier in a 157 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
CR Jefferson’s Head Coach Rob Martin yells out to his wrestler in a 285 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
East Marshall’s Drew Wheater tries to get out of a pin from Vinton-Shellsburg’s Darian Schneider in a 175 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
CR Jefferson’s Anthony Snodey pins West Liberty’s Joe Akers and wins in a 190 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
West Delaware’s Blake Mather looks at how much time is left as he wrestles Union, LaPorte City’s Brock Bergmeier in a 157 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
West Liberty’s Joe Akers wrestles CR Jefferson’s Anthony Snodey in a 190 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Assumption’s Gavin Marietta reacts as he is pinned by CR Jefferson’s Jace Wendling in a 126 pound match during the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
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