So proud of this group of players and coaches! Bobcats qualify for the 4A State Tournament with a win over Grinnell. Bobcat fans were awesome in support on the road. Let’s do it again next week at Wells Fargo!
Bobcats win against West Liberty 53-44 to advance to the Class 3A State Basketball Tournament. So proud of this group of girls and happy they get to keep playing basketball!!
Words can not describe this trio. They have left a mark on our program that is tough to match. Their leadership, toughness, and competitive fire will be missed.
Thank you Addison, Emma, and Jenna!!
Congrats to Jenna Twedt on being named the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A Player of the Year. Jenna will receive her award tomorrow at the IBCA All-Star Games at Dallas Center-Grimes.
Congratulations to Bobcat senior Jenna Twedt, who set the all-time Benton scoring record at 1552 points in a win against CPU. The previous record was held by Madison Weekly(2010-2013).
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Congratulations to Jenna Twedt for tying the Benton school record for 3-Point Makes in a game with 8 last night against Mt. Vernon. Jenna tied Callan Jacobson (2005-2006)
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Special thank you to our two seniors Alyssa Tegeler and Grace Embretson. These are two outstanding young ladies and multi sport athletes. They will both continue to play volleyball in college and were amazing team players for our basketball team. They will be missed!
There are not enough words to say about this senior group. Three Wamac West championships and three trips to the state tournament with a Class 3A Runner-Up finish in 2023. They are a great group of young people who have left their mark and have a very bright future!
🏀: Benton Girls Basketball vs Sioux Center
🗺: Iowa 3A State Championship
📆: Friday, 3.3.23
⏰: 8:00 pm
📍: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines
👕: Wear Blue and Gold
📺: Watch on Iowa’s PBS
👋🏻: Wave after the first quarter to Tatum in IC (toward section 113-115) 🧡
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Last team meal of the season with this crew. Thank you to Keri Touro for sponsoring!
Thank you to all our parents for their support with meals throughout the season and for the care packages for the girls.
Extremely proud of our girls for earning a share of a Wamac West Conference Title in what was a really deep league. Exciting accomplishment for all our girls, especially our seniors! Set a goal at the start of the year and worked to achieve it!
Sending out thoughts and prayers from the Benton Girls Basketball community to the Schaefer family and Williamsburg girls basketball program and community! Tate's fight was such an inspiration to so many!
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Wake up Bobcats, it’s game day. Benton heads down to Des Moines to take on DCG in the Iowa Class 4A State Quarterfinal. Hope to see a whole side of the arena in Bobcat Blue!
Proud of all the hard work our girls put forth on the court and in the classroom. After first semester grades, our team cumulative GPA was 3.96 qualifying us for the IGHSAU Distinguished in Academic Achievement Award!
To Our Community:
We had such incredible support from the community throughout our entire season and during our games in Des Moines. Thank you to all of our fans for making trips to Des Moines and showing up. We couldn't have done it without you.
Bobcats fall in the Class 3A State Championship 62-47 to Sioux Center. Could not be prouder of this team and these girls. They battled every game and achieved something that had never been done in school history. Thank you to the community for their support of our team!
Lady Bobcats open with a win against Assumption 54-34. Good start for our girls with a lot of areas to continue to look to improve! One week and we’ll be back at it against CPU at Rivalry Saturday!
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Please join our team tomorrow, March 5 at 3 pm in the Benton HS Auditorium to celebrate our season and for a chance for us to say thank you for the amazing community support throughout the entire year.
Bobcats win 49-43 at Vinton. Setting up a fun last week of regular season. HUGE shout out to our BC fans and student section for making the trip up. Your energy was huge!
Lot of toughness displayed tonight in one heck of a basketball game between Benton and CPU. Proud of our execution down the stretch to pull out a 50-47 win to start another big week!
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Congrats to seniors Mallory Thys and Lauren Woeste for being named to Homecoming Court and to Mal for being named Queen. These two young ladies are great representatives of our program!! Congrats girls and families!
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Proud of Mal Thys for getting one week better; getting in here early with the boys for strength training.
Can’t say enough about the leadership she provides for our program!!!
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Excited for Coach Liddle and his family as he starts his head-coaching journey at West Branch. His dedication to our basketball team at Benton over the last 6 seasons has been amazing. He will be greatly missed as a coach, teacher, colleague and friend!
Excited to announce that Justin Liddle will be the next leader of WB Girls Basketball! He brings invaluable experience coaching at a championship level & w/ the best HS GBB coaches in the state. We are excited to see how his leadership will help to build on the great tradition
Bobcats with the win against Indee 62-26 to open the week. JV also with a walk-off winner. Proud of the effort all night.
Especially proud and happy for senior Emma Von Ahsen who has dealt with terrible injury luck, got to go tonight and hit two 3s. Awesome night!
Excited to get our first game action tonight in a Hall of Pride Scrimmage against Iowa Valley at Benton. Freshmen will play in the JV game starting at 6 pm, JV/Varsity will play at 7:30 pm! Come out and support the Lady Cats!
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Lady Bobcats open up the regular season tonight at home against Marion. 9-10 will play at 6 and Varsity at 7:30. Come out and support the Lady Cats!
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Great afternoon spent decorating some Christmas cookies at the Keystone Care Center! Special thank you to senior Dianna McCain for the idea and organizing the event!!!
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Bobcats qualify for the Class 3A State Tournament with a 42-35 win over Monticello. So proud of this group of girls and coaches who believed and competed to make this happen!
Bobcats win 52 to 33 over West Delaware. Great battle all night by our girls. All three levels played extremely well. JV also gets their first win of the year!
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🏀: Benton Girls Basketball vs Des Moines Christian
🗺: Iowa 3A State Tournament
📆: Monday,2.27.2023
⏰: 6:45 PM
📍: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines
👕: Wear WHITE ⚪️ with ORANGE accents 🟠
🎟: Tickets in person
🖥: Follow the livestream at
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Great game tonight in Solon as the Bobcats fall to Solon 36-35 in a back and forth game. Amazing atmosphere for high school basketball and the game did not disappoint.
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Bobcats win a wild one against Marion in OT. Senior Addy Phillips hits the go-ahead 3 with short time left on the clock. Total team effort to come out with the win, need to clean up some late game situational work. Keep improving!
Lady Bobcats battle all night against CPU in a great Wamac basketball game and come out with a 41-38 win. Good way to start a busy week!
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Tonight we inducted Jenna Twedt into the Benton Athletic Hall of Fame. In her career, Jenna earned multiple all-state accolades and helped lead our program to 3 conference championships, 2 state tournament appearances and a 2023 Class 3A State Runner Up. Congrats Jenna!
Tomorrow night the girls/boys basketball teams will host WSR in our Coaches vs Cancer game. Pep band, cheerleaders, and dance team will also perform. This years event will honor Michelle Lampkin in her current fight against cancer. Great night to see lots of Bobcats in action!
New School Individual Records
McKenna Kramer
Career 3 Point Field Goal Makes: 284 -6th All-Time in Iowa 5 on 5 History
Career 3PFG Attempts: 768
Career 3PFG Percentage: 36.9%
Season 3PFG Makes: 85
Season 3PFG Attempts: 227
Game 3PFG Makes: 8
Game 3PFG Attempts: 19
Thinking of our BC students, especially our 2020 seniors. Although not the end of the school year you/we wanted, know you have left a great, lasting mark on your community. Bobcats forever!
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