Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Bobcat Success

There have been a series of significant accomplishments of students and teams at Benton Community in the past week.  Here is a quick synopsis of some of these accomplishments:

  • The Benton Robotics Team 5153 were a member of the winning alliance in the Quad Cities FTC Qualifier and as a result advanced to state competition on February 23rd.
  • The Benton Speech Team received 10 Division I ratings and 6 Division II ratings at State Large Group Contest.
  • The Benton Wrestling Team finished 4th at sectional competition at CC-A.  Dylan Beaver and Quintin Taylor were sectional champions and Keaton Sherwood runner-up.  These three Bobcat wrestlers will compete in District competition on Saturday.
  • Congratulations to the Lady Bobcat Basketball team for clinching the WAMAC West Conference Championship and the overall WAMAC Title on Tuesday evening.  The girls finished the WAMAC Schedule with a 16-2 conference record.
  • Congratulations to the Radio Team of Paige Namanny, Rachel Larsen, Megan McGovern, Megan Mishmash, and Sofia Garcia for being selected for All-State Speech in Radio Broadcasting.  They are one of only 16 teams chosen from all the entries in the State.  They will perform their radio broadcast at the All-State Speech Festival on Saturday, February 16th.

Best wishes to all of these students and teams representing Benton Community Schools!