Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Benton

No. 16 Benton (5-2) 38, No. 9 Grinnell (5-2) 7

Benton had 80 yards passing. Carson Nolan was 4 of 9.

Benton rushed for 315 yards. Logan Upah had five carries for 57 yards and one touchdown. Nolan had 12 rushes for 97 yards and one touchdown. Ryan Koehler had two carries for 13 yards. Dylan LeFebvere rushed 23 times for 52 yards and three touchdowns. Elias Bieschke had 13 carries for 52 yards.

Logan Upah had two catches for 52 yards. Mayson Mitchell had one catch for 23 yards. Gavin Brooks had one catch for five yards.

On defense, Grant Volesky had 4.5 total tackles with two solo. Owen Van Ahsen had 4.0 total tackles with four for loss. Blayke Heying had 4.0 total tackles with two solo. Carter Holmes had 4.0 total tackles with two solo. Troy Kupka had 3.0 total tackles with two solo.

Brayden Suiter had one interception with a three-yard return. LeFebvere also had one interception. Von Ahsen had two kick returns for 47 yards. Upah had one punt return. Von Ahsen had one punt return for 33 yards.

Elijah Kupka had seven kickoffs for 297 yards. He was 5 of 5 for points after touchdown. He was 1 for 2 for field goals. His field goal was from 26 yards. Kupka also had two punts for 48 yards.

Coach Jeff Zittergruen’s comments: “Our guys had another great week in preparation in getting ready to play Grinnell. They bought into the goal of making the game a grind and winning the battle at the line of scrimmage. On both sides of the ball, we were able to win at the line of scrimmage and that led to us being able to get a win. As a team, we have to keep focusing on each week at a time and get ready to play at South Tama next Friday. They also want to control the football offensively, so it should be a very physical football game.”

Class 3A, District 5
Friday, Oct. 11 scores

No. 16 Benton 38, No. 9 Grinnell 7
Fairfield 33, South Tama 29
No. 8 Williamsburg 42, No. 7 Solon 13

Friday, Oct. 18, 2024

Fairfield at Solon
Williamsburg at Grinnell
Benton at South Tama

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

Williamsburg at Benton
Grinnell at Fairfield
Solon at South Tama

Standings

Team, overall, district, point difference average
Williamsburg 6-1 3-0 +34.6
Benton       5-2 3-0 +15.7
Grinnell     5-2 1-2 +13.3
Solon        5-2 1-2 +13.9
Fairfield    2-5 1-2 -4.7
South Tama   0-7 0-3 -27.6