Monday, July 14, 2025, at Van Horne
Class 3A Substate 8
Benton 4, Oskaloosa 3

O  000 100 20 - 3
BC 100 001 11 - 4

Benton Community managed five hits against Oskaloosa. VJ Schulte was 2 for 4 with one RBI. Carson Nolan had a double. Grady Frese and Kale Gallagher had one RBI each. the team had one error. Winning pitcher VJ Schulte threw for one inning, and allowed one hit. Drew Fillenworth allowed five hits in six innings of work. He allowed two runs (one earned), walked three and struck out three. Frese allowed one earned run and walked two. Adam Roos threw for one inning.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Saydel
IHSAA 3A Substate Championship

Saydel (28-7) 2, Benton (28-7) 1

BC 000 100 0 - 1
S  000 200 x - 2

Benton had three hits against Saydel. Eli Patterson had two singles, and Kale Gallagher had one single. Benton had one walk and struck out seven times. The team had one error. Pitcher Brooks Mitchell-Birdsell threw for six innings, allowed six hits, two runs (one earned), and struck out four. Saydel had six hits, walked once and struck out four times. Saydel had two errors.

Saydel plays Assumption (27-11) on Monday, July 21, at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City.