Monday, July 6, 2026, at Cedar Rapids Prairie

CR Prairie 8, Benton 3

Benton had five hits. Kaleb Hupke was 2 for 4 with two doubles and one RBI. Kyle Gallagher had a single. Grady Frese had a single. Weston Kaestner had a single and two RBIs. The team had two walks. Benton had four errors. Prairie had two errors.

Brooks Mitchell-Birdsell threw for two innings, allowed two hits, walked two and struck out tow. Losing pitcher Caleb Kaump threw for 1 1/3 innings, allowed two hits, five runs (four earned) and walked two. Mason Havill threw for one inning and walked one. Nolan Meers threw for 1 2/3 innings, allowed two hits, three earned runs, walked one and hit one batter.

CR Prairie 8, Benton 0

Benton had three hits in the second game. Getting one single each were Drew Fillenworth, Eli Patterson and Grady Frese. Benton had one walk. Graham Wallace had one steal. The team had one error.

Patterson threw for two innings, walked two and struck out five. Grant Volesky threw for 1 2/3 inning, allowed five hits, five earned runs, walked three and struck out two. Grady Frese threw for two innings for the loss, allowed two hits, one earned run, walked four and struck out three. Colton Kroneman allowed two earned runs and walked three. Sam Janssen threw for one out, walking one and striking out one.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at Van Horne

Benton 8, West Liberty 1

WL 100 000 0 - 1
BC 130 022 x - 8

Benton had six hits in the non-conference win. Kaleb Hupke had a single and one RBI. Carson Nolan had a single and three RBIs. Drew Fillenworth was 2 for 3 with one RBI. Eli Patterson had a single. Weston Kaestner had a single. Benton had five walks. The team stole eight bases. Patterson stole two bases. Stealing one base each were Hupke, Nolan, Fillenworth, Grant Volesky, Grady Frese and Graham Wallace. The team had one error. West Liberty also had one error.

Winning pitcher Kale Gallagher threw for six innings, allowed four hits, one earned run, walked two and struck out three. Fillenworth threw for one inning, allowing one hit, no runs, walked one and struck out three.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Center Point

Benton 12, Center Point-Urbana 2

BC  040 124 1 - 12
CPU 000 110 0 -  2

The Bobcats had 10 hits in the first game. Hupke was 2 for 5 with a double and three RBIs. Carson Nolan had a single and two RBIs. Gallagher was 3 for 4 with a double. Mitchell-Birdsell had a double and one RBI. Patterson had one RBI. Volesky had a single and one RBI. Kaestner had a single and one RBI. Benton had nine walks. The Bobcats stole 10 bases. Volesky had three. With two each were Gallagher and Mitchell-Birdsell. With one each were Hupke, Nolan, and Frese. Benton had two errors. CPU had three errors. Frese scored three runs.

Winning pitcher Holden Zamastil threw for five innings, allowed four hits, two runs (one earned), walked one, hit two batters and struck out one. Colton Kroneman threw for two innings and struck out four.

Benton 17, Center Point-Urbana 1

BC  210 347 - 17
CPU 010 000 -  1

Benton had seven hits. Hupke had a single and one RBI. Kale Gallagher had a double. Fillenworth was 2 for 4 with a double, triple and two RBIs. Brooks Mitchell-Birdsell was 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Eli Patterson had a double. Grady Frese was 2 for 3 with a double and one RBI. Weston Kaestner had a single and two RBIs. Sam Janssen had a single and two RBIs. Nolan Mears had one RBI. Benton had seven walks. The Bobcats stole 10 bases. Patterson had three. With two each were Mitchell-Birdsell and Jonathan Sadler. With one each were Gallagher, Volesky and Frese. Benton had one error, as did CPU. Patterson scored four runs.

Hupke was threw for six innings, allowed three hits, one earned run and struck out five.

Class 3A substate baseball action begins on Friday, July10, when Benton (20-14) hosts Vinton-Shellsburg (10-18). The game starts at 7 p.m.