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Independence Benton

Mustangs

Bobcats

The Benton (Van Horne, IA) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Independence (IA) by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

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Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Iowa High School Softball - Independence can't get by Benton

June 9, 2025: Van Horne, IA 52346

Benton Bobcats (Van Horne, IA) backers left the game pleased Monday as they saw their softball squad nudge the visiting Independence Mustangs (Independence, IA), 7-6 in a non-league game.

With the triumph, Benton upgrades its record to 4-5 on the year. The Bobcats travel to Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton, IA) to play the Vikings in a WaMaC-West game on Wednesday, June 11. The Vikings enter the game with a record of 2-10. Vinton-Shellsburg lost 7-3 in their recent league game against Grinnell (Grinnell, IA)

The Mustangs now own a 2-11 record. They play next when they host Center Point-Urbana for a non-league game on Wednesday, June 11. Independence will play a Stormin' Pointers squad coming off a 6-4 non-league loss to Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, IA). The Stormin' Pointers record now stands at 6-8.

Independence @ Benton Softball Game Info

Mon., Jun. 9, 2025 @ 5:30p

The Benton (Van Horne, IA) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Independence (IA) by a score of 7-6.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

IA
208

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
3-16	0-4	3-5	0-11	.158	.000	63	138

Benton (24-25)

IA
82

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-7	1-4	2-3	6-4	.533	.200	93	77

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.3	-	-
Benton	0	5.0	0	8.0	1.0	-	-	6.2	11.0	0

Head-to-Head

Benton won last week

6/9 @ 5:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence - - - - - - - 6 - -
Benton - - - - - - - 7 - -

The Independence (IA) varsity softball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Benton (Van Horne, IA) by a score of 7-6.
Box score
Benton won last week

6/9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence - - - - - - - 0 - -
Benton - - - - - - - 8 - -

The Independence (IA) varsity softball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Benton (Van Horne, IA) by a score of 8-0.
Box score

6/9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-
Benton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	0-9		Benton	3-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
5/29/25	Independence	Williamsburg	(L) 15-1	6/4/25	Benton	Williamsburg	(L) 11-0
5/29/25	Independence	Williamsburg	(L) 8-0	6/4/25	Benton	Williamsburg	(L) 10-2
6/2/25	Solon	Independence	(L) 15-6	6/23/25	Solon	Benton
6/2/25	Solon	Independence	(L) 11-6
6/4/25	Independence	Mt. Vernon	(L) 4-1	6/25/25	Benton	Mt. Vernon
6/4/25	Independence	Mt. Vernon	(L) 10-6
6/6/25	Waverly-Shell Rock	Independence	(L) 3-0	6/17/25	Waverly-Shell Rock	Benton	(L) 8-5
6/11/25	Center Point-Urbana	Independence	(L) 9-1	7/2/25	Center Point-Urbana	Benton
6/11/25	Center Point-Urbana	Independence	(L) 10-1
6/12/25	Center Point-Urbana	Independence
6/16/25	Independence	West Delaware		5/29/25	Benton	West Delaware	(L) 3-2
6/24/25	Independence	West Delaware		5/29/25	Benton	West Delaware	(W) 11-4
6/18/25	Clear Creek-Amana	Independence		6/2/25	Clear Creek-Amana	Benton	(L) 10-4
				6/2/25	Clear Creek-Amana	Benton	(L) 11-1
6/23/25	Independence	Grinnell		6/30/25	Benton	Grinnell
6/25/25	Vinton-Shellsburg	Independence		6/11/25	Benton	Vinton-Shellsburg	(W) 11-1
				6/26/25	Benton	Vinton-Shellsburg
6/30/25	Independence	Marion		6/16/25	Benton	Marion	(L) 7-6
				6/16/25	Benton	Marion	(W) 6-1
7/2/25	South Tama County	Independence		6/18/25	South Tama County	Benton

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Benton (24-25)
3-16	Overall	8-7
0-4	League	1-4
3-12	Non-League	7-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-9	Common Opponent	3-7
3-5	Home	2-3
0-11	Away	6-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-16	In-State	8-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0