Athletics

The Jr. Bearcats played Jessieville at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Monday.

Jr. JV Bearcats-18
Jessieville-16

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Jessieville-51

The Jr. Teams are back in action December 4th at Horatio.

The Jr. Ladycats played Jessieville at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Monday.
Jr. JV Ladycats-2
Jessieville-8
Jr. Ladycats-35
Jessieville-21
The Jr. Teams are back in action December 4th at Horatio.

Congratulations to Mena Ladycat Pascha Wistrand on her commitment to play volleyball at Lyon College.
https://www.facebook.com/lyonathletics

The Mena Bearcats played their season opener against Hackett on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
JV Bearcats-30
Hackett-32
Bearcats-49
Hackett-60
The Bearcats will play at Van Buren on Thursday.

The Mena Ladycats played their season opener against Hackett on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
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Hackett-46
The Ladycats will face Ashdown on Thursday in the UBC.

The 2025-2026 Mena Basketball season began on Monday and the 7th grade and Jr. High teams were in action.

7th Ladycats-17
Cossatot-15

7th Bearcats-22
Cossatot-20

Jr. Ladycats-13
Cossatot-43

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Cossatot-18

The Sr. teams will play Hackett on Tuesday at 6:00pm in the Union Bank Center.

The Mena Bearcats played their regular season finale on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

Mena Bearcats-13
Dardanelle-28 final

The Bearcats are 6-4/3-4 and will play at Hamburg in the 4A Playoffs next Friday.

Mena High School Senior Chloe Hooper, has been selected to participate in the first annual Arkansas Volleyball Coaches Association All Star Volleyball match as a member of the 2A-4A BLUE team.

This year's event will be held on Saturday, November 22nd at Greenbrier High School.
(photo-lela nordyke photography)
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Congratulations to Mena Head Volleyball Coach Heather Goss for being named the 2025 4A-6 Conference Coach of the Year.

Post season honors have been announced for Mena Ladycat Volleyball.

Chloe Hooper 4A All-State and All-State Tournament team.

4A-6 All-Conference:
Pascha Wistrand
Makenna Lee
Kate Wilson
Madi Fowler

The Mena Bearcats played Clinton on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

Mena Bearcats-07 (6-3/3-3)
Clinton-41 final

The Bearcats will play Dardanelle in the regular season finale on Friday, November 7th. It will be Sr. Night at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

Thank you to Mena alumni Aubrey Strunck. Mr. Strunck is a part of the class of 1958 and sent in a donation for a job yearbook students completed for him earlier this month. Check out his action shots from the ‘58 football season.

This donation will be used to provide a deserving student a free yearbook to be distributed in May.

The Jr. Bearcats played Dover on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

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Dover-32

Mena is back in action on Thursday @ Clinton.

Jasmine Parker leads Mena with 10th place finish.

Mena Cross Country competed at the Buck Fever Showcase on Tuesday. Results are at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/700068-buck-fever-showcase-2025/results

Chloe Hooper recognized by The Natural State Sports Network as a Top Performer.
https://naturalstatesports.com/the-natural-state-sports-networks-prep-volleyball-top-performers-10-20-2025/

Mena 7th Grade and Jr. High Football played Waldron at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday.
7th Bearcats-18
Waldron-0
Jr. Bearcats-30
Waldron-14
The teams are back in action on Thursday when they host Dover.

Mena Football lost a heartbreaker on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

Mena Bearcats-28
Ozark-36 2ot

Mena falls to 4-2/1-2 and will play at Waldron next Friday.

Rich Davis and Marcus Graves represented the Mena Bearcats at the 4A State Golf Tournament at the Highlands Course in Bella Vista on Tuesday. Rich finished fourth and just missed getting to go to the state overall by one stroke. Another great year for both of them.

SOPHOMORES ARE POWDER PUFF CHAMPS!
It was a great night of Powder Puff Football on Wednesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The sophomore team defeated the freshman in overtime in the championship game.
1. Sophomores
2. Freshman
3. Juniors
4. Seniors
We will see you again next year!

The Mena Bearcats opened conference play on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Mena Bearcats-6
Pottsville-25
Mena is 3-1/0-1 and will play at Lamar next Friday.