Mena Track & Field hosted the Mena High School Relays on Thursday. The Mena Ladycats finished 2nd as a team and were led by Paisley Burger who finished 1st in the High Jump and the Pole Vault. See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/723601-mena-high-school-relays-2026/results
Post Season Honors have been released for the Mena Ladycat Basketball Team.
All State
Chloe Hooper
All Conference
Chloe Hooper
Makenley Sullivan
Mollee Sharp
All State
Chloe Hooper
All Conference
Chloe Hooper
Makenley Sullivan
Mollee Sharp
Post Season Honors have been released for the Mena Bearcat Basketball Team.
All State Honorable Mention
JoJo Hernandez
All Conference
Daeton Miller
JoJo Hernandez
Brody McCauley
All Conference Honorable Mention
Madox Plunkett
Jackson Thompson
Owen Simpson
All State Honorable Mention
JoJo Hernandez
All Conference
Daeton Miller
JoJo Hernandez
Brody McCauley
All Conference Honorable Mention
Madox Plunkett
Jackson Thompson
Owen Simpson
The Mena 7th grade and Jr. High Track Teams have competed at the Booneville Relays on Monday & Tuesday. Skylar Bahr was High Point for the Jr. High Meet.
7th Grade Girls
800 Meter Run-Avori Gortemiller 1st
7th Grade Boys
800 Meter Run-Dawson Manley 1st
4x800 Meter Relay- 1st
See complete 7th grade results at the link below:
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../723650-booneville.../results
Jr. High Girls
100 Meter Dash - Skylar Bahr 1st
400 Meter Dash-Skylar Bahr 1st
Triple Jump- Skylar Bahr 1st
Pole Vault - Skylar Bahr 1st
1600 Meter Run - Avori Gortemiller 1st
Jr. High Boys
400 Meter Dash - Bentley Brewer 1st
800 Meter Run - Dawson Manley 1st
See complete Jr. High Results at the link below:
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../723649-booneville.../results
7th Grade Girls
800 Meter Run-Avori Gortemiller 1st
7th Grade Boys
800 Meter Run-Dawson Manley 1st
4x800 Meter Relay- 1st
See complete 7th grade results at the link below:
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../723650-booneville.../results
Jr. High Girls
100 Meter Dash - Skylar Bahr 1st
400 Meter Dash-Skylar Bahr 1st
Triple Jump- Skylar Bahr 1st
Pole Vault - Skylar Bahr 1st
1600 Meter Run - Avori Gortemiller 1st
Jr. High Boys
400 Meter Dash - Bentley Brewer 1st
800 Meter Run - Dawson Manley 1st
See complete Jr. High Results at the link below:
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../723649-booneville.../results
Mena Soccer hosted Centerpoint at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday.
Ladycats-5 (1-2)
Centerpoint-0
Bearcats-2 (0-3)
Centerpoint-3
The teams are back in action on Friday when they play Cossatot at BCBS.
Ladycats-5 (1-2)
Centerpoint-0
Bearcats-2 (0-3)
Centerpoint-3
The teams are back in action on Friday when they play Cossatot at BCBS.
Mena High School Senior Tripp Hensley and Coach Chad Arnold will be participating in the Red River FCA Senior Showdown. All Showdown events will be May 27th-29th, 2026.
https://www.facebook.com/RedRiverFCA
https://www.facebook.com/RedRiverFCA
Ladycat Softball played Horatio on Thursday @ Union Bank Park.
Ladycats-2 (0-2)
Horatio-16
Mena is back in action on Monday in Arkadelphia.
The Mena Ladycat and Bearcat Jr. High Track teams competed at the Cub Relays in Dequeen on Tuesday.
Bentley Brewer lead the boys by finishing:
2nd-400 Meter Dash
2nd- Long Jump
5th-300 Meter Hurdles
6th-Triple Jump
Skylar Bahr won the High Point Award and lead the girls by finishing:
1st-Pole Vault
1st-400 Meter Dash
2nd-Triple Jump
3rd- 200 Meter Dash
4th-Long Jump
5th-100 Meter Dash
Avori Gortemiller finished 4th in the 1600 Meter Run and the 800 Meter Relay team was 3rd.
Photos by Nikki Ferguson
Mena soccer played their season opener on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Ladycats-2 (0-1)
Greenwood-5
Bearcats-0 (0-1)
Greenwood-2
Mena is back in action this Friday when they host Alma at BCBS.
Ladycats-2 (0-1)
Greenwood-5
Bearcats-0 (0-1)
Greenwood-2
Mena is back in action this Friday when they host Alma at BCBS.
Mena Bearcat Baseball will be playing in the Ralph Gross Memorial Tournament in Nashville this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Mena High School hosted the Basketball Skills Competition for Special Olympics on Monday in the Union Bank Center. Athletes from LD, HHE, MMS, MHS, and PCDC competed.
Mena Coach Zen Valencia was the guest speaker today at the Polk County Rotary Club. He spoke about how much the program has grown over the past four years as well as their postseason performance. He educated the audience on the sport of wrestling; acquired skills, nutrition, training, and confidence that is gained through the sport of wrestling. Additionally, he spoke about the new youth wrestling program in our community.
The Arkansas State Wrestling Tournament is in the books and what a show your Mena Wrestlers put on here in Little Rock!
We had 16 kids qualify for state reaching All Region status, out of those 16, seven of them reached All State status!
We had 2 young ladies that wrestle their hearts out for 3rd place but fell just short.
Paisley Burger 4th place
Evergrace Anderson 4th place
On the boys side we had two wrestlers won their matches for 3rd place!
Tycen Baber 3rd place
Auden Woods 3rd place
We had three boys reach the State Championship match but sadly all three fell short.
Braxton Barker 2nd place
Tripp Hensley 2nd place
Guice Anderson 2nd place
As a team the boys finished 4th out of 23 schools, quite the accomplishment!
Great job to all our young ladies & young men!
We had 16 kids qualify for state reaching All Region status, out of those 16, seven of them reached All State status!
We had 2 young ladies that wrestle their hearts out for 3rd place but fell just short.
Paisley Burger 4th place
Evergrace Anderson 4th place
On the boys side we had two wrestlers won their matches for 3rd place!
Tycen Baber 3rd place
Auden Woods 3rd place
We had three boys reach the State Championship match but sadly all three fell short.
Braxton Barker 2nd place
Tripp Hensley 2nd place
Guice Anderson 2nd place
As a team the boys finished 4th out of 23 schools, quite the accomplishment!
Great job to all our young ladies & young men!
Mena High School Senior Chloe Hooper officially signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at John Brown University on Friday at the Union Bank Center!
We are so proud of Chloe’s hard work, dedication, and commitment both on and off the court. This is an incredible achievement and a testament to the countless hours she’s put into her sport.
Join us in congratulating Chloe as she takes this exciting next step in her volleyball career!
We are so proud of Chloe’s hard work, dedication, and commitment both on and off the court. This is an incredible achievement and a testament to the countless hours she’s put into her sport.
Join us in congratulating Chloe as she takes this exciting next step in her volleyball career!
The Mena Bearcat boys basketball Seniors each dedicate their jersey to one Mena Public Schools faculty member each year during their senior night. This dedication of their jersey is a show of appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication our staff has for our students and shows the impact educators have on students throughout their time as a student.
Eli Swall selected Mr. Rodney Dominguez, of Mena High School.
Jackson Thompson Selected Mrs. Amy Scott from Holly Harshman Elementry.
Hayden Mrugula Selected Mrs. Christal Titsworth, of Mena High School.
Tyler Cox Selected Mrs. Amber Labertew of Mena High School.
Eli Swall selected Mr. Rodney Dominguez, of Mena High School.
Jackson Thompson Selected Mrs. Amy Scott from Holly Harshman Elementry.
Hayden Mrugula Selected Mrs. Christal Titsworth, of Mena High School.
Tyler Cox Selected Mrs. Amber Labertew of Mena High School.
Mena Bearcats competed at the 4A South Regional Tournament today and did awesome!
We had 10 young men punch their ticket to the State Tournament and we finished Regional Runner-Up!
So incredibly proud of these boys and now we turn our sights to State!
Jobs not finished!
Braxton Barker 🥇
Tycen Baber 🥇
Wyatt Head 🥈
Auden Woods 🥉
Tripp Hensley 🥇
Chance Hughes 🥉
Andrew Threlkeld 🥉
Jace Hankammer 🥈
Hollis Anderson 🥉
Guice Anderson 🥇
We had 10 young men punch their ticket to the State Tournament and we finished Regional Runner-Up!
So incredibly proud of these boys and now we turn our sights to State!
Jobs not finished!
Braxton Barker 🥇
Tycen Baber 🥇
Wyatt Head 🥈
Auden Woods 🥉
Tripp Hensley 🥇
Chance Hughes 🥉
Andrew Threlkeld 🥉
Jace Hankammer 🥈
Hollis Anderson 🥉
Guice Anderson 🥇
Mena Jr. High and 7th Grade Basketball played Clarksville on Wednesday at the Union Bank Center.
7th A Ladycats-7
Clarksville-13
7th B Ladycats-2
Clarksville-20
Jr. Ladycats-28
Clarksville-27
7th A Bearcats-15
Clarksville-10
7th B Bearcats-7
Clarksville-26
Jr. Bearcats-22
Clarksville-38
The Jr. High teams are back in action on Friday @ Dardanelle.
The Mena Ladycats competed at the 5A South Regional Wrestling Tournament on Wednesday and punched many tickets to State.
This year we sent the most girls to state that Mena ever has!
Finished 3rd as a team just missing some hardware.
Individual results are as follows:
Gracie Deramus 100 lbs. 3rd
Lanie Taylor 105 lbs. 3rd
Paisley Burger 115 lbs. 2nd
Averi Ortiz 155 lbs. 4th
Evergrace Anderson 170 lbs. 1st
Ailiyah McEntire 235 lbs. 2nd
Great job Ladies!!
This year we sent the most girls to state that Mena ever has!
Finished 3rd as a team just missing some hardware.
Individual results are as follows:
Gracie Deramus 100 lbs. 3rd
Lanie Taylor 105 lbs. 3rd
Paisley Burger 115 lbs. 2nd
Averi Ortiz 155 lbs. 4th
Evergrace Anderson 170 lbs. 1st
Ailiyah McEntire 235 lbs. 2nd
Great job Ladies!!
Mena High School Senior Pascha Wistrand signed her letter of intent to play college volleyball for Lyon College in Batesville on Friday in the Union Bank Center.
Congratulations Pascha!
Congratulations Pascha!
4A Dual State @ Jim Rackley Gymnasium 1/22/26!
The Mena Bearcats went against Gravette in the first round &
lost a nail biter 36-37.
The Mena Bearcats went against Gravette in the first round &
lost a nail biter 36-37.
