Athletics

Mena Golf competed in the 4A District Tournament at Eagle Crest Golf Club on Monday. The Ladycats finished 5th and the Bearcats finished 2nd. Richie Davis was the Medalist for the day with a 67. Ft. Lake was the winner of the tournament 11 strokes ahead of the Bearcats. The boys 4A State Golf Match will be October 8th at the Desoto Golf Course in Hot Springs Village.

Parking lot improvements are underway at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. At the August School Board Meeting Dr. Smith asked the board to approve the resurfacing with gravel at a cost not to exceed $35,000.00. https://www.menaschools.org/article/1723337

The official 2024 Homecoming Shirt is on sale for $15 now through Thursday, October 10th. Order forms will be going home with all students this week. Ways to purchase include, filling out the form and returning it to your student’s school office with cash or check or through MyPaymentsPlus.com. Shirts will be delivered to your student on Thursday, October 17th. Please direct all questions to Ladatha Hobson at ladatha.hobson@menaschools.org.

The Mena Bearcats Improved to 3-0 with a win over Stigler OK. on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcats Stadium. Mena Bearcats-38 Stigler-20 Mena has a bye week coming up and will return to action on September 27th at Pottsville.

Matt Thomas State Farm week 2 player of the week is Senior Reese Montgomery! Reese had 61 kills, a 51% kill rating, and 21 blocks in week 2. She is an absolute beast! Please help congratulate a job well done to Reese!

HUNTER DAVIS is the HHE Teammate Award Winner for this week. Hunter will be the water boy for the senior high football game on Friday night.

The Mena basketball and football teams participated in the 9/11 Stair Climb at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Wednesday. The event honors and remembers the victims and heroes who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001

Mena Cross Country competed at the Tom Stuthard Stampede in Acorn on Tuesday. Results will be posted at the link below https://ar.milesplit.com/.../629404-tom-stuthard.../results

Staff Sargent Davis was at Mena High School on Monday to welcome Senior Carter Cossey to the Arkansas Army National Guard. Carter will enter service as a CBRN Specialist . He will ship out for basic training on May 28th, 2025 and he plans to participate in ROTC in college.

The Mena Bearcats piled up 400+ yards of offense enroute to a shutout victory on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Mena Bearcats-31 LR Hall-0 Mena improves to 2-0 and will play Stigler OK. on 9/13 at BCBS.

Congratulations Chloe Hooper! Chloe is the Matt Thomas State Farm Player of the Week for Mena Volleyball.

The Mena 7th grade and Jr. Bearcats hosted Cossatot River at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursdayl 7th Bearcats-22 Cossatot-14 Jr. Bearcats-52 Cossatot-0 The teams have a bye week coming up and will return to action on September 19th at Russelville.

Mena Volleyball played Waldron at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Thursday. 7th Ladycats-0 Waldron-3 Jr. Ladycats-2 Waldron-1 Sr. Ladycats-3 Waldron-0 The Sr. Ladycats play in the Spikefest Tournament this Saturday and the Jr. and Sr. Ladycats play Arkadelphia on Tuesday.

Mena tennis won eight of their nine matches on Tuesday against Acorn. Kili Cox, Madi Fowler, and Rylie Bentley won their singles matches while Reese Montgomery/Abi Comeaux and Paeyton Hostetler/Mollee Sharp prevailed in doubles. On the boys side, Levi Neufeld and Cooper Plunkett won in singles while the combo of Hunter Cannon/Levi Neufeld prevailed in doubles.

Mena High School Pep Rally. Friday. August 30th. GO BEARCATS BEAT DEQUEEN!!!

The Mena Jr. Bearcats battled DeQueen at Bob Carver bearcat Stadium on Thursday. Jr. JV Bearcats-6 DeQueen-0 Jr. Bearcats-16 DeQueen-12 Mena is back in action on September 5th when they host Cossatot.

The Mena 7th grade Bearcats battled DeQueen at Bob Carver bearcat Stadium on Thursday. Mena Bearcats-8 DeQueen-0 Mena is back in action on September 5th when they host Cossatot.

The Mena Bearcats played a match at the Desoto Golf Course on Tuesday against Ft. Lake, Warren, Arkadelphia, Nashville, and Magnolia. The team finished fourth and will be back in action on Wednesday at the Eaglecrest Golf Club in Alma.

The Mena Jr. Ladycats played Greenwood at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Tuesday. Jr. Ladycats-0 Greenwood-2 JV Jr. Ladycats-1 Greenwood-2 7th Ladycats-0 Greenwood-2 Mena is back in action on September 5th when they host Waldron at JRG.

Mena 7th grade volleyball played Greenwood at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Tuesday. Ladycats-1 Greenwood-2 Mena is back in action on September 5th when they host Waldron at JRG.