The Mena Band would like to thank Hatfield Lumber and Dane Ward for their donation of lumber and Handy Hardware for their donation of hardware to build the new bearcat band marching tower. This will serve the school for many years to come.
Mena Middle School and Mena High School students attended the annual See You at the Pole event on Wednesday before school.
See You at the Pole is a prayer rally where students meet at the school flagpole to lift up their friends, families, teachers, school, and nation to God. See You at the Pole is a student-initiated, student-organized, and student-led event.
The Jr. Bearcats played Fountain Lake at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday.
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Ft. Lake-34
Mena will be back in action next Thursday at Arkadelphia.
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The Jr. Ladycats played Waldron on Thursday and lost 0-2, 21-25/13-25. Mena is back in action on Tuesday when they play Foreman at the Union Bank Center.
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The Mena Ladycats defeated Waldron on Thursday 3-0. By a score of 25-10/25-10/25-14. Mena is back in action on Saturday at the Lakeside Tournament. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19738
Mr Maye's Advanced Animal Science class is putting the new animal science lab to good use as they study the anatomy of the bovine reproductive system and learn the basic techniques of artificial insemination.
The Mena FFA trap team is gearing up for the 23-24 season. They will compete at Jacksonville on November 17th.
Mr Maye's Ag Structures class conducted a competition where the students designed and constructed a bridge to certain specifications using wooden skewer sticks and glue and it was then tested for its weight bearing strength. The winners were Psalm Wistrand and Jessica Smudrick.
Mena Bearcat Coaches have selected #15, Dax McMellon, as the Farm Bureau Insurance Player of the Game for Week #4 vs. the Riverview Raiders.
Dax is the 16 year old son of Rob and Amanda McMellon and is a Sophomore, Quarterback for the Bearcats this season. Last Friday night, Dax threw for 196 yards, completing 15 of 19 pass attempts, and 3 touchdowns. Dax and the Bearcats won the game by a convincing final score of 45-21. Dax stays busy, helping his Dad on their family cattle farm when he is not involved in school activities. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and trap shooting in his free time. He plans to attend college, but is undecided as to a field of study at this time.
Mena is now 3-1 for the season but has a bye week this Friday. Bearcats will host the Arkadelphia Badgers on September 29th at Randall Whorton Field.
Shown presenting Dax with his Player of the Week game ball, is local Farm Bureau Agent, Nikki Cureton. Farm Bureau Insurance is a proud supporter of Mena Bearcat Athletics!!
The Bearcats played Riverview at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Friday.
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Riverview-21
Mena improves to 3-1 on the season and has an open date next week.
The Bearcats will return to action on Friday, September 29th when they host Arkadelphia.
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Mena High School Pep Rally! Friday, September 15th!
Thank you to the Mena-Polk County Senior Center for allowing Mena High School Students to serve lunch today!
The National Honor Society Faculty Advisory Committee evaluated officer applications and have selected the following seniors as officers. Congratulations:
President - Sophia Vacca
Vice President of Service - Hailey Emerson
Vice President of Special Events - Kaelyn Nichols
Secretary - Caroline Cannon
Treasurer - Rebekah Ogden
Historian - Kiylee Hughes
Mena Cross Country competed at the Tom Stuthard Stampede on Tuesday. Check the results when they are posted at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/563035-tom-stuthard-stampede-2023-2023/results
The Mena Bearcats were winners at the Desoto Golf Course on Monday and Rhett Brotherton was the medalist.
Mena Golf is back in action today at the Little Creek Country Club in Ratcliff at 4:00pm.
The Mena Ladycats played Paris on Monday in the Union Bank Center. The Ladycats lost 2-3.
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Mena is back in action on Tuesday at 4:00pm in Bauxite.
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The Jr. Ladycats played Paris at the Union Bank Center on Monday and won 2-1.
25-14/14-25/15-7
Mena is back in action on Tuesday at 4;00pm in Bauxite.
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For week two the coaches chose Addison Thomas for the Matt Thomas State Farm player of the week! Addison is a Junior outside hitter for the Ladycat’s. She loves to get up and smash the ball but is also great at scrambling to keep a volley going. Early on this season Coach Lyle has been coaching her up on her off speed game to help her become a more complete package. She had a great week 2 with the off speed game. Help me congratulate Addison Thomas on a job well done!
The Matt Thomas State Farm week 1 player of the week is Senior Libero Jocelyn Hernandez! Jocelyn has has been doing an excellent job holding down the back row with great passing and exciting digs. Help me congratulate Jocelyn on a job well done.
Congratulations to the newly elected National English Honor Society officers at Mena High School:
President: Sophia Vacca
Vice President: Psalm Wistrand (not pictured)
Secretary: Sophie Brewer
Treasurer: Holiday Neufeld
Public Relations: Kiylee Hughes
