Mena High School

7th grade and Jr High Cheerleaders are doing a fundraiser for cheer supplies and camp in Little Rock. We are selling various items from food to various kitchen and home decor items. This fundraiser is from 4/12-4/26. Mena MS Cheer Fundraiser The link will take you to the homepage where you can either support the whole group or scroll down to support a specific cheerleader. All products will be delivered the week before the end of school in May. https://megadoughshop.com/fundraiser-820.html#!/Fundraiser/820

Congratulations Austin Rose and Jarrett Burger!! 1st place on Lake Ouachita in the Arkansas Youth Fishing Federation High School National Qualifying Tournament. This makes two wins in a row for Burger and Rose. They will be competing in the Trader Bills Championship April 25th on Lake Hamilton and the Bradford Cup AYFF Tournament on Greers Ferry the first weekend of May. Thank you to all of the Mena Basscat sponsors!

Mena head football coach CRAIG BENTLEY accepted the Sporty Award today at the Henderson State University spring football game. "The Sporty" is given to the HSU Alumni Coach of the Year. GO BEARCATS!!! https://www.menaschools.org/article/432357\ https://www.facebook.com/ReddieAthletics/posts/3865157663598340

Students in Animal Science were learning to suture a fetal pig today

Mena Track competed at the Gaile Hainley Relays in Waldron on Thursday 400m- 8th Ashton Powell 800m- 2nd Logan Myers 1600m- 2nd Logan Myers. 4th Tre McMellon 3200m- 3rd Tre McMellon Pole Vault- 2nd Jacob Flemens Shot Put- 4th Logan Yang See complete results at the link https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/404568-gaile-hainley-relays-2021/results/730143/formatted The Sr. High will compete at the District Meet in Nashville on April 27th.

Mena High School Juniors & Seniors participated in Polk County Operation Prom Night 2021 Friday morning. The event is an accurate representation of a two vehicle accident with fatalities. It was conducted at the Polk County Fairgrounds & was hosted by Southwest EMS, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Mena Police and Fire Dept, Polk County OEM, and Polk County Coroner’s Office. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible for our students.

Congratulations to the following the teams and individuals who recently competed in the Southern District Virtual LDE's! Parliamentary Procedure: 4th Place Lauren Beck-Creed Speaking: 6th Place Conduct of Chapter Meetings: 2nd Place In order to move on to the State LDE Contest teams or individuals must place first or second in their contest. Congratulations to the Mena FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings team! They will compete on April 19th in Hot Springs at the State Contest.

Mena Softball defeated Centerpoint on Thursday at Union Bank Park. Mena Ladycats-10 Centerpoint-3. Emmi Hines & Kensey Rosson both had 3 RBI's. Maddy Lyle had four hits to lead Mena. The Ladycats travel to Hope on Friday. GO LADYCATS ! https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459

Congratulations to the Mena FFA Nursery and Landscape team! They placed second at the State CDE contest yesterday in Hot Springs. Congratulations to COOPER ANDERLE on being the State high individual!

A representative from Herff Jones was at Mena High School this morning delivering cap & gowns to the graduates of 2021. If your senior did not pick theirs up they will be available in the MHS office & cash or check will be accepted.

Gameday Thursday, April 8th ! Track - 3:30pm Softball - 4:30pm

The Mena Ladycats & Bearcats finished 2nd at the Waldron Jr. Bulldog Relays on Tuesday. GIRLS 4x800 - 1st Kylene Denton, Kate Wilson, karley Sharp, Jayden Cox 800 - 1st Kylene Denton, 2nd Karley Sharp 1600 - 1st Rylie Bentley, 2nd Addison Thomas 4x400 - 1st Kate Wilson, Chloe Hooper, Jocelyn Hernandez, Jayden Cox 400 - 2nd Reese Montgomery, 6th Jocelyn Hernandez 4x200 - 4th Jayden Cox, Jaden Roberts, Kate Wilson, Elliott Dugan 4x100 - 7th Chloe Hooper, Jaden Roberts, Emma Ferguson, Annabelle Peters 100 H - 7th Elliott Dugan 300 H - 2nd Annabelle Peters7th Reese Montgomery Long Jump 5th Chloe Hooper High Jump 1st Elliott Dugan Triple Jump 1st Jayden Cox 4th Reese Montgomery Discus 3rd Reese Montgomery, 6th Caroline Cannon Shot - 2nd Caroline Cannon BOYS Triple Jump - 5th Robert Hill, 7th Hudson Vacca Shot - 8th Brady Montgomery Discus - 4th JD Murphy Pole Vault - 4th Cody Short 4x800 Relay - 6th Mena 1600 -4th Cooper Plunkett 4x100 Relay - 4th Mena 300H - 5th Sully Massey 4x400 - 7th Mena 4x200 Relay - 6th Mena Smith, Elijah/Cox, Kalib/Short, Cody/Peters, Brody Click the link for complete results https://ar.milesplit.com/.../404566.../results/729496/raw...

Caleb Peters had a pair of hits & Luke Montgomery had 4 RBI's to lead Mena on Tuesday. Arkadelphia-9 Mena Bearcats-5 The Bearcats are back in action on Friday at Hope. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24460

Mena Softball led going into the final inning but came up short. Arkadelphia - 7 Mena Ladycats - 5 The Ladycats are back in action on Thursday when they play Centerpoint at Union Bank Park. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459

Basscats 7th At Millwood ! Austin Rose and Jarrett Burger took 7th place at the Young Guns Championship on Millwood last weekend. The Bass Cats will compete in the Trader Bills State Championship at Lake Hamilton on Sunday April 25th. https://www.facebook.com/groups/298629374002848 https://www.facebook.com/arkbasshighschool

We had a GREAT week of weight room testing last week. Our 7th graders got their first ever maxes and did great.....our 8th graders did awesome and are actually still finishing up testing and our Senior High has made some big gains. Some stats from our latest weight room testing for our Senior High: Average Increase on Bench Press: +10 lbs Average Increase on Squat: +16 lbs Average Increase on Power clean: +10 lbs 70% of our guys set a Personal Record for Bench 73% set a PR for Squat 71% set a PR for Powerclean In the Photo: Logan Yang,Jake Brotherton,Jordan Roberts These Guys are 300+ on Bench, 450+ on Squat and 275+ on Powerclean.

Mena trailed at half but came back to defeat Heavener at Bearcat Stadium on Monday! Mena Ladycats-3 Heavener-1 The Ladycats are 4-1 on the season & will host Hope on Friday at 5:00pm. GO LADYCATS!!!

Bearcat Football Store Fundraiser Proceeds go to Bearcat football 7-12 Items shipped directly to buyer Click the link to place your order store.printmaniatees.com/mena/shop/home

Mena High School will be hosting a Spring Gala for all Juniors and Seniors on April 24th at CMA Iron Mountain from 6-8:30pm. The night, which will reflect "A Walk Down Memory Lane" will include a formal dinner and entertainment. Senior tickets are $15 and junior tickets are $30 and can be purchased from Ms.Hughes