Congratulations to the Jr Ladycats 7-AAAA Conference Runners-Up. 4x800 -1st Kylene Denton, Addison Thomas, Jocelyn Hernandez, Rylie Bentley 100 H -5th Elliott Dugan 100 M -4th Jaden Roberts 4x200 -2nd Chloe Hooper, Elliott Dugan, Jaden Roberts, Pascha Wistrand 1600 M -2nd Karley Sharp, 3rd Kylene Denton, 4th Rylie Bentley, 5th Addison Thomas 4x100 -3rd Elliott Dugan, Pascha Wistrand, Emma Ferguson, Annabelle Peters 400 M -2nd Reese Montgomery, 4th Anna Ferguson, 5th Jocelyn Hernandez, 7th Chloe Hooper 300 H -2nd Annabelle Peters, 3rd Reese Montgomery 800 M -1st Kylene Denton, 2nd Karley Sharp, 5th Jayden Cox, 8th Kate Wilson 4x400 -1st Kate Wilson, Chloe Hooper, Jocelyn Hernandez, Jayden Cox Long Jump -3rd Chloe Hooper, 5th Jayden Roberts High Jump -1st Elliott Dugan, 2nd Jaden Roberts, 7th Chloe Hooper Triple Jump -3rd Jayden Cox 4th Reese Montgomery Discus -3rd Caroline Cannon Shot Put- 2nd Caroline Cannon Pole Vault -4th Reese Montgomery 6th Jayden Cox 7th Kate Wilson

Mena Ladycat Soccer lost a close game at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday. Mena Ladycats-1 Hope-2 Mena will host DeQueen on Friday.

Three seniors were honored prior to today’s game against DeQueen at Union Bank Park. Including RILEY GILBERT, DAMON CLARK & SAM EFIRD. Mena picked up their fourth win of the year. Mena Bearcats-9 DeQueen-5 GO BEARCATS!!!!

Ladycat Seniors will be honored at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium before Monday's soccer games against Nashvile. Seniors include: Elizabeth Cecilio Jaci Allen Annie Baker Lauren Sikes Madison Parnel Stephanie Lua Tabitha Levering Makori Gabourel GO LADYCATS!!!!

Gameday Thursday April 22nd! Soccer - 5:00pm & 7:00pm Baseball - 5:00pm Jr. Track - 4:30pm

Mena Softball bounced back from yesterday's loss with a big win on Wednesday at Union Bank Park. Mena Ladycats-11 Ft. Lake-0 Mena will return to play on Friday when they host DeQueen. GO LADYCATS!

The Mena Bearcat baseball team will play their final home game of the season on Thursday at Union Bank Park. This game was originally scheduled for Friday but was moved due to the threat of rain. Three seniors will be honored at 4:30pm including RILEY GILBERT, DAMON CLARK & SAM EFIRD. First pitch is at 5:00pm. GO BEARCATS!!!!

Gameday Wednesday April 21st ! Softball - 4:30pm

Mena Soccer traveled to Hope on Tuesday. Mena Ladycats-1 Hope-1 Mena Bearcats-0 Hope-5 Mena will host DeQueen on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

Mena Softball had a rough day at Bauxite on Tuesday. Bauxite-15 Mena Ladycats-0 The Ladycats play again on Wednesday when they host Fountain Lake at Union Bank Park. First pitch is at 4:30pm

Mena Baseball played at Bauxite on Tuesday. Mena Bearcats-1 Bauxite -4 Mena is now 3-14/0-10 & will host DeQueen this Friday. Senior activities start at 4:30pm with the first pitch at 5:00pm.

Mena Softball will play DeQueen at Union Bank Park on Friday at 4:30pm. This is the last home game for the Ladycats & the seniors will be honored. There are two seniors this year MORGAN PUCKETT & EMILY WAGNER.... Go Ladycats!!!!

The Mena Future Farmers of America competed in the Southern District CDE's recently. District Champions-Veterinary Science Layla Spencer - High Individual Madison Blair Ranessa Ricker Jaci Allen District Champions - Nursery & Landscape Cooper Anderle - High Individual District & State Ivy Curtis Shylee Head Allison Bates District Runner-Up - Meats Evaluation Sarah Simmons Makori Gabourel Breezy Hendrix William Hendrix District Runner-Up - Food Science Aslynn Jackson Addi Dollar Lexi Dilbeck Lauren Beck Fourth in District - Livestock Judging Hope Lott Lacy Floyd Kiylee Hughes Claire Walston Eighth in District - Forestry Aaron Ferguson Jake Wiles Cauy House Josh Ferguson

Mena got five strong innings on the mound from Sam Efird. The Bearcats had 10 hits including two each from Caleb Peters, Brody Brown & Riley Gilbert. Mena Bearcats-6 Cossatot-3 Mena returns to conference play on Tuesday at Bauxite. GO BEARCATS!!!

Mena Soccer played at Nashville on Friday. Mena Ladycats-4 Nashville-4 Mena Bearcats-0 Nashville-7 Both teams are in action Tuesday 4/20 at Hope !

The "Baggin & Braggin" team from Mrs. Purvis' 10th grade enrichment class claimed the 2021 Mena High School Cornhole Classic Championship on Friday at the Union Bank Center. Team members are COLBY DAVIS, MADI LYLE & TREY DAY! GO BEARCATS!!!!

The Mena Bearcats managed 10 hits but only generated one run in Thursday's game at Union Bank Park. Fountain Lake-9 Mena Bearcats-1 Mena will host Cossatot on Monday. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24460

Emmi HineS was in the circle for Mena & she threw a no hitter to lead the Ladycats to a big road win on Thursday. Mena Ladycats-19 Hope-0 Watch the Ladycats on Friday at Union Bank Park when they host Ft. Lake. First Pitch is at 4:30pm. GO LADYCATS!!!

Congratulations to Mena High School JAG students BLAKE CASTOR & DEVON DAVIS who completed the 2021 National Career Readiness Certification earning platinum status. An additional 17 MHS students earned a gold certificate, 20 silver certificates & 14 bronze. A National (Arkansas) Career Readiness Certificate is a portable credential based upon the WorkKeys® assessments that demonstrates to employers that an individual possesses the basic workplace skills required for 21st century jobs. Getting a NCRC will allow an individual to show prospective employers that he or she possesses the basic skills they are looking for. Even if a job seeker has a high school diploma, GED or post-secondary degree, the Arkansas NCRC further verifies that he or she can handle tasks such as reading instructions and directions, working with figures, and finding information - tasks common in today's workplace. National Career Readiness Certification (Arkansas Career Readiness Certification) Areas Workplace Documents – The ability to understand information in common workplace documents such as letters, memos, procedures and instructions. Applied Mathematics – The ability to use mathematical reasoning in solving common workplace situations. Graphic Literacy – The ability to understand and extract information from graphics such as diagrams, tables, forms, graphs, and charts. To be certified, you must take all 3 assessments and score level 3 or better in each assessment - (lowest score of three assessments determines the overall level of certification). Each assessment is 55 minutes long.

Thank you Mrs. Singleton for sharing your adoption story with FCCLA today! Also, FCCLA officer applications are now available! Please see Mrs. Hobson or Mrs. Wilson if interested.