The 2025 Mena High School Prom King & Queen are Jair Hernandez and Isabel Vacca!
The junior class votes for the senior Prom King and Queen every year. Congrats to Jair and Isabel!
Mena Softball was in action on Friday at ozark.
Ladycats-14 (14-4/9-1)
Ozark-2
With the win Mena is the 4A-4 Conference Co-Champions.
The Ladycats play in the 4A-4 District Tournament in Ozark beginning May 1st.
Friday was Sr. Night for Mena Bearcat Baseball. Five players were recognized for their contributions to the program. Including:
RHETT BROTHERTON
BRODY PETERS
MICHAEL SULLIVAN
COOPER PLUNKETT
EVAN LEONARD
The Bearcats played Ozark at Union Bank Park.
Bearcats-12 (12-5/8-2)
Ozark-7
With the win the Bearcats are 4A-4 Conference Champions.
Mena opens play in the 4A-4 District Tournament at Ozark on May 1st.
From Computers to the Trails — A Journey of Creativity
After conquering the NYX NoCode Hackathon, these Mena students took their victory to the great outdoors, joined by Sam and Lucas of Beeline MTB, Karen Kilroy of NyxNoCode, and Doug, Kenny, and Joe from the Matthew Mark Foundation. Beeline gifted the bikes to these students for more future fun on the trails! We also thank the Walmart Foundation for helping dreams ride even farther!
The Mena High School Relays were held at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday. The Ladycats won the meet. The girls won the 4x400 Meter Relay. Elliot Dugan Won the High Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault & Mallori Brotherton won the Discus.
See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../655550-mena-high.../results
Mena High School Senior Jair Hernandez signed his letter of intent to play football at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
GO JAIR!
Mena High School Senior Jair Hernandez signed his letter of intent to play football at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
GO JAIR!
Mena High School Senior Brakiah Burk signed her letter of intent to cheer at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
GO BRAKIAH!
Mena FFA Members attended the 98th Arkansas FFA Convention this week. On Monday, we competed in the state Parliamentary Procedure Contest, attended student and teacher workshops, enjoyed the opening session and visited the Career and College Expo. Tuesday, members attended the 3rd general session and our delegates participated in a business session where Mike Collins was highlighted as one of several Legendary Owls. Also three former members were recognized for earning their American Degrees. Our chapter was awarded a National Chapter Award and the chapter was 1 of 8 schools awarded a Model of Excellence Chapter award. We listened to Sam Demma’s keynote address. Members also got to enjoy Waylon Wyatt and Wyatt Flores in Concert. Wednesday members and advisors learned the results of the State LDE contests and elected the New State Officers. The last session on Wednesday is where 6 of our members received their State Degrees.
Lily Rowland hit a two run homerun in the win over Dardanelle on Tuesday at Union Bank Park.
Ladycats - 11 (13-4/8-1)
Dardanelle- 1
Mena plays at Ozark on Friday!
Congratulations to Mena High School Senior Karley Sharp. Karley signed her letter of intent to run Cross Country at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
A huge thank you to Farm Bureau for their generous donation of 880 beef sticks to our Backpack Program! Your support helps us provide weekend food for the families we serve, and we are incredibly grateful.
Mena Baseball played Waldron on Thursday at Union Bank Park.
Bearcats-25 (11-4/7-1)
Waldron-3
Mena will host Dardanelle on Tuesday at 4:30pm in UBP.
Mena Softball played Waldron on Thursday at Union Bank Park.
Ladycats-10 (12-3/7-1)
Waldron-0
Mena will host Booneville on Monday at 4:30pm in UBP.
Holly Harshman Elementary is honored to announce the TEAMMATE Award winners for this week, Mangsian Dopmul and Presley Powell. Mangsian and Presley demonstrated respect, hard work, and a positive attitude toward their classmates and teachers. We are glad to have them as our team captains for tonight’s game. Congratulations
Mena High School Seniors Rhett Brotherton & Michael Sullivan signed their letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
Head Coach Kobe Morris said in his opening comments that he had challenged these two to be team leaders and that they had exceeded his expectations.
GO BEARCATS!!! GO BUCKS!!!
The DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative hosted Destination Science STEM Challenge on Wednesday. The 2025 Winners from Mena include:
Balloon car:
2nd: Lainey Smart
Blindfold cubing:
1st: Braylon Brandenburg and Keegan Stone
Catapult:
1st: Larson Woods
Earthquake:
1st: Raelyn Ashcraft and Haidyn Valdovinos
3rd: Jocelyn Cecil and Halia Peterson
Egg drop:
2nd: Kinsey Mullen
High school
1st: Gloria Roberts
2nd: Hadassah Torres
Generator:
1st: Kaylee Cox and Jacie Kesterson
2nd: Wyeth Webber and Talen West
Paper roller coast:
1st: Sophie Dowdy and Kambree Martin
Mystery Challenge:
1st: Areana Alemeda, Kambree Martin, Annie Hughes and Melanie Cude
Middle school
Technology Competitions:
Web presence
1st: Prachi Desai
2nd: Logan Chambers
3rd: Cooper Rowe
Video competition
1st: Kenley Cochran
2nd: Camryn Stepp
3rd: Lynda Maechler
High school
Technology Competitions:
Web presence
1st: Raelyn Ashcraft
2nd: Jaslynn Turner
3rd: Avery Cox
Video competition
1st: Annabelle Sprague
2nd: Kinley Cox
3rd: Sason Walker
Toothpick bridge:
Middle school
2nd: Francesca Vacca and Makinley Vega
3rd: Angel Cecilio and Karsyn Baber
High school
1st: Arean Alemeda
Robotics-Lego
Middle school
1st: Briar Robinson and Judius Steffler
2nd: Aiden Broach and Wesley Warren
High school
1st: Talen West and Luke Rowland
Robotics-vex
Middle school
1st: Levi Lawrence
2nd: Dawson Anderson
3rd: Max Free
Robotics-Sphero
Middle school
1st: Peyton Quillin
2nd: Ronan Pettigrew
3rd: Gabe Elizalde and Tristan Garcia
High school
1st: Willam Gorsuch
Sailboat:
2nd: Peyton Quillin
The Mena Jr. High Relays were held on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
The Ladycats finished in first place. Skylar Bahr won the 200 meter dash & the long jump. Paisley Burger won the High Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault.
The Bearcats finished in first place & Hank Rose won high point. Blayden West won the 200 meter dash & the 400 meter dash.
See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/655547-mena-jr-high-relays-2025/results
Norah Williams won the top prize today at the Arkansas Young Playwright Competition as Best Playwright! Eric Decker was honored with one of the two Best Actor Awards and Anna Burt was one of two Honorable Mentions! We are super proud of these students! All of them that brought Norah’s play Night Off to life for the judges. We have not won the top playwright award since 2014 when Hannah Lochala and Madi Sherrer brought home the prize. We always have great plays and actors, and it is great to be involved in this competition each year.
Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Bearcats-0 (2-4-1)
Nashville-4
The Bearcats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.
Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Ladycats-3 (6-1-1)
Nashville-0
The Ladycats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.
