Post season honors were released for the Mena Bearcat basketball team on Monday. A total of eight players were recognized for their efforts this season. Including:
COOPER PLUNKETT-All State & All Star 1st Team
SEAN SULLIVAN-All Star Honorable Mention & All Conference
DAETON MILLER-All Conference
JOJO HERNANDEZ-All Conference
KALIB COX-All Conference
OWEN SIMPSON-2nd Team All Conference
JACKSON THOMPSON-2nd Team All Conference
LEVI NEUFELD-2nd Team All Conference
Bearcat Soccer played their home opener on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Bearcats-6 (1-1)
Danville-0
Mena is back in action on Tuesday against Heavener at BCBS.
Ladycat Soccer played their home opener on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Ladycats-6 (1-1)
Danville-0
Mena is back in action on Tuesday against Heavener at BCBS.
Congratulations to Mena High School Senior Abi Koppein for racking up a career milestone with her 400th career strikeout during Tuesdays softball game.
Abi and the Ladycats are back in action Thursday at Nashville.
Post season honors have been released for Mena Ladycat Basketball.
All Conference
Chloe Hooper
Kate Wilson
Isabel Cross
All Conference Honorable Mention
Laney Gilchrist
Elliott Dugan
Isabel Cross was also nominated for the All-Star Team.
Mena Jr. High Track competed at the DeQueen Cub Relays on Tuesday. The Jr. Ladycats finished 2nd as a team and the Jr. Bearcats finished in 5th place.
Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault, Blayden West won the 200 Meter Dash & Bentley Brewer won the 300 Meter Hurdles. You can view complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/651615-de-queen-cub-relays-meet-is-full-2025/results
The 2024-2025 wrestling season came to an end at the State Tournament on Saturday.
The Ladycats had four All Region Wrestlers
Lanie Taylor
Paisley Burger
Sydney Jones
Evergrace Anderson
The Bearcats had 11 All Region Wrestlers & 2 All State Wrestlers.
Wyatt Head
Cody Short
Andrew Threlkeld
Auden Woods
Tripp Hensley (all state)
Chance Hughes
Beck Vacca
Jace Hankammer
Brody Peters
Guice Anderson (all state)
Carter Cossey
The Bearcats finished as Back to Back Regional Champs! & 6th at the State Tournament!
A special thanks to our volunteer coaches Sheriff Scott Sawyer & Cody Woods for spending so much time and energy into our kids.
Congratulations to Mena High School Junior Tripp Hensley on his 3rd Place finish in the 144 pound weight class and Guice Anderson on his 4th Place finish in the 190 pound weight class on Saturday at the 4A State Wrestling Tournament in Little Rock.
The Mena Bearcats kicked off the 2025 baseball season with a win at Union Bank Park on Thursday.
Bearcats-12 (1-0)
Subiaco-2
Mena is back in action on Monday at Fort Smith Northside.
Mena High School hosted the 2025 Special Olympics Basketball Skills Competition on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center. Athletes from Mena, Polk County Development Center, Cossatot River and Woodcrest competed. MHS students and community members helped coordinate the events and encouraged participants.
Mena High School athletes Elliot Dugan & Brynlee Bahr competed at the Arkansas Indoor High School Championships at the University of Arkansas on Saturday. Dugan finished 7th in the high jump and was 1st for 4A athletes. Bahr finished 7th in the pole vault and was 1st for 4A athletes.
Several other Mena athletes also competed and you can check complete results at the link below.
https://milesplit.live/meets/644394
We finished our first cycle in the weight room! 7th grade did their first ever maxes and 8th graders saw good improvements from their initial maxes.
Pictured is Coach Morris’ group , who won the overall competition for the first cycle for the High School.
A great day of competition for the Mena Unified Special Olympics Team at the Winter Games in Springdale on Friday.
Maddie Fletcher and Kendra Cooper—Gold
Daniel Venable and Hunter McClara—Gold
Willam Gorsuch and Tripp Hensley—Silver
The Mena Bearcats played Waldron in the Union Bank Center on Tuesday.
Mena Bearcats-73 (14-11)
Waldron-58
The boys play Dardanelle on Friday at the UBC.
The Mena Ladycats played Waldron at the Union Bank Center on Tuesday.
Mena Ladycats-43 (7-20)
Waldron-71
The girls play at Ozark on Wednesday!
Progress continues on the renovation and expansion of the concession and restrooms at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Mena Wrestling battled Arkadelphia on Wednesday in the Union Bank Center.
Boys beat Arkadelphia 60-0!
Girls beat Arkadelphia 30-24!
For the boys this makes three duals in a row we haven’t had a boy lose! Very proud of them all.
The Bearcats & Ladycats will be back in action Tuesday at Russellville starting at 6:00pm.
Mena Wrestling seniors were recognized before their final home matches of the season on Wednesday at the Union Bank Center.
Congratulations and thanks for you hard work.
Destiny Hogan
Brody Peters
Carter Cossey
Cody Short
Nate Needham
The JV Jr. and Jr. Ladycats and Bearcats played Dardanelle on Monday at the Union Bank Center.
JV Ladycats-11
Dardanelle-12
JV
Bearcats-12
Dardanelle-28
Jr. Ladycats-43 (13-5)
Dardanelle-34
Jr. Bearcats-34 (11-8)
Dardanelle-50
Mena Wrestling battled Ashdown/Heavener on Friday night in the Union Bank Center.
Boys went 2-0!
61-6 over Ashdown
60-6 over Heavener
Girls went 1-0
30-12 over Heavener
We will be back in action Wednesday
(Jan 22nd) versus Arkadelphia.
Senior Night ceremony starts at 5:30pm.
