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Over 270 runners participated at the Mena-Acorn Lions Club Cross Country Meet on Oct. 9 at the Lions Club Disc Golf Course. It was an outstanding event that not only included competition of teams, but great individual efforts were made and personal victories were achieved. The spectators cheered all runners enthusiastically providing a great example of how ...
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Bearcats Trounce Dover; Win 46-6
Last Friday, October 5th, the Mena Bearcats (3-3, 1-2) senior high football team hosted the Dover Pirates (1-5, 1-2) at Bearcat Stadium. Following an hour delay to the game, the Bearcats kicked-off to Dover to begin the game. Both Mena and the Pirates were forced to punt on their first offensive possessions of the game, before Chris Bollmeyer picked ...
Read More »Mena Golf Wins 4A Runner-Up
Last Wednesday, October 3rd, the Mena High School Golf Team competed in the 4A State Golf Tournament in Jonesboro. After a very successful season, in which the Bearcats were crowned Conference Champions, the Mena Golf Team was awarded 4A State Runner-Up, falling behind the host team Valley View by sixteen strokes. Daniel Davis led Mena with a score ...
Read More »Mena Volleyball Sweeps Mills & Bauxite
On Tuesday, October 2nd, the Mena Ladycats senior high volleyball team hosted Mills University Studies at the Union Bank Center for a double-header. In the first game of the double-header, Mena held the Lady Comets to only nineteen points combined in all three sets, winning all three by a wide margin (25-11, 25-5, 25-3). In the second game, the ...
Read More »Local Volleyball Team Wins Tournament
This past weekend, the local Mena Club G1 13U volleyball team competed in the ‘Volley in the Rock’ tournament in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Saturday, the team went undefeated in pool play, sweeping every game that they played. Defeating Ultimate Performance (25-16, 25-12), Ozark Juniors (25-13, 25-7), and CAV (25-5, 25-2). After a dominating performance on Saturday, Club G1 advanced ...
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Ladycats Drop Close One To Fouke
BY EASTON LEONARD – The Mena Ladycats (0-5) softball team hosted the Fouke Lady Panthers last Friday, March 9th. Fouke scored an early run in the first inning, and added on three more in the top of the third. The Ladycats were quick to answer in the bottom of the fourth, scoring a run of their own, to make the ...
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Bearcats Struggle At Fouke
BY EASTON LEONARD – Last Friday, March 9th, the Mena Bearcats (0-3) baseball team traveled south to Fouke (2-3), to take on the Panthers. Mena allowed six runs combined in the first two innings, before scoring their first run of the game in the top of third. From then on out, the Bearcats were outscored 6-1, to fall short by ...
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Heavener Offense Erupts Versus Tigers
BY EASTON LEONARD – Last Tuesday, March 6th, the Acorn Tigers baseball team hosted the Heavener Wolves for their season and home opener. Number ten, Warren, started the game on the mound for the Tigers. Acorn went on to allow four runs in the opening inning, after a few walks, errors, and hits. However, in the bottom half of the ...
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Acorn Archery Competes At State
SUBMITTED BY MINDY LYLE – Acorn Archery competed at the State NASP tournament on Saturday, March 3rd. The team placed 7th to become Nationals qualified. Brody Webb placed 2nd with a score of 291, and earned $32,000 in scholarships.
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Lady Tigers & Tigers Wrap Up Impressive Basketball Season
BY EASTON LEONARD – Last Wednesday, February 28th, the Acorn senior girls and senior boys basketball team competed in the second round of the 1A State Basketball Tournament at Morrilton, after first round byes. Both teams, coincidentally, took on the Mount Vernon-Enola Warhawks and Lady Warhawks. In the girls game, after a close knit first quarter, decided by over five ...
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