JHS gets new scoreboard - The Jena Times

Jena High School now has two brand new scoreboards in the Guy Campbell Memorial Gymnasium thanks to Southern Heritage Bank. On hand for the presentation of the new scoreboards were Jena Giants Booster Club Vice President Blake Phillips, JHS Girls Basketball Head Coach Karli Fowler Simmons, JHS Principal Anthony Jackson, Southern Heritage Bank Vice President Jake Long and Area Manager Dixie Long and JHS Boys Basketball Head Coach David Radar.

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July 19, 2021

JHS gets new scoreboard

Jena High School now has two brand new scoreboards in the Guy Campbell Memorial Gymnasium thanks to Southern Heritage Bank. The old scoreboards were purchased by Southern Heritage Bank in the 1990s.

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