Winston Spelling Bee winners at their school contest are pictured, left to right, 3rd Place Marissa Uthe (5th grade); 2nd Place – Jordan Hoppenthaler (8th grade); and 1st Place – Braden Lee (6th grade).
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This year’s Daviess County Spelling Bee will be hosted by Pattonsburg R-2 at 4 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 8.) Two students from each grade per school are invited to the bee, along with an alternate. Spelling Bee regional competition will be Saturday, March 11, in St. Joseph.
School winners who will be competing in the county spelling bee are as follows:
Pattonsburg R-2: 5th grade — Amber Lawerence and Kierra deJong with alternate Gage Iddings; 6th grade — Sam Coin and Bessa Hoover; 7th grade — Chavez Roeder and Jillian Plymell; 8th grade — Lillian Carter and Sofia Nunn.
North Daviess R-3: 5th Grade — 1st Dylan Linthicum, 2nd Alex Crim, and alternate Eli Hartman; 6th Grade —1st Anthony Claibourn, 2nd Preston Anderson, and alternate Kayden Malott; 7th grade — 1st Logan Malott, 2nd Chris Hartman, and alternate Tabitha Wynne; 8th grade —1st Angela Sprague, 2nd Kylana Clair, and alternate Haylee Hanes.
Tri-County R-7: 5th grade — Emma Christopher and Justyn Clark with alternate Hallie Courter; 6th grade — Hailey Eads and Khloie Craft with alternate Lucy Turner; 7th grade — Joelee Lewis and Michael Holtzclaw with alternate Carly Turner.
Winston R-6: 5th grade — Paige Lang and Marissa Uthe; 6th grade — Braden Lee and Kortney Estes; 7th grade — Asher Vaughn and Emry Lebert; 8th grade — Jordan Hoppenthaler and Sam Hunt.
Gallatin R-5: 5th grade — Mischa Steele, Hannah Critten and alternate Keegan McBroom; 6th grade — Ella Bradford, Hadley Jumps and alternate Payton Feiden; 7th grade — Brianna Filley, Faith Warner and alternate Emily Sanders; 8th grade — Carlie Hogan, Johnathan Carder and alternate Gage Wright.