Life briefs: Spelling bee, college honors
Mansfield News Journal
MOESC crowns Tri-County Spelling Bee champion
MANSFIELD - Twenty-six spellers were hungry for the win, but only one Kansas Huston, an eighth grader from Plymouth was able to spell her way to the crown with the word “sustenance.” It took 11 rounds until a champion and runner-up were finally crowned Feb. 25 during the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center s Tri-County Spelling Bee.
Kansas spelled three championship words before she was named champion of the bee. The runner-up was Danica Staats, a sixth grader from Lexington.
The spelling bee had been postponed from Feb. 18 due to snowy weather. The top spellers in Crawford, Richland and Morrow counties, representing 10 school districts, competed in the virtual bee. The competition included spellers from Highland, Cardington, Lexington, Madison, Galion, Plymouth, Northmor, Ontario, Crestview, and Crestline in grades four-eight.