Students compete in spelling bee

by Leader staff
| March 3, 2017 4:04 PM

If it wasn’t written out on paper, could you spell petrifying or enumerated?

Ronan seventh-grader Aaliyah Decker can and did, earning her first place in last week’s Lake County Spelling Bee. The county’s top spellers are listed below.

First Place: Aaliyah Decker, seventh grade, Ronan (Winning words: petrifying, enumerated)

Second Place: Paley Goodwin, fifth grade, Arlee (Word missed: stratagems)

Third Place: Tie between Davien Adams, eighth grade, St. Ignatius, and Guinevere Contreras, seventh grade, Charlo (Words missed: servitude, resonate, derelict)

Runners up:

Damyen Coates, seventh grade, homeschool.

Anvianna Bossy, fifth grade, St. Ignatius.

Shelby Smith, eight grade, Arlee.

Layla Pretty On Top, seventh grade, Ronan.

Riley Edwards, fifth grade, homeschool.

Molly Kate Sullivan, seventh grade, Charlo.

Allyson Umphrey, seventh grade, St. Ignatius.

Cloe Barron, sixth grade, Ronan.