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Students participate in Logan Spelling Bee

January 25, 2023

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The Logan School Spelling Bee was held on January 24 with 35 spellers participating.  After Round 5, 11 spellers remained.  They were Henry States, Clay Grammon, Taden Gottschalk, Emma Traxler, Kinley VanDerVeen, Helen Prewo, Hunter Vahling, Gunnar Ashmore, Hannah Brumbaugh, Jayla Traxler, and Cora Ashmore.  Helen, Gunnar, Jayla, and Cora were eliminated in Round 7 so they finished tied for 8^th place.  Henry, Clay, and Hannah were eliminated in Round 8 so they all tied for 5^th place.  Hunter was eliminated in the 9^th Round so he finished in 4^th place.  Taden went out in the 10^th Round finishing in 3^rd place.  Emma and Kinley then battled until the 15^th Round successfully spelling words such as reenactment, exhilaration, pioneered, configuration, dissolute, and batten.  After the 15^th Round, Kinley spelled counterfeit to win the Bee, with Emma finishing as the runner-up. 

Spellers participating in the Spelling Bee were 4^th graders Harper Delimont, Bryson Bolt, Jensen Hogan, Miles Archer, Daniel Galaviz, Zophina Benton, Kylah Brumbaugh, Cullen Ware, Harper Vahling, and Logan Trochez; 5^th graders Anslee Traxler, Tobin Kats, Tucker Ellenberger, Henry States, Kinley VanDerVeen, Graysen Becker, Helen Prewo, and Gunnar Ashmore; 6^th graders Jeffery Bliss, John Sparks, Clay Grammon, Keegan Breese, Wyatt Green, Hunter Vahling, Jayce Wiltfong, Kadee Bolt, Weston Ruff, Brecken Shellito, and Addisyn Ellenberger; 7^th graders Hannah Brumbaugh and Jayla Traxler; 8^th graders Cora Ashmore, Taden Gottschalk, Buster States, and Emma Traxler.  The County Spelling Bee will be held on February 1 at the Huck Boyd Center in Phillipsburg.  Congratulations to Kinley and Emma!