Tri-County Spelling Bee winner named
After 12 rounds of competition, Maggie Sheridan, a seventh grader from Lexington Middle School, is the Tri-County Spelling Bee Champion after spelling the championship word, ‘hermetically’, which means in a way that is completely airtight . Maggie was also this year’s Richland County champion and was last year’s Tri-County champion. Max Phillips, an eighth grader from St. Bernard School in New Washington, was the runner-up.
Thirty-three spellers competed in the bee held on February 9, at Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center in Mansfield. The Tri-County Spelling Bee is comprised of the top twelve spellers in Crawford, Richland and Morrow Counties representing sixteen local school districts.
Every speller received a certificate and the champion and first runner-up received trophies. Certificates and trophies are provided by the Mansfield News Journal.