Olympic effort
Thirteen-year-old Mallory Gallo reacts to winning the Lisbon David Anderson school spelling bee. Gallo spelled “bevel”
correctly and captured the title spelling “Olympian” by defeating 39 other contestants in eight rounds of competition. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
How do you spell relief?
Lisbon’s Gabriel Damron reacts after winning his school’s junior high
spelling bee Friday afternoon. Damron won on the word “refugee” after
a four-round spell off with the second-place finisher, Jaikep Entrikin.
Both students and Joey Ebert, who finished third, move on the county
spelling bee on March 9. Kara Diludovico earned a position as alternate
for the county competition. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
She's the one
In a photo taken just prior to
Crestview's spelling bee competition , McKenna Schultz had a question and Allison Borchardt a yawn. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
Happy Dance
Thirteen-year-old Angel Dunn and 14-year-old Julia Grimes celebrate Dunn’s victory with the happy
dance at Lisbon’s Spelling Bee Friday. Angel won the contest spelling the word “macadamia” correctly.
Julia captured third place in the bee. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
Sweet Victory
Leetonia spelling bee champion Maddy Steiskal (right) shakes hands
with runner-up Gracie Duko after Thursday's event. Both are fifthgraders
and qualified for the county bee. Duko missed the word "novelist."
Steiskal spelled it correctly and then won the bee on the word "butterscotch
With runner-up Shawn Greathouse (back center) and other competitors watching, Sash Davis of Leetonia correctly spells “reductive” to defend his championship in the county spelling bee. According to Miriam-Webster, reductive is an adjective which means “dealing with or describing something complicated in a simple or too simple way.” Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
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The final round of Wednesday's Columbiana spelling bee featured a duel between Emily Hitchcock and Mireille Rhodes (above), which ended with Rhodes getting a hug from eighth-grade language arts teacher Meg Silver, the pronouncer during the event. Rhodes correctly spelled bequeath and then renegade to win the title. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
The final five spellers in Lisbon’s bee take a breather as the final round begins Friday. Pictured are, from left, Noah Yenges, Mallory Gallo, Kyleen Culler, Jackson Cornwell and Blayne Brownfield. Yenges, a seventh-grader, clinched the first place spot spelling “photogenic” and “imperious.” Brownfield captured second place, and Cornwell took third. The bee alternate is Kyleen Culler. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
Twice is nice
Eighth-grader Sash Davis celebrates his victory in Leetonia's spelling bee on Tuesday. Runner-up Shawn Greathouse is at the left. To wrap up his second straight title, Davis spelled "lariat," which Greathouse missed, and then "temporal." Those two have finished one-two in the Leetonia bee the last three years, with Greathouse winning in 2012. Davis also won the county spelling bee last year and advanced to the third round in the national bee. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
Sasha Davis, 12 reacts to winning the 2013 Leetonia spelling bee Thursday. Davis correctly spelled flirtatious and implicit to capture the championship. Davis will represent Leetonia along with Haley Peterson in the county bee in March. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
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