Students from Finney County advanced to the Finney County Spelling Bee scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, February 3 in Clifford Hope Auditorium on the Horace Good Middle School campus, 1412 N. Main Street.
Students from elementary through middle school grades will be competing in the spelling bee. The first-place winner of the county Spelling Bee will qualify to participate in the state Spelling Bee to be held in Mabee Arena on the Kansas Wesleyan University campus in Salina on March 23.
The spelling bee winners included:
Abe Hubert Elementary School
1st: DeAngelo Soriano
2nd: Adelea Condo
3rd: Shelby North
The alternate is: Greyson Evans
Alta Brown Elementary School
1st: Hannah Nelson
2nd: Debby Grace Salinas
3rd: Annalee Santos Garcia
The alternate is: Aubree Ortiz
Georgia Matthews Elementary School
1st: Jesus Chairez-Morales
2nd: Nancy Alva-Marceleno
3rd: Dorian Salazar-Rodriguez
The alternate is: Katie Burback
Gertrude Walker Elementary School
1st: Michael Rodriguez
2nd: Jordan Castruita
3rd: Elvin Orellana Guzman
The alternate is: Kaily Canales
Jennie Barker Elementary School
1st: Hailey Unruh
2nd: Jasper Huelskamp
3rd: Adriel Zamarripa
The alternate is: Consuelo Ramirez
Jennie Wilson Elementary School
1st: Madilyn Claussen
2nd: Geddy Zamarippa
3rd: Drew Humphreys
The alternate is: Naomi Gibson
Plymell Elementary School
1st: Corinne Whitham
2nd: Lainee Baker
3rd: Easton Bailey
The alternate is: Carter Schmidt
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
1st: Azalea Mendoza
2nd: Camila Hernandez
3rd: Danilo Del Toro
Kenneth Henderson Middle School
1st: Seth Weaver
2nd: Liam Lopez
3rd: Alina Sherrell
The alternate is: Macee White
Holcomb Elementary School
1st: Hunter Murphy
2nd: Jayden Ibarra
3rd: Miles Brookover
The alternate is: Hadleigh Weber
Holcomb Middle School
1st: Natalie Reyes
2nd: Alexis Smith
3rd: Bailey Huber
The alternate is: Chasyn Cosner
St. Dominic School
1st: Garrett Castro
2nd: Monica Thang
3rd: Danielle Sarmiento
The alternates is: Anngenelle Aguilar
St. Mary School
1st: Cheryll Nei
2nd: Esmeralda Vazquez
3rd: Aime Ortega
The alternates is: Paola Facio
