Top spellers from throughout the South Coast participated a spelling competition at the Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Oregon in Coos Bay recently. Winners qualified for the state spelling competition this summer at the state fair in Salem. Pictured in the back row are: Whitney Wilson, left; Bailey Moody and Katie Ericson. In the third row are: Jessyka Copple, left; Nathan Gray, and Jovian Davis. In the second row are: Jess Wilson, left; Griffin Jack and Mike Marsh. In the front row are: Timothy Smith, left; Rylee Keller, and Kaylee Krajcir.
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Top spellers from Coos and Western Douglas counties came together at the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon on Tuesday night for a county-level spelling competition.
Thirty-one students competed in four divisions for the chance to vie for the state spelling title this summer at the state fair in Salem. Approximately 140 parents, community members and friends attended the event.
First-place winners included Kaylee Krajcir, a third-grader from Blossom Gulch Elementary School; Mike Marsh, a fifth-grader at Millicoma Intermediate School; Nathan Gray an eighth-grader at Coquille Valley Middle School, and Whitney Wilson, a senior at Marshfield High School.
Division I (grades K-3)
2nd - Timothy Smith, third grade at Lincoln Elementary School
3rd - Rylee Keller, third grade at Highland Elementary School
Division II (grades 4-5)
2nd - Griffin Jack, fifth grade at Coquille Valley Middle School
3rd - Jess Wilson, fifth grade at North Bend Middle School
Division III (grades 6-8)
2nd - Jovian Davis, sixth grade at The Lighthouse School
3rd - Jessyka Copple, eighth grade at North Bend Middle School
Division IV (grades 9-12)
2nd - Bailey Moody, freshman at Coquille High School
3rd - Katie Ericson, senior at North Bend High School
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