Seventh-grader Macie Marmon emerged as the champion of the Benjamin Logan Middle School spelling bee Thursday, Dec. 12, correctly spelling the winning word in the 25th round.
Macie is a daughter of Logan and Tara Marmon. The runner-up was Laurel Smith, an eighth-grader and a daughter of Matt and Sarah Smith.
Assistant Principal Deepika Scheiderer served as the pronouncer for the event, while Susan Headings and Sally Stolly fulfilled the roles of judges. The event was organized and facilitated by fifth-grade language arts teacher Bobby Gill.
Both Macie and Laurel have qualified to represent Benjamin Logan Middle School at the Logan County Spelling Bee, slated for 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Holland Theatre.
The spelling bee featured students from grades 5-8. In addition to Macie and Laurel, participants included fifth-graders Si Allen, Avah Berry, Kes Blanton, Sophia Carpenter, Mia Collum, Oliver Fleming, Carter King, Amelia Morris, Jediah Tingley and Autumn Walls; sixth-graders Noah Brown, Jayla Bolling, Connor Collins, Lillian Bias, Brayden Wolf, Lila Franjesevic, Alexis Gootee, Juliana Meddings, Kolt Hays and Gemma Rutan; seventh-graders Abel Ostrander, Quinn Kuba, John Tingley, Amelia Marmon, Jackson Sutherin, Dax Elliot, Savannah Rogers, Annemarie Shaffer and Shelby Siefring; and eighth-graders Gabby Thompson, Ashe Moorhouse, Miles Grandbois, Dallin Peterson, Elizabeth James, Sebastian Stokes, Landyn Shields and Emma Murray.