Students from Finney County have advanced to the Finney County Spelling Bee that will be held Saturday, February 8th at 9:00 a.m. 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 on the Kansas Wesleyan University campus in Salina, Kansas on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
The spelling bee winners include:
Abe Hubert Elementary School:
1st: Dusty Aguilera
2nd: Liana Chavez-Terrones
3rd: Josef Rosas
The alternate is: Mario Martinez Lozano
Alta Brown Elementary School:
1st: Debby Grace Salinas
2nd: Ethan Herrell
3rd: Jaden Ramirez Figueroa
The alternate is: Hannah Nelson
Florence Wilson Elementary School:
1st: Joleigh Rizon
2nd: Belinda Lopez
3rd: Leah Sanchez
The alternate is: Finlee Moore
Georgia Matthews Elementary School:
1st: Alex Montes
2nd: Isahi Ruiz
3rd: Eli Brungardt
The alternate is: Jenna Wade
Gertrude Walker Elementary School:
1st: Quinten Harris
2nd: Zachary Zavorotny
3rd: Obsa Jamal
The alternate is: Juniper Reynaga
Jennie Barker Elementary School:
1st: Adriel Zamarripa
2nd: Levi Skelton
3rd: Aislin Cole
The alternate is: Jasper Huelskamp
Plymell Elementary School:
1st: Gemma Perez
2nd: Lainee Baker
3rd: Nolan Swender
The alternate is: Jace Sekavec
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center:
1st: Yasmin Essa
2nd: Alyssa Gama
3rd: Yahir Munoz-Rios
The alternate is: Jery Feliciano-Formoso
Charles Stones Intermediate Center:
1st: Jayden Montes
2nd: Jorge Fraire Montoya
3rd: Niyati Bhakta
The alternate is: Brandon Le
Kenneth Henderson Middle School:
1st: Liyanna Bencomo
2nd: Easton Bailey
3rd: Melissa Stornetta
The alternate is: Eli Algrim
Holcomb Elementary School:
1st: Miles Brookover
2nd: Spade Taggart
3rd: Arielle Lozano
The alternate is: David Tonche
Holcomb Middle School:
1st: Natalie Reyes
2nd: Brexton Nicodemus
3rd: Isaac Seeman
The alternate is: Ace Novack
St. Dominic School:
1st: Jorlee Stocking
2nd: Caleb Jawdah
3rd: Jayce Navarro
The alternates is: Nhat Truong
St. Mary School:
1st: Aime Ortega
2nd: Cheryll Nei
3rd: Kendal Carswell
The alternates is: Victoria Ortiz-Perez