Lone Oak Middle student wins district spelling bee, headed to state bee | News

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Lone Oak Middle School student Zach Althouse is the 2013 district spelling bee champion.

The McCracken County Public Schools district spelling bee was held on Feb. 19 and featured representatives from the district's elementary and middle schools. Althouse took top honors as champion and Heath Elementary School student Camryn Mason-Merriweather was named runner-up.

As champion, Althouse will represent McCracken County Public Schools at the Kentucky Derby Festival Spelling Bee, held in Louisville as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival.

School representatives included: Barton Christmas, Aiden Wilson (Heath Middle School); Seth Campbell, Zach Althouse (Lone Oak Middle School); Austin Brindley, Jeremy Fairhurst (Reidland Middle School); Jason Qiu, Lucas Bohannon (Concord Elementary School); Natalie Lang, Camryn Mason (Heath Elementary School); Ella McBee, Connor Wells (Hendron-Lone Oak Elementary School); Mitchell Evans, Ava Chuppe (Lone Oak Elementary School); Kelsey Roach, Cory Newberry (Farley Elementary School); Mallory Davis, Max Thompson (Reidland Elementary School).

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