Yesterday, pupils in 6th, 7th and 8th grades, competed in the Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School (OLA) a qualifying roune spelling bee competition. “The bee was for the top five of grades 6, 7 and 8.  The 2 top finalists will represent us at the County Bee,” said a school representative.

These OLA spellers competed.

Shown above are: Front Row – Hillary Zink, Meghan Braas, Gabby Kraft, Samantha Murphy and Madison Haas; Second Row – Faith Nikolaus, Kayla Rivera, Kristin Schauren, Guen Baker and Aj Smith – Third Row – Jillian Kemmerly,  George Reich, Shane O’Leary, Mitchell Eck and Brian McFarland. (PHOTO SOURCE: Our Lady of the Angels School)

At the end of the spirited competition, spellers, Jillian Kemmerly, Shane O’Leary and George Reich emerged as the top spellers; these three will advance to the next phase of the countywide event sponsored by the Intelligencer Journal Spelling Bee on February 2o.

Our Lady of the Angels Spelling Bee top spellers will advance.

Winners: Left to Right: 3^rd place – Jillian Kemmerly  (8^th); 1^st place – Shane O’Leary (7^th) and 2^nd place – George Reich (8^th) – (PHOTO SOURCE: Our Lady of the Angels School.)