Sixth-grader Jules Hoit prevailed as champion, correctly spelling “warlock” for the win. Eighth-grader Korbin Foden and sixth-grader Jaivianna Ross finished second and third, respectively. All received a trophy.

The three will participate in the Columbiana County Spelling Bee to be held Saturday, March 7 at the Beaver Local Schools Auditorium. Thirty students participated in the Wellsville competition.

Hoit and Korbin were named respective grade-levels winners. Zander Manning was the grade-level winner for the fifth grade. There was no grade level winner for seventh grade as those students were all eliminated in the same round.

In the first round, 21 of the 30 contestants were eliminated and six more were eliminated in the second round, leaving the top three students to compete in three more rounds to determine the champion.

Korbin Foden, eighth-grade, Wellsville Local Schools second place (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

Judges for the spelling bee were teachers Tracy Kosek, seventh and eighth grade; and Anne Cartwright, sixth grade; and retired principal Lisa Ferguson.

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Jules Hoit, , sixth-grade, Wellsville Local Schools, champion (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

Wellsville Local Schools Spelling Bee contestants, front, from left, Brantley Mercer, JC Lowe, Zander Manning, Ben Rawson, Cylis Brown, Treyton Green, Marcus Blare, Scotty Kopras, Korbin Foden, Jules Hoit, Jaivianna Ross, Jules Reese, Koleigh Foden, Natalie Wilkinson; second row, from left, Townley Temple, Wyatt Putnam, Delaina Duck, Brody Potter, Corbin McDowell, Bryant Farnsworth, Emma Reese, Bryson Mathess, Ryan Burkhammer, Porter Rini, Max Hudson, Serenity Carter, Willa Greathouse, McKenzie Blare, Nariah Thrasher and Nick Lawson. View the full gallery at reviewonline.com (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

Spelling bee champion Jules Hoit, sixth grade; second-place finisher Korbin Foden, eighth grade; and third place finisher, Jaivianna Ross, sixth grade; , with their trophies. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

The top three students in the Wellsville Local Schools Spelling bee, Korbin Foden, eighth-grade; Jules Hoit, sixth-grade and Jaivianna Ross, sixth-grade battle it out for first place. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

The nine students who made it through to the second round of the spelling bee prepare to begin the next round of spelling. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)

Students Nick Lawson, eighth-grade; Serenity Carter, seventh-grade; McKenzie Blare, fifth-grade; and Scotty Kopras, seventh-grade wait to take their turn in the Wellsville Local Schools Spelling Bee. (Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt)