Students Advance To Finney County Spelling Bee
Students from Finney County have advanced to the Finney County Spelling Bee that will be held Saturday, February 7th 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 21, 2026.
The spelling bee winners include:
Florence Wilson Elementary School:
1st: Sebastian Naab
2nd: Truett Moore
3rd: Angel Chavez
The alternate is: Monserrat Alaniz
Georgia Matthews Elementary School:
1st: Justin Htwe
2nd: Adriel Jaco
3rd: Melanie Brungardt
The alternate is: Joslyn Graf
Gertrude Walker Elementary School:
1st: Julyza McDowell
2nd: Jayden Vasquez
3rd: Aubrey Hernandez
The alternate is: Sirkanan Jamal
Jennie Barker Elementary School:
1st: Adrian Bussen
2nd: Aidan Cole
3rd: Madyn Boyd
The alternate is: Lexie Kemp
Plymell Elementary School:
1st: Gemma Perez
2nd: Lainee Baker
3rd: Hayes Hemmert
The alternate is: Broderick Schmidt
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center:
1st: Joleigh Rizon
2nd: Quinten Harris
3rd: Obsa Jamal
Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center:
1st: Zandrew Timtiman
2nd: Dmitry Gonzalez
3rd: Marta Ortiz
The alternate is: Geddy Zamarripa
Victor Ornelas Elementary School:
1st: Yetzali Vazquez
2nd: Brennan Obholz
3rd: Lilibeth Castro
The alternate is: Isaac Jeronimo
Kenneth Henderson Middle School:
1st: Nhat Truong
2nd: Aurora Stephenson
3rd: Eli Algrim
Holcomb Elementary School:
1st: Evelyn Castellanos
2nd: Korbyn Becker
3rd: Daelyn Roberts
The alternate is: Jaylee Hill
Holcomb Middle School:
1st: Natalile Reyes
2nd: Jackson Reyes
3rd: Hunter Murphy
The alternate is: Tamera Emuedue
St. Dominic School:
1st: Jayce Navarro
2nd: Caleb Jawdah
3rd: Jaxon Reich
The alternate is: Daniel Gomez
St. Mary School:
1st: Roman Menjivar
2nd: Kendal Carswell
3rd: Emma Kirchoff
