Belle Plaine Middle Schooler Cheyenne Cooper wins countywide Spelling Bee
There were 34 spelling participants at the annual Sumner County Spelling Bee in Wellington.
by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — Cheyenne Cooper, a Belle Plaine Middle School student, was this year’s Sumner County Spelling Bee Champion held at the Wellington Middle School auditorium this morning.
Cooper spelled the word “Electrode†to win the competition over 33 other Sumner County spellers from 17 elementary and middle schools. By the way “electrode†is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit… in case you were wondering.
The winning word lifted Cooper over Logan Pittman from South Haven Middle School.
Cooper will now advance to Hays to participate in the state spelling bee competition sometime this spring.
“No, I didn’t practice a bit,†laughed Cheyenne. “No strategy.”
Mary Meeker was the pronouncer with Carol Hadorn, Stephanie Frazier and Mark Farley as the judges.
The other participants include:
Argonia Middle School – Nosh Phillips, Shelby Handlin.
Belle Plaine Elementary – Angelina Munera, Aiden Stowell.
Belle Plaine Middle School – Tim Bible.
Caldwell Elementary – Shelby Brunhoeber, Dawson Bristor.
Caldwell Middle School – Ezra Berline, Matrix Eames.
 Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood Elementary – Avary Alberg, Cooper Koster.
Conway Springs Middle School – Owen Baldwin, Halley Jones.
St. Joseph Catholic School – Adalin Pauly, Kirsten Whitney.
Oxford Middle School – GraceLynn Benavides, Peyton Rush.
South Haven Elementary – Callie Locke, Jacee Theurer.
South Haven Middle School – Leah Bowlby.
Wellington Christian Elementary – Ava Hawks, Cole Weins.
Eisenhower Elementary – Kate Haines, Carley Hamilton.
Kennedy Elementary – Scarlett Johnson, Diego Gutierrez.
Lincoln Elementary – Anika Fairbanks, Cadence Bird.
Washington Elementary – Frederick Blair, Derrick Lowe.
Wellington Middle School – Rachel Lee, Korbin Jones.
