Four Area Spellers Head to the Multi-Regional State Spelling Bee on February 21, at Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls, Minn.

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Resource Training & Solutions hosted the Central Minnesota Regional Spelling Bee in Sartell, Minnesota, on Tuesday, February 7th, 2023. Forty-three students from across Resources’ service region (Region 7) participated for a chance to compete in the Multi-Regional State Spelling Bee at Lakes Country Service Cooperative in  Fergus Falls. Students in grades 5-8 were divided into two groups competing in either a morning or afternoon session. The top two spellers from each session advanced to the Multi-Regional Bee on February 21, 2023.

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The morning session had twenty-two spellers from eleven area school districts. Marissa Frank, an 8th grader from Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools, took first place in the 11th round. After a competitive spell off, Evan Meyer, a 6th grader from Melrose Area Public School came in 2nd place in the 22nd round.
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It took eleven rounds to determine first and second place in our afternoon session of the spelling bee. Callie Niemela, an 8th grader from Dassel-Cokato School District took first place and Blake O'Brien, a 7th grader from Big Lake Schools, took second. Twenty-one spellers from thirteen area school districts competed in the afternoon session of the bee.  

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The top four spellers from Tuesday's competition now move on to the Multi-Regional Bee. The winner will represent Minnesota at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Memorial Day week.

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Views photos from the a.m. and the p.m. spelling bees.

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