20 of Franklin County’s top spellers faced off Friday to compete for the chance to go to the regional spelling bee in Tallahassee

20 of Franklin County’s top spellers faced off Friday to compete for the chance to go to the regional spelling bee in Tallahassee and they had to spell their way through some doozies like “haberdashery”, “corrugated”, “penitent” and “emaciated”.

The students ranged from 4^th through 8^th grades and represented both the Franklin County School and the Apalachicola Bay Charter School.

This year’s top speller is a 8^th grader from the ABC school named River Sheridan, he won by correctly spelling the words “amethyst”.

2^nd place went to an ABC school 7^th grader named Nathaniel Bollinger.

Third place went to a 4^th grader from the ABC School named Bailey Allen. (full disclosure - she's my daughter and we are VERY proud of her.)

All twenty of the contestants received a certificate for competing in the county-wide spelling bee.

River Sheridan will compete in the Tallahassee Democrat Big Bend Regional Spelling Bee on February the 16th for a chance to go to the national spelling bee in Washington DC. 

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