Thursday, January 21, 2021
Berryville Middle School student Molly Staats, a sixth-grader, won first place in the annual Carroll County Spelling Bee on Thursday at the Berryville Performing Arts Center, correctly spelling the word plague to earn the medal and a trip to the 2021 Arkansas State Spelling Bee scheduled for Saturday, March 13, at the Vines Center in Little Rock.
Robert Cox / Carroll County News
Winning back-to-back titles is never easy, no matter the event.
Berryville sixth-grader Gregory Fausett learned that the hard way during the annual Carroll County Spelling Bee on Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Berryville Performing Arts Center.
I learned my lesson this year, said Fausett, who found himself a little tongue-tied in the final round before finishing ahead of Amy Wallace in a spell-off for second place.