Masters of letters

Twenty-four third to sixth graders started off the evening Tuesday writing spelling words being spoken to them. After five rounds of ten words apiece, the 10 best spellers were selected to head into the verbal portion of the evening. Slowly the 10 were pared down by the up to 8th grade level words. The competition heated up as Haley Grubb, Aspen Sewell and Fischer Williams took turns at the microphone. Eventually only Sewell and Williams remained and those two correctly spelled word after word for quite a few rounds.

Eventually Williams emerged as the winner and the three finalists were presen...