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Middle school crowns spelling bee champion
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Neighbors | Grace Wyler .FInalists in Austintown Middle School's annual spelling bee wait for the last round of the competition to begin. From left, Marina Pavlichich, seventh grade, and Maia Totterdale, sixth grade.
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Neighbors | Grace Wyler .Roger Day, the sixth-grade principal, hands out awards to Austintown Middle School's grade level spelling bee champions. From left, sixth-grade champion Maia Totterdale, grand champion and seventh-grade winner Marina Pavlichich, and eighth-grade champion Raven Lester.
Classroom spelling bee champions at Austintown Middle School faced off in the schoolwide competition on Jan. 21. Forty-two students competed in the annual spelling tournament.
Seventh-grader Marina Pavlichich was named grand champion after beating out the competition in just five rounds. Pavilichich was also the seventh-grade champion. Maia Totterdale, the sixth-grade champion, was recognized as the runnerup in the competition.
Raven Lester, who finished in the fourth round, was named the eighth-grade champion.
Roger Day, the sixth-grade principal, awarded the champions at the end of the competition. The students will receive their tropies at the honors assemblies, which take place in June.