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Pictured from left are Siona Kshirsagar and Aadhay Krishna. Krishna won the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee Thursday and Kshirsagar finished second. Krishna is invited to participate in the State Spelling Bee in Omaha.
Twenty-nine spellers and nearly as many rounds were needed for Cheyenne County schools to decide the two best spellers Thursday.
West Elementary School again played host for the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee. Contestants represented Potter-Dix, Leyton, Sidney Middle School and West and North Elementary Schools. After 26 rounds of spelling, the top academic was decided.
Words varied from the simple to the abstract and complicated. Some of the words were complicated because the phonetics, the sound of the words, were misleading the spelling. For example, is the correct spelling con, conn, cahn or kahn? The decision effectively decided first place. The final word sounded simple, but sounds and spellings don't always match. However, he is an experienced speller, having competed last year as well.
This year's winner, Aadhav Krishna of West Elementary, rose one position from 2018. Last year he took second place to Meghana Nakkati of Sidney Middle School. Krishna took first place with Sidney Middle School seventh grader Siona Kshirsagar coming in second.
The winning word this year was mole. It is not the spot on your arm, or the animal that digs in the field. It is a dark sauce known in Mexican dishes that can vary from sweet to spicy.
Krishna will be representing Cheyenne County at the Nebraska State Spelling in Omaha. Event organizers are expecting nearly 80 students to compete in the Omaha World-Herald Midwest Spelling Bee. The Midwest Spelling Bee is expected to be held in March. No date has been announced yet.
The students earn the right to compete in the Omaha World-Herald Midwest Spelling Bee by winning their county or district bees. The winner of the Omaha World-Herald Midwest Spelling Bee receives an all-expenses-paid trip to compete against champion spellers nationwide in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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