After 10 rounds, fourth-grader Willa Stuart took the top prize at the Haines School Spelling Bee Friday, correctly spelling “concussion” to qualify for the state bee in Anchorage.
Six spellers started the bee. With two gone by the second round, the top four spellers – Stuart, Logan Borcik, Mackenzy Dryden and Anica Tipkemper – battled for four more rounds until Tipkemper went out on the word “opinionated.”
In the same round, Borcik had to spell…
