SOCORRO -- For the second straight year, Alice Zheng, a sixth grader at Cottonwood, won the Socorro County spelling bee at the Socorro Courthouse.
Zheng won the competition by spelling “accomplice” correctly.
“It was more difficult last year,” Zheng said, “because there were more words.”
Zheng will represent Socorro in the state spelling bee in Albuquerque on March 10. Zheng said she made it through the third round last year at the state competition.
Finishing second was Sean Moore, a sixth grader at Saracino Middle School and third was Anjik Ghosh, an eighth grader at the Charter School.
Moore and Ghosh battled it out for second place and Moore prevailed when he spelled “altitude” and “evaluate” correctly. Ghosh missed on “eavesdropper.”
Zheng was the only speller of four to spell correctly in the final round as she was right on “larynx.” In that round, Moore missed on “indelible”, Barak Stephens missed on “financier” and Ghosh missed “supplement.”
In all, there were 19 rounds and moderator Chuck Zimmerly gave out 243 words to 35 different contestants from across the county.
The Socorro Electric Cooperative sponsored the spelling bee. Each of the contestants received a medal of participation. The winner received a $200 savings bond, the runnerup received a $100 savings bond and third place finisher received $75. Near the end of the competition, Zimmerly probably summed it up best when he said: “We’ve got some dynamite spellers. Let’s keep it going.”
Photo: Alice Zheng (right) won the Socorro County spelling bee last week. Sean Moore (middle) was second and Anjik Ghosh was third.
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