Johnson Co 8th grader wins Wyoming spelling bee

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Mar 15, 2010 at 2:37 PM MST

Story Updated: Mar 15, 2010 at 2:37 PM MST

LARAMIE, WYOMING - A 13-year-old eighth grader from Clear Creek Middle School in Johnson County will represent Wyoming at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., later this year.

Taylor Ballek last weekend in Laramie beat out 44 spellers from 16 counties by making no mistakes in the 100-word written preliminary round and making no mistakes in 21 rounds of oral competition.

To reach the state bee, spellers had to first compete in county spelling bees. Ballek will compete against the top spellers from across the country in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in June.

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