Beaver Local seventh grader Maureen Bone celebrates correctly spelling “octonocular” to win the 2025 Columbiana County Spelling Bee Saturday at Salem High School. (Photo by Jimmy Joe Savage)

Top finishers at the 2025 Columbiana County Spelling Bee Saturday, from left, Beaver Local seventh grader Maureen Bone, champion; East Liverpool fifth-grader Joseph Duke, first runner-up; and United eighth grader Lucy Raymond, second runner-up. (Photo by Jimmy Joe Savage)

Participants in the 2025 Columbiana County Spelling Bee await the start of the tournament Saturday at Salem High School. (Photo by Jimmy Joe Savage)

Brandon Armstrong, East Liverpool

Trevor Bails, Salem

Colin Baker, United

Xavon Barr, Leetonia

Sophia Bender, St. Paul School

Macie Brant, Leetonia

Sylus Bryan, Southern Local

Ethan Cole, Salem

McKaylynn Cox, Salem

Brock Davis, Wellsville

Natalie Devine, Salem

Eliana Forbes, Southern Local

Cal Harper, Salem

Seth Jackson, Leetonia

Joey Kindsvatter, East Liverpool

Giana Lanave, Beaver Local

John Leyman, Lisbon

Isabella Lucas, Beaver Local

Owen Mahoney, East Palestine

Ruby Marshall, United

Ryker Mattern, Beaver Local

Piper Montgomery, Columbiana

Priya Moser, Lisbon

Evangeline Prah, Beaver Local

Benjamin Rawson, Wellsville

Lucy Raymond, United

Noah Rigby, Salem

Jozee Rummell, East Liverpool

Vicki Salmons, East Liverpool

Teagan Triplett, Lisbon

Kingsley Wang, Columbiana

Henry Ward, East Palestine

Aila Winner, Columbiana

Skyler Yhelka, Leetonia

ESC Superintendent Marie Williams

Bee coordinator and pronouncer Lisa Mistovich