GALLERY: 2025 Columbiana County Spelling Bee
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
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
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The Columbiana County Spelling Bee championship plaque returned to Beaver Local Saturday after seventh grader Maureen Bone correctly spelled "octonocular" to become this year's county champion.