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Eva Ashcraft and Jeff Avila, both from Dalton Middle School, wait their turns to spell words during the 2019 Times Free Press Regional Spelling Bee Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center.
Eva Ashcraft and Jeff Avila, both from Dalton Middle School, wait their turns to spell words during the 2019 Times Free Press Regional Spelling Bee Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center. Eva Ashcraft and Jeff Avila, both from Dalton Middle School, wait their turns to spell words during the 2019 Times Free Press Regional Spelling Bee Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center.

By Staff Report 1 min read

Among the winners of Saturday’s 2019 Regional Spelling Bee at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s University Center were McCallie School student Conner Parks, first place; Heritage Middle School student John Courtney, second place; and Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences Anirudhha Harsha, third place. As champion, Parks will move on to represent the Chattanooga area at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.