Bellefontaine Middle School seventh-grader Sloan Stolly, right, won the Logan County Spelling Bee Tuesday night, hosted for the first time at the Holland Theatre. Fellow BMS seventh-grader Caden Yoder is the runner-up winner. To conclude the spelling bee, he competed in a head-to-head spelling duel with Bellefontaine Intermediate fifth-grader Eva Wilson to break a previous tie for the runner-up spot. Judges said this tie for runner-up occurred for the first time in the county spelling bee’s history. (EXAMINER PHOTO | MANDY LOEHR)
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