Pippin wins County Spelling Bee; over twenty students face off in Saco

A total of 23 Students between five Phillips County Schools attended the 2021 Phillips County Spelling Bee, and it was the word television that ultimately won the competition.

The event, which featured a COVID-19 compliant atmosphere set in the Saco Public School Gymnasium was won by Saco eighth-grader Carter Pippin. Whitewater fifth-grader, Rory Green was the event's runner up. Third place went to Saco's Laynee Simpson.

"I had no approach at all," Pippin told the PCN after his win. "I just went there with an empty mind essentially."

The event ended with a little suspense, as Pippin misspelled...