With one of the top six scores in the state, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School will compete for the Academic Spell Bowl State Championship Nov. 10 at 2:45 p.m. at Purdue University, West Lafayette.
TVMS first qualified for a position in the Regional Spell Bowl by winning the Running Rivers Conference tournament for the sixth year in a row Oct. 15. Advancing to the Regional Qualification tournament Tuesday, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School Spell Bowl Team was one of more than 192 junior high and middle school teams, including 2,200 sixth-eighth grade students to compete for one of the top six scores in the state to be invited to the state finals.
Pictured (L to R) are, bottom row: Hayley Lewis, Mackenzie Oldham, Lauren Sponseller, Hannah Jansma, Gabrielle Olson; top row: Morgan Olivarez, Coach Susanne Siebrase, LauraAnn Davis, Shayleigh Shriver, Billy Gillman, Victoria Biddle and Sierra Mast. Not Pictured are Jacob Wagner and Brett Wood
