Ellie Meysenburg (left) won the Nance County Spelling Bee on Wednesday at Fullerton High School. P.J. Sabata was the runner-up for the second year in a row. NCJ photo by Rick Holtz-
Participating from left in the back row: Renee Reimers, Kaycee Harter, PJ Sabata, and Reagan Syslo. Front row: Layla Paige, Ellie Meysenburg, and Zoey Malander.
FULLERTON — Ellie Meysenburg outlasted six of her classmates to win the Nance County Spelling Bee last week.
Meysenburg, a seventh grader, was excited to win.
“I was feeling pretty confident,” she said, though she admitted that she did not expect to win.
She said that she studied for the competition with a few her of classmates.
All seven girls — Meysenburg, Kaycee Harter, Zoey Malander, Layla Page, R…