WICHITA — Tyler Nolte, a student at Nemaha Central/Elementary School, won the Sunflower State Spelling Bee Saturday. Nolte is in eighth grade.
Nolte’s winning words were gadzookery and drumlin.
The competition was at Newman University in Wichita and involved spellers from across the state and lasted 13 rounds.
Representing Allen County was Bradley Cooper, a fifth-grader at Iola Elementary School.
Cooper bowed out in the third round at the state bee.
