A North Hall Middle School student, Abby Helton, is the winner of this year’s Hall County School District (HCSD) Spelling Bee.
Runners-up were Benjamin Kuhn, 2nd place, a student at Spout Springs Elementary School, and Matthew Murphy, 3rd place, a Cherokee Bluff Middle School student.
Helton and Kuhn advance to region competition which will be held in February. Murphy advances as an alternate.
The county competition was held Thursday.