Pleasant Hill 7th grader Antonia Antov won the Cass County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 16. Antonia qualifies to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., later this spring.

Runner-up was 6th grader Vivian Howard from the Midway School District.

Other participants were Eli Gray, 8th grader, Belton School District, Brooklyn Meloy, 8th grader, Ray-Pec East Middle School and Conner Peeples, 8th grader, Harrisonville School District.