Ellette Whitcomb of Missoula County, left, Mason Stonehocker of Yellowstone County, center, and Jairo Tumonong of Roosevelt County, right, receive their prizes for winning first, second and third place at the 57th annual Treasure State Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 12, 2022
The top 60 spellers from 44 Montana counties traveled to compete in the state bee, which was held in Bozeman for the first time this year. They worked their way through school and county bees, winning in a potential field of over 48,000 contestants.