Cullman County 8th grader wins Alabama Spelling Bee

Stephen Briscoe, an eighth-grade student at Hanceville Middle School, is the 2023 winner of the Alabama Spelling Bee . Briscoe, 14, spelled 'schnel...

March 19, 2023
6:08 AM

Stephen Briscoe, an eighth-grade student at Hanceville Middle School, is the 2023 winner of the Alabama Spelling Bee . Briscoe, 14, spelled 'schnell' correctly to win the title, during the finals of the competition on Saturday at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As the state champ, Briscoe will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, set for May 28-June 2 at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Briscoe, the son of Wayne and Alma Briscoe, is the second student from Cullman County to win the state bee since its inception in 1925.

Mary Colurso