(KMZA)--The Nemaha County Spelling Bee was held Saturday at the Nemaha County Courthouse.

St. Peter and Paul 7th grader Ryan Uphaus captured 1st place by correctly spelling the word “diagnosis.”

Nemaha Central Elementary/Middle School 7th grader Alyssa Frye took 2nd place while Miles Wimberly, an 8th grader at Centralia, took 3rd.

Uphaus will now compete at the state level on March 9 at Newman University in Wichita.  The winner at the state level will go on to compete at the National Scripps Spelling Bee this spring in Washington D.C.     

The Nemaha County Spelling Bee was sponsored by the Alpha Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Society International, a society of key women educators.