CARL RUSSO/Staff photo. The Third Annual Area Catholic Schools Spelling Bee was held last week at Sacred Heart School in Bradford. The top speller from each grade of each catholic school in the area competed against each other. First place winners received a blue ribbon and second place winners a red ribbon. Clockwise from bottom left: First graders who competed against each other. Chase Akstin of St. Joseph School in Haverhill captured 4th. place; Sophia Sierpina of Sacred Hearts School in Bradford captured 5th. place; Ashrita Gandhari of St. Michael's School in North Andover captured first place; Zachary DeRoche of St. Monica School in Methuen captured second place and Jane Lonergan of St. Augustine School in Andover captured third place. 2/3/2014.

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