Eighth grader spells her way to Yavapai County title
Makayla Boyd, an eighth grader at Bradshaw Mountain Middle School, steps up to the microphone at the 72nd annual Yavapai County Spelling Bee on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Prescott. Boyd won the spelling bee, and will now face 26 other students from across the state in March at the Arizona Spelling Bee. (Jason Wheeler/Courier)