Fort White student spells ‘theca’ to win regional.
Fort White’s Tucker Ayers won the First Coast Spelling Bee on Friday to qualify for the National Spelling Bee in May. (COURTESY)
FORT WHITE — After winning the Columbia County Spelling Bee two times, Tucker Ayers was just beginning to hit his stride.
Ayers’ stride has earned him a national berth.
Ayers, an eighth-grader at Fort W…
