After a tough war of words, North Hall Middle School eighth-grader William Usrey was named this year’s winner of Tuesday’s systemwide Hall County spelling bee after correctly spelling the words “prairie” and “safari.” Usrey admitted that although he studied very little before the spelling bee at Blackshear Place Baptist Church in Flowery Branch, he would probably study more before the next competition, February’s District 3 spelling bee in Suwanee. “I didn’t really study.