Sanger student wins Fresno County Scripps Spell Off, makes it to national competition

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Spell Off took spot Tuesday morning. Three competitions took spot astatine the Clovis Veterans Memorial District connected Tuesday, but lone 4 finalists made it to the qualifying round.

"Those 4 competitors, they volition vie for the Scripps National Bee," said Amy Alvarado with the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools.

The 4 finalists that made it to the apical are representing schools from Clovis Unified, Kingsburg Elementary Charter, and Sanger Unified.

Qualifying is nary casual task.

"89 students from astir 30 antithetic schoolhouse districts crossed the county, and truthful those students person each competed astatine their section sites," said Lisa Swertfager with Fresno County Superintendent of Schools.

On Tuesday morning, the simple students faced off, and 2 students precocious to the Scripps qualifying contention with the winning word: Chihuahua.

It was past clip for inferior precocious students to compete, and champions successful Fresno County person a estimation for doing good connected the large stage.

"Several years ago, we did person an existent nationalist bee winner, truthful we bash person that past and, successful our county, truthful we are hoping to spot that repeated this year," added Alvarado.

"We are going to nonstop 1 speller to Washington, D.C., and similar you called it, you said it was the Super Bowl of spelling; the Scripps National Spelling Bee is simply a large deal," explained Swertfager.

That contention wrapped up with the winner, Aarav Mann from Washington Academic Middle School successful Sanger, who won by spelling the connection neuropathy.

He volition vie successful the Scripps National Spelling Bee successful May.

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