Siblings Go Down To Wire For Spelling Bee Title

The defending champion in the North Dakota state spelling bee won his fifth straight county bee, but not without some spirited competition from his sister.

 

 

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - The defending champion in the North Dakota state spelling bee won his fifth straight county bee, but not without some spirited competition from his sister.

Thirteen-year-old Ty Korsmo and his 11-year-old sister, Siri, of Northwood, were the only competitors left after the fourth round in last weekend's Grand Forks County bee.

Then "brother and sister duked it out for eight more rounds," says their mother, Debbie Korsmo.

After Siri tripped up on the word "guffaw," Ty took the title by spelling "polemic."

Both of the competitors will advance to the state bee.

(KFGO News file photo)

 

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