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A Twin Peaks Middle School eighth grader won the 2024 San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee and Friday he is preparing to represent the county at the National Spelling Bee.

Twin Peaks Middle School eighth grader Benjamin Evans won the 2024 San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee and is preparing to represent the county at the National Spelling Bee.

Evans beat fellow Poway Unified School District student Mihir Konkapaka, an eighth grader from Mesa Verde Middle School and two-time champion of the county bee.A total of 84 spellers began the competition at the Jackie Robinson YMCA on Thursday, with Evans and Konkapaka the only two remaining in the 12th round.

In May 2023, he was eliminated in the fourth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He misspelled chessel, a cheese vat, spelling it chestle.

 

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