Derek Reeb at 2013 Spelling Bee
The Regional Spelling Bee took place at the IPFW at the Rhinehart Music Center on Saturday, March 9
Derek took the Spelling Bee for Paulding County at Payne Elementary on February 5. He then moved on to Fort Wayne representing the county.
Derek watched many players fall off as the misspellings occurred. The spellers did a great job in the competition.
Derek made it all the way to the 14th round before missing the word ‘unnerve’. There was a point where the pronunciator spoke the word with difficulty as he was asking if it was ‘unnerve or annerve’.
Two other contenders spelled their word incorrectly on this round also, placing Derek in third place..
Kaelyn Bender of St. Mary School in Noble County finished with the win in the 16th Round with the word “legislation”.
Great job Derek Reeb!
