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Mentor Spelling Champ Moving On To Tri-County Bee
Vishnu Nistala won the Lake County bee by spelling intractable
Vishnu Nistala wasn't losing Thursday.
He was runner-up in last year's Lake County spelling bee .
The eighth grader from studied hard and .
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Then, he beat the champions from 15 other school districts Thursday to lock up a spot in the Tri-County Bee March 8.
He did it in six rounds, sealing the win by spelling "intractable."
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"I’m kind of used to it since I was here last year," Vishnu told The News-Herald after the competition.
At the Tri-County Bee, he will face the winners from Geauga and Ashtabula. The winner will travel to Washington D.C. to compete in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee later this year.
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