Sophia Brandenburg is spelling bee champ
PRINCETON – Princeton Christian Academy’s Sophia Brandenburg snagged the county’s spelling bee championship title on Wednesday, making it her second consecutive win in the annual Bureau County Spelling Bee.
Brandenburg, an eighth-grader, defeated 22 fellow contestants within four rounds of the bee, which was held at the Bureau County Metro Center in Princeton.
The runner-up was Conner Whitten, an eighth-grader from Cherry Grade School.
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