After 16 rounds of competition, seventh grade Corona-Norco Unified student Victoria Li has won the county spelling bee. This was the second year in a row that she came out on top.
“I feel completely like I’m in bliss,” Li told The Riverside Record. “I could be in heaven right now, because I’m going back to [Washington] D.C.”
Twenty-nine elementary and middle school students from across the region competed March 26 in the 48th Annual Riverside County Spelling Bee in downtown Riverside, all vying for a spot at the Scripps National Spelling Bee held in the nation’s capital this May. After three hours of competition, 12-year-old Li was declared the winner…