(South Dakota News Watch) – The student representing South Dakota in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington made it to the second round of this week’s competition.
Oscar Quezada, who attends Challenge Center Elementary School in Sioux Falls, correctly spelled “taoiseach” in the first round but stumbled in the second, vocabulary round on “protean.”
The national bee finals will air live from 7-9 p.m. Central time on Thursday, May 28, on ION…