“I started panicking,” Ike said, adding that last month’s competition was his first spelling bee. “Later on during the competition, I asked twice if it was going to be 4th through 8th ...

Katy won by spelling the word “collage.” She earned a $500 prize. Her championship came after she won the nearly 20-round fourth-grade competition. In the finals, she faced Alexis Camarillo, an eighth ...