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7th-grader at St. Patrick's goes nearly 50 rounds to win spelling bee

Nicholas Wilson, a seventh-grader at St. Patrick School in St. Charles, reacts to winning the 2016 Kane County Spelling Bee Wednesday at the Kane County Regional Office of Education in Geneva. Dundee Middle School sixth-grader Parin Keerthi came in second place and Wredling Middle School seventh-grader Janina Mangulabnan came in third place. (Sandy Bressner)

Nicholas Wilson, a seventh-grader at St. Patrick School in St. Charles, reacts to winning the 2016 Kane County Spelling Bee Wednesday at the Kane County Regional Office of Education in Geneva. Dundee Middle School sixth-grader Parin Keerthi came in second place and Wredling Middle School seventh-grader Janina Mangulabnan came in third place. (Sandy Bressner)

Dundee Middle School sixth-grader Parin Keerthi spells a word as Janina Mangulabnan, a seventh-grader at Wredling Middle School in St. Charles, and Nicholas Wilson, a seventh-grader at St. Patrick School in St. Charles, look on during the 2016 Kane County Spelling Bee Thursday at the Kane County Regional Office of Education in Geneva. Wilson won the competition, with Keerthi and Mangulabnan taking second and third, respectively. (Sandy Bressner)

Anna Jerdee, an eighth-grader at Immanuel Lutheran in Batavia, spells a word during the 2016 Kane County Spelling Bee Wednesday at the Kane County Regional Office of Education in Geneva. (Sandy Bressner)