>>LAUREN VERNO: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. SO THE FIRST COAST SPELLING BEE IS LESS THAN 2
WEEKS AWAY. YOU KNOW, HERE AT
NEWS, 4 JAX, WE GET SERIOUS
ABOUT THE BE. YEAH. 40 LOCAL
SPELLING BEE WINNERS WILL
BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE ULTIMATE
TITLE. AND TODAY WE’RE
CHOOSING THEIR SPELLING ORDER.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU’RE
WALKING, KATE GOT THE KEY IN
THERE IN THE LOCK. TAKE IT ON
OUT OF YOU GOT REALLY SECURE.
ALL ACTS. HERE WE GO.
SPELLING. THAT’S OKAY. WANT TO
FIRST. ALL RIGHT. NO PEAKING.
YOU GOT A MIX OF THAT. I JUST
PERSONALLY GO FIRST. IT IS.
CALEB HILIARD. ALL RIGHT.
LET’S FIND CALEB. SO CALEB
WILL REPRESENT NASSAU COUNTY.
HE IS A 5TH GRADER AT HILLIARD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MOOSE,
ONE HIM HIS LAST COMPETITION.
LIKE IT SO AND THEN ANIMAL.
AND DON’T MAKE NEXT. NEXT,
NEXT, NUMBER 2, THAT’S THAT’S
A HARD ONE BEING THE FIRST
ONE. YEAH. THAT STUFF. SO GOOD
LUCK ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 2, WE
HAVE ALEXANDER MYRNA HAND.
OKAY. 6 GRADER AT BRADFORD
MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE WON WITH THE
WORD. KIMCHI. OH, THAT’S A
GOOD ONE. IT’S ALL RIGHT. AND
THE NUMBER 3 POSITION IT’S
GOING TO BE ADDISON WEB.
ALRIGHT, ADDISON ADDISON IS
REPRESENTING SWANEE COUNTY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND THIS 8TH
GRADER AT WESTWOOD CHRISTIAN,
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. ONE
WITH THE WORD PADRE. FATHER IN
SPANISH. ATTENDANCE OVER THE
LAKE. SHOULDN’T BE SAYING MIX
THEM UP. THERE WE GO. GOING IN
THE MIDDLE HAVE KIM CINDY CAL
WRITES IN THE CINDY IS
REPRESENTING COLUMBIA COUNTY,
AN 8TH GRADER AT LAKE CITY
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> HER WINNING WORD WAS.
>> EARLY BIRD FUN ONE RIGHT
YOUR NEXT. SO WHAT ARE WE THIS
IS FOR?
>> WE HAVE TO PART OF THIS IS
REALLY MATTERS. WE JUST GOT TO
GET IT DOES BECAUSE THIS IS
THE WATER. SO RIGHT FIND NEXT
IS SAMUEL EVANS. OKAY? OH,
SORRY WAS MY JOB.
>> SAMUEL EVANS, GUY’S OF THE
SUN OUT. BUT A BORDER WE SEE.
OKAY. SO HE’S AN 8TH GRADER AT
LAKE BUTLER MIDDLE. HE IS
REPRESENTING UNION COUNTY AND
HE WON HIS LAST MATCH UP WITH
THE WORD RICHTER SCALE, WHICH,
OF COURSE, IS A MEASURE.
>> ON THE FIRST TEST ON NEW,
WELL, JUST ADDING SOME
INFORMATION HERE JUST BECAUSE
YOU DIDN’T HAD NO RIGHT.
SPENCER ADELSTEIN JUNIOR,
CONGRATULATIONS. YOUR NUMBER
6. IT LOOKS LIKE 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, NUMBER SAY ALRIGHT,
REPRESENTING FLAGLER COUNTY,
7TH GRADER AT BUDDY TAYLOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL. HIS WINNING
WORD.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WAS RICHTER
SCALE AS WELL? OH, OKAY. THERE
YOU GO. DIFFERENT SCHOOL. SO
THEY HAVE THE SAME EUROPE. ALL
RIGHT. WE’LL GO RIGHT THERE
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE PILE.
CAITLIN WILSON. ALL RIGHT.
CAITLIN WILSON, WHERE IS SHE?
I GOT PUTNAM COUNTY
CONTESTANT, THE 6TH GRADER AT
ROBERT H JENKINS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. ONE WITH THE WORD
MISCONCEPTION. I LIKE IT GOOD
WITH MY TIME. OKAY. SO. NEXT
UP, VAN RG THAN GEORGE G BAND.
GEORGE EVENT IS A 5TH GRADER
IN ALACHUA COUNTY ATTENDS
HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> ONE THE COUNTRY, THE COUNTY
BEE WITH THE WORD LIKE CHURNED
BUTTER, OR A FANCY DANCE ALL
RIGHT. YOUR TURN. GO. THE
BRUCE. THE TURN. NEXT UP WOULD
BE RENO, REDDISH.
>>LAUREN VERNO: OKAY. REDIRECT
A YOU YOU’RE FROM CLAY COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS. A 7TH GRADER
AT KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL AND TRIVIA WAS HER
WINNING WORD? ALRIGHT,
>> A C IN ANTICIPATION GROWS.
>> AT AIR, THE 3RD AND 8TH
GRADER IN MADISON COUNTY
CENTRAL.
>> IT OUT AND THE PANHANDLE,
HIS WINNING WORD WAS COMPLY.
>> ALRIGHT, NUMBER 11,
SOMETHING MY WIFE NEVER THING.
HIS CASE ON THAT IS NEXT UP IN
THE SPELLING BEE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ALL RIGHT. SO
EARNEST IS REPRESENTING DUVAL
COUNTY. CONGRATULATIONS. A 7TH
GRADER AT SPRINGFIELD. MIDDLE
WON THE COUNTY BE WITH THE
WORD. LOVE IT THAT’S A GOOD
ONE. AS IN DON’T PLAY TICKET
ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO HELP ME
WITH THIS ONE DEEP
>> HAR HAR AND ALL RIGHT.
THANKS TO HER A 6 GRADER AT
VALLEY RIDGE ACADEMY IN SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY TRUCKEE WAS HER
WINNING HEARD. THESE ARE
INTERESTING. OKAY. OKAY. THANK
ONLY GET 2 MORE.
>> KALEN MURPHY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: KAYLYN MURPHY
OR SHE IS. SHE’S A 6TH GRADER
AT HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY
AND SHE WON HER COUNTY WITH
THE WORK MOTLEY AS AND MOTLEY
CRUE LIKE BAD. ALL RIGHT. LAST
BUT NOT LEAST LAST PELEAR IS
DALLAS NORMAN. ALRIGHT, DALLAS
IS A 7TH GRADER AT BAKER
COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIS
WINNING WORD WAS SPATULA. HE
IS THE ONLY RETURNING OUT THIS
YEAR.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE ALL THE WINNERS OF
2022. 0ST COAST SPELLING BEE
WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON
FRIDAY, APRIL FIRST AND IT’S
NO APRIL FOOL’S THE ONE AND
ONLY TAKES HOME THE KNOW THEY
ALSO GET A CHANCE TO COMPETE
IN THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE IN DC. WE WISH
ALL OF THESE KIDDO’S GOOD
LUCK. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE
POWERFUL AND YOU’RE WORKING
HARD PRACTICING AND YOU’RE
GOING TO GREAT NO MATTER WHAT.
BUT CHRISTINA, WE’RE GOING TO
PUT THE ORDER ON NEWSFOURJAX
RIGHT? RANDY, TOO. YEAH, I’M
JOSH. JOSH, PUT IT UP THERE.
SO ALL THOSE SPELLERS, YOU
KNOW WHAT? P L A C E YOU ARE
GOING TO BE E E I N.
>> NOW THERE’S ONLY ONE GOOD
COME YOU’RE NOT IN THE BAY. I
JUST DID THAT FOR SPELLING
HE’S A VERY NICE. ALL RIGHT.
THE AC THE U.S..
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