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  "description": "Oscar Quezada will be among 247 elementary and middle school students who qualified. He won the state bee in February by spelling \"arrearage.\" How to watch.",
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  "textContent": "A 5th grade student from Challenge Center Elementary School in Sioux Falls competes this week in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.\n\nOscar Quezada won the 2026 South Dakota State Spelling Bee on Feb. 7 in the 19th round after correctly spelling \"arrearage.\"\n\nFor the second year, South Dakota News Watch and Dakota Wesleyan University sponsored the state competition, which was held at DWU. Financial support for Black Hills area students also came from the Independent Insurance Agents of Rapid City.\n\nPleroma Otang, 11, a 6th grader from Brandon Valley Intermedia School, took second place at the state bee and Ashika Gupta, 13, an 8th grader from Dakota Valley Upper Elementary Middle School placed 3rd.\n\nThe top three finishers in the South Dakota State Spelling Bee, held Feb. 7, 2026, in Mitchell, S.D.: Pleroma Otang (2nd place), Oscar Quezada (1st place) and Ashika Gupta (3rd place). (Photo: Carson Walker/South Dakota News Watch)\n\nOscar is among 247 elementary and middle school students from around the country who qualified to gather in Washington for the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee.\n\n11 middle schoolers to compete in state civics beeThe winners chosen from four regional competitions will meet June 11 at Augustana University.South Dakota News WatchCarson Walker\n\nHere's the broadcast/livestream schedule of onstage competition (all times Eastern and end times approximate):\n\n  * The preliminaries will be streamed on Scripps Sports Network from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26.\n  * The quarterfinals will be streamed on Scripps Sports Network from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27.\n  * The semifinals (live-to-tape) broadcast will air 8-10 p.m. on ION on Wednesday, May 28. (The live semifinals will be streamed on Scripps Sports Network from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. earlier that day.)\n  * The finals will air live in primetime on ION from 8-10 p.m. on Thursday, May 29.\n\n\n\nVisit spellingbee.com/watch and enter your ZIP code for instructions on how to watch the Bee in a specific area.\n\n****Do you value education?**** Please consider partnering with us by helping to cover the sponsorship costs at the link below to ensure the state competition continues.\n\n\n                            Yes, I will support the bee\n                        \n\nShare your thoughts on this story\n\n_**South Dakota News Watch** is an independent nonprofit. Read, donate and subscribe for free at _sdnewswatch.org_.**Contact CEO Carson Walker:** 605-610-9366/__carson.walker@sdnewswatch.org_ _._",
  "title": "Sioux Falls 5th grader competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-25T14:09:51.127Z"
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