Windsor student earns second straight trip to Scripps National Spelling Bee
12-year-old Isaac Brogan has been studying hard in hopes of claiming another Spelling Bee title.
Another win for Windsor’s Isaac Brogan as the 12-year-old spelling star takes home the regional title for a second year in a row.
Brogan beat dozens of other kids from across Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent on Sunday and has punched his ticket to the big show for the second year in a row.
He'll be one of only a handful of Canadians to head to Washington D.C. at the end of May to compete in the televised Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Brogan made it to the semi-finals last year, which was further than any other Canuck.
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