Faizan Zaki, 13, celebrates winning last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. Photo: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Five Louisiana students compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee today, including 13-year-old Langston Jones, a 7th-grader at Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans. (Meet the spellers)
Preliminary and quarterfinal rounds will air today and tomorrow on Scripps Sports Network.
ESPN senior writer and analyst Mina Kimes will host the semifinals and finals tomorrow and Thursday on Ion.
Flashback:Zaila Avant-garde from Harvey won the contest in 2021, making history as the first Black student to take home the prize.
Fun fact: The most common "how do you spell" Google search in Louisiana so far this year is Pennsylvania. Our frequent misspelling is Pensivlevanya.
