"PORTLAND, ME - MARCH 24: Champions from 14 Maine counties competed in the 2018 Maine State Spelling Bee n Saturday at University of Southern Maine for the chance to represent the state at the Scripp's National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Colin Aponte, sixth from left, won the comtest by successfully spelling ""crescendo."" From left: Taylor Pelletier, Gage Taylor, Marilyn Worcester, William White, Moriah Reusch, Colin Aponte, Kaitlyn Bartash, Thomas Brearley, Nathanael (cq) Brown, Isaac Wyer, Samuel Scala, Jack Steere, Max Sanborn, Fatima Herrera Vargas. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer)"
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