The student from Upper St. Clair won the Spelling Bee for the third time

Ranna Parchuri attends Fort Couch Middle School and is the first three-time champion since 1999. Ranna is first to win three times in the Western Pa. Spelling Bee for the first time in a decade. She is first three winner since 1999 and first three since 1999 in the state.

Upper St. Clair student wins third Western Pa. Spelling Bee. He will now head to Washington, D.C. for Scripps National Spelling Competition. The winner will now travel to Washington for the national competition in Washington, DC. It is the third time he has won the competition in the state.