Penn Spell Bowl Team seeks 17th State Championship

Penn High School’s Spell Bowl Team will seek its 17th state championship on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, when the Kingsmen compete in the Indiana Academic Spell Bowl, sponsored by the Indiana Association of School Principals. The State Championship is held at Purdue University.

Penn earned a berth to the State Finals by placing first in the Class 1 Area Competition at Plymouth with a score of 76 on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.

Ouymayma Al-Shammery, Maggie Finessey, and David Wang earned perfect scores for Penn.

Celine Wang, Karen Wang, and Manaal Arif had near-perfect scores for Penn.

“I'm so proud of this team and all of the hard work they've put in so far this year,” Penn Spell Bowl coach Kate O’Brien said. “We have quite a few new spellers to the team, and they've done such an amazing job working hard and spelling well! I'm very excited to see what our team is capable of for state!”