The 30 team fleet of schools for the 30th annual Indiana Academic Senior Spell Bowl state finals is set. Regional competition for Mishawaka area high schools took place this past Monday night, November 3 at John Glenn High School.
Penn’s Kingsmen qualified with the state’s top score of 89 out of a possible 90.
Other teams from the area headed to Purdue University-West Lafayette on Saturday, November 15, include Goshen, New Prairie and John Glenn.
Here are the final scores for the John Glenn Regional:
1.) Penn 89
2.) New Prairie 82
3.) John Glenn 81
4.) Indiana Connections Academy 47
5.) Plymouth 44
6.) Bremen 42
7.) Mishawaka 39
Perfect spellers for Penn were: Michelle Tapp, Athreya Sundaram, Muqsit Buchh, Kanika Arora, Presto George, Max Kirsch, Faihaan Arif, Chris Yun and Disha Waghray.
Congratulations and good luck at state finals!
Avery Irving 
Jiyoon Moon 
Nevaeh Derkis