Tejas Raman News Today

The Boulder Valley Regional Spelling Bee was held at Platt Middle School on March 16 with 51 contestants from Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Niwot

Niwot Elementary fifth grader Cooper Edwards discovered a talent for spelling last year, but wasn't quite prepared for the high-pressure experience of spelling in front of a big audience at the regional bee.

Longmont's Tejas Raman could definitely be a leading candidate for the Scripps National Spelling Bee's Rookie of the Year, if that award existed.