The Reporter: Vacaville sixth-grader wins Solano County spelling bee, adds to list of accomplishments

By Richard Bammer/ RBammer@TheReporter.com

It was not enough to win the Cooper Elementary Geography Bee in January. Not enough to win the Grace B. Powell Citywide Spelling Bee in February, for the second time in as many years. So perhaps it was inexorable, i-n-e-x-o-r-a-b-l-e, something fated, that Alex Topp of Vacaville on Wednesday would end up hoisting the first-place trophy at the end of the Solano County Elementary School Spelling Bee Championship.

But after more than 50 rounds of words, going toe-to-toe with Stephanie Teding of Nelda Mundy Elementary for about half of them, it was unclear if Topp would walk away with bragging rights at the annual spell-off at the Joseph A. Nelson Community Center in Suisun City.

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