The 45th Riverside County Spelling Bee was held Thursday, March 23, at the Moreno Valley Conference and Recreation Center with, from left to right, third place finisher Profess Adhikari, a sixth grade student from River Springs Charter School; first place finisher Avijeet Randhawa, a seventh grade student from Auburndale Intermediate School in the Corona-Norco Unified School District; second place speller Victoria Michael-Taiwo, a fourth grade student from Tuscany Hills Elementary School in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, and fourth place competitor Ryan Scott, a seventh grade student from Eric Stanley Gardner Middle School in the Temecula Valley Unified School District. Valley News/Courtesy photo
MORENO VALLEY – When Avijeet Randhawa correctly spelled the word “forbs” in the 25th round of the 45th Riverside County Spelling Bee Thursday, March 23, at the Moreno Valley Conference and Recreation Center, he ensured that the title of Riverside County Spelling Bee Champion would remain in the Randhawa family for the seventh year in a row.Following in the footsteps of his older sisters, Lara as the 2021 and 2022 champion, and Aisha as the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 champion, Avijeet will now represent Riverside County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland from May 28, to June 2, 2023.A total of 27 Riverside County students competed in the event by spelling words ranging from “scrivener” and “gypsophila,” to “kookaburra” and “limpa” over nearly three
