"If I practiced basketball as much as I practice spelling, then yeah, I could play basketball in college or high school."
-- Bruhat Soma
Bruhat Soma, a rising eighth grader at Turner/Bartels K-8 School in New Tampa, took first place in the century-old Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday in Washington, D.C., after a rare spell off.
Bruhat, 12, smiled broadly when his name was announced, showered with confetti and handed a multicolored trophy.
“I’m really excited,” he said before his family joined him onstage. “It’s been my goal ... and I’ve been working really hard. Now I can’t describe it, I’m still shaking.”
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