Shourav Dasari, an eighth grader at McCullough Junior High in Conroe ISD, was crowned the winner of this year's Houston Public Media Spelling Bee.
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Dasari defeated Raksheet Kota, an eighth grader at Beckendorff Junior High in Katy.
Dasari and Kota competed in nine rounds, knocking out other students from 42 counties across Texas.
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Both Dasari and Kota now move on to an all-expense paid trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
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