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The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

| January 27, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Post and Courier. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: ANDY PARAS

Kerry DiGiacomo spelled the word "trilogy" correctly and earned herself a sequel.

DiGiacomo, a sixth-grader at Edisto Beach Elementary School, will compete at the annual "SpellBound!" competition at Charleston Southern University for the second year in a row.

She won this year's Colleton County School District "spell-off" after a suspenseful back-and-forth volley with runner-up Sarah Smoak, an eighth-grader at Colleton Middle School.

DiGiacomo and Smoak each spelled several words correctly in the final rounds until Smoak, also a former district winner, slipped on the word, "cosmetic."

DiGiacomo spelled that word…

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