Word: minns
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...Vegas, they've got a saying about the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee: Never bet against a home-schooled kid. The bookies were right again this year as SEAN CONLEY, 13, and home-schooled in Shakopee, Minn., until earlier this year, survived 16 furious rounds to become the nation's top youth orthographer. Conley, who finished second in last year's bee, went head-to-head with Kristin Hawkins for five rounds before knocking her off with succedaneum, which means "one who succeeds to the place of another." (Those bee people are an ironic lot.) But there are a million...
...Angeles 47% Rupert, Idaho 35% St. James, Minn. 24% Chicago 26% Dallas 36% New York City 27% Dalton, Ga. 40% Dodge City, Kans...
...After dropping a pair of games at then-No.5 Minn.-Duluth and its 2001 opener against then-No. 4 St. Lawrence, Harvard stood at 8-6-0 overall, and the team's NCAA hopes were looking dim. But then Botterill's play took off. The Crimson reeled off seven victories in a row, including a stretch in which Botterill netted hat tricks against the three traditional women's ice hockey powers-Northeastern, Providence, and New Hampshire...
Harvard drew No. 2 Minn.-Duluth in the national semifinals in Minneapolis. In front of 2,099 fans at Mariucci Arena, the Crimson played the Bulldogs to a 1-1 draw through two periods before Minn.-Duluth exploited a series Crimson defensive zone breakdowns early in third period and held...
...Harvard player who has shown the most improvement through the course of the season. Dunn was integral to the team, whether she was asked to play on the blueline or up front. She assisted on Shewchuk's game-tying, power-play goal in the second period against Minn.-Duluth...