BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has crowned a new spelling bee champion.

The Bismarck Tribune (http://bit.ly/2nRs7m4 ) reports that after spelling the word "fibula" correctly 12-year-old Rayne Korsmo was named this year's North Dakota State Spelling Bee champion. This was his third year in the competition.

Korsmo's mom, Debbie Korsmo, has been practicing words with her son for an hour each day since January. Korsmo home-schools her four children.

She says he felt less nervous than previous years and was more prepared.

Korsmo now advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., beginning May 28.

He says his goals at the national spelling bee are to "have fun" and "do the best" he can.

Korsmo, of Grand Forks County, is the younger brother of Ty Korsmo, the 2012 state spelling bee winner.

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Information from: Bismarck Tribune, http://www.bismarcktribune.com