Gena Kittner:

Waunakee’s Parker Dietry will get his chance to spell on national television Thursday as one of 41 spellers who advanced Wednesday to the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Parker correctly spelled “fennec” in Round 2 and “dossier” in Round 3. The points he earned for spelling those words correctly combined with his score on Tuesday’s written test propelled him to the next round.
“It’s going to be really cool to be on ESPN,” Dietry said Wednesday from the competition in Washington, D.C.