The top three finishers in Saturday’s 92nd annual 21-WFMJ Regional Spelling Bee at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown were, from left, Brieanna Call, a West Branch Middle School seventh-grader, second ...

YOUNGSTOWN — After being the top finisher in a longtime, well-established regional competition, Daniela Lucia Pappalardo might have felt compelled to celebrate by singing a tonada or two.