Buford Elementary fourth grader Bryce Bridges, drafted into the county spelling bee when his school’s winner got sick, won the championship Thursday and beamed at his good fortune. “Rupture” was the word that’s taking Bryce to the regional spelling bee in Charlotte on Feb. 19. Bryce, his school’s alternate, found out Monday that he would be competing in the bee in place of the school’s winner, who was sick. “I was nervous,” he said after the victory.