I watched it, too - and they did say at the end that he was home-schooled, but all the way through the bee, they always said his sponsor’s name, which was the Contra Costa Times newspaper.
The other kids were announced with their schools’ names.
He was funny in his after-bee interview, very taciturn. Didn’t really want to say much. He evidently had said earlier that he didn’t like the Bee very much - and the interviewer asked if winning had changed his mind.
LOL, he wouldn’t say! Said he preferred math and music - that spelling is just memorization - and I noted his disdain at that word.
Yeah, he did say he knew the word serrefine the minute the pronouncer said it.
I bet the kid didn’t even know who Stuart Scott was, let alone why the dork was asking him if his “likeability” of the Bee had gone up.
His response was great: Do you mean I should like the Bee more now?
If my child was going to the Bee he would be sponsored by Wellington Day School.
Google earth would identify it as the upper corner bedroom of our house.
I felt sorry for the runner-up, the Canadian kid. Seemed like a very likeable boy. However, I’m glad our American home-schooler won.