Hills-Beaver Creek fifth- and sixth-graders Leah Hup, Tyler Kruid, Tyler Hanson, Tanya Ackerman and Cody Penning wait for Elementary Administrator Jil Vaughn to ask the next question during the Geography Bee on Tuesday. Brady Leuthold, Eric Kooistra, Ethan Rozeboom, Brad Hood and Andrew Scholten also competed. The 10 students scoring the highest on a preliminary test competed in the event. Questions covered a variety of topics, including cities, states, continents, world geography, culturally-important places and issues and physical geography. The winner, Eric Kooistra, will compete in a written test for national competition. Ethan Rozeboom is the alternate.
Photo by Jolene Farley