Erlin Bell listens to a question in the Geography Bee. He finished second.
Finalists who competed in the MMS Geography Bee Jan. 16 in the middle school auditorium, first row from left: Sienna Hendricks, runner-up Erlin Bell, champion Nathan Oswald, Elise Kehoe and Austin Kurt. Second row: Juan Moncada, Erik Wallerich, Kyle Cox, Carson Rickels and River Smith.
Eighth-grader Nathan Oswald won the Monticello Middle School Geography Bee Jan. 16. (Photos by Pete Temple)