Qualifies for state Geography Bee

Two Sanders County studnets have qualified to compete in the state Geography Bee.

Theo Nygaard, an eighth-grader at Thompson Falls Junior High, at Nathan Hutfles, a seventh-grader from Noxon, will compete in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee State Competition.

The state GeoBee will be March 27 at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman.

State champions will recieve a medal, $1,000 in cash, additional prizes and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Championship May 18-21.

The National Champion will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, $1,000 in cash, a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and an expedition to the Galápagos Islands.