Geography Bee Champ

All those hours watching The History Channel and Discovery Channel as a little boy paid off with Cade winning his middle school geography bee. His amazing memory also helped him a bit! Here's a write-up from the school's weekly newsletter:

Geography Bee Results
Please join us as we congratulate our
middle school Geography Bee champion,
Cade Ficek. Competition among
our 7th and 8th grade classes was well
represented. Finalists in the final competition
were: Joska Fischer, Reece Canizares,
Jacob Harwood, Dawson King,
Andrew Meyers, Savana Lindstrom,
Max Menezes, Joey Weilbrenner and
Evander Pindell. Good job, everyone!

Cade never told me his school was doing this geography bee and he didn't tell me when he made the finals. He just mentioned non-nonchalantly that he won and then I was approached by numerous parents and teachers who asked me if we studied together for it and congratulating him. Apparently in Cade's world, if it's not a sports award, it's not that big a deal! He is now on to a state championship in Portland; I wonder if he will tell me when that is?!