Sterling Patton, a sixth-grader at Langley Middle School, took first place in the school’s Geography Bee.

Patton was one of three finalists alongside seventh-graders Sam Martin and Alex Branson.

The school-wide competition began in individual classrooms and was a part of the National Geographic Society’s National Geography Bee.

Each of the classroom winners moved on to the school-wide competition.

Sixth-graders Luc Gandarias and Danish Martinez, Sterling Patton and Jacob Sotto progressed out of their classrooms. Seventh-graders Sam Martin, Alex Branson and Julian Hagglund were the finalists for their classrooms. Eighth-graders  Carli Newman, Miriam Dandridge, Amara Fulton and Brent DeWolf progressed from theirs.