GENOA – Hunter Busse, an eighth-grade student at Genoa-Kingston Middle School, is one of 100 semifinalists selected to compete in the 2013 Illinois National Geographic Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek.

Hunter is the son of Jerry and Ami Busse.

Students in fourth through eighth grade across the state competed in school-level geography bees. Winners from each school then took a qualifying test. The students who achieve the top 100 scores in each state, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and Department of Defense Dependents schools are invited to compete at the state level.