N.D. victim of plane crash remembered MADDOCK, N.D. (AP) -- A North Dakota native who was killed in a plane crash in Texas was known during his school years as a geography genius. John Rice of Maddock, who was homeschooled, won the North Dakota geography bee from 2000-2002 and did we... Written By: Sun Staff | 7:34 am, Apr. 21, 2011 MADDOCK, N.D. (AP) -- A North Dakota native who was killed in a plane crash in Texas was known during his school years as a geography genius. John Rice of Maddock, who was homeschooled, won the North Dakota geography bee from 2000-2002 and did well in the national competition. In 2003, he and teenagers from Tennessee and North Carolina won the National Geographic World Championship. Rice also achieved national honors in FFA.