Granite State Challenge

The Path to the Last Four

Plymouth Regional High Bests Nashua High South

Three-time champion Plymouth Regional High defeated two-time champion Nashua High South in the third Quarterfinal game. They now move on to the semifinal round where they will meet the winner of the next quarterfinal game between Hopkinton High and Laconia Hig airing on Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

Quarterfinal Schedule - Thursdays at 7:30 pm on NHPBS

4/4 Merrimack High vs. The Academy for Science and Design
4/11 Souhegan High vs. Trinity High
4/18 Plymouth Regional High vs. Nashua High South
4/25 Hopkinton High vs. Laconia High

Semifinal Schedule - Thursdays at 7:30 pm on NHPBS

5/2 Merrimack High vs. Trinity High
5/9 Plymouth Regional Hig vs. TBD

GSC Championship - Thursday, May 19 at 7:30 pm on NHPBS

Test Your GSC Smarts!

See how much you know about Shakespeare in this week's GSC Online Quiz.

The Road to Granite State Challenge - Round One

On Saturday, November 18, 2023, 32 public, charter, and private high school teams from across New Hampshire gathered at Plymouth High School to take a 100-question qualifying test (test with answers). Up to six students per school took the test as a team. The 14 teams with the highest scores qualified to play on Granite State Challenge. Four additional teams were chosen at random from the pool of teams that hadn't played on Granite State Challenge in the past two years. These four teams met at NHPBS on December 16, 2023, and played in two non-televised wildcard games, the winners of those two games, Belmont High and Newfound Regional High moved on to fill out the roster of 16 teams playing in the 2024 season of Granite State Challenge.

2024 Granite State Challenge Teams (and the towns and cities they serve)

Academy For Science And Design - Nashua (Public Charter School)
Belmont High School - Belmont and Canterbury
ConVal Regional High School - Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple
Dover High School - Dover, Barrington, and Nottingham.
Hopkinton High School - Hopkinton
Inter-Lakes High School - Meredith, Center Harbor, and Sandwich
Laconia High School - Laconia
Manchester Central High - Manchester
Merrimack High School - Merrimack
Nashua High South - Nashua
Newfound Regional High School - Bristol, Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Groton, Hebron, Hill, and New Hampton
Oyster River High School – Durham, Lee, and Madbury
Plymouth Regional High School - Ashland, Holderness, Campton, Rumney, Wentworth, Warren, Ellsworth, Waterville Valley and Thornton
Salem High School - Salem
Souhegan High - Amherst and Mont Vernon
Trinity High School - Manchester (Private Catholic School)

2024 Granite State Challenge Bracket and Schedule

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