Souhegan Faces Trinity High

(DURHAM, April 8, 2024) - Souhegan High meets Trinity High in the second Granite State Challenge quarterfinal game on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

Playing for Souhegan High is the team captain and junior Kasen Fox joined by juniors Caleb Brower, Morgan Hallett, and Emma Crisman along with team alternates freshman Maya Gascoyne, sophomore Sami Hogan, and freshman Aaron Coleman. The coach for the team is social studies teacher Nicholas Drinkwater. Souhegan High is located in Amherst and enrolls around 750 students from Amherst and Mont Vernon. Souhegan defeated Dover High on their road to the quarterfinals.

Playing for Trinity High are the team captain and senior Hayden Becker, senior Matt Salafia, and juniors Desmond Lee and Tyler Welch. The team alternates are senior Rob Mokua and sophomore Long Nguyen. The coaches are social studies teacher Andrew Lavoie and math teacher Louis Sievers. Trinity High is a parochial school located in Manchester and enrolls around 300 students from Manchester, Bedford, Goffstown, Hooksett, and surrounding towns. Trinity beat Oyster River High in the opening round of Granite State Challenge.

The winner of the game will move on to the semifinals where they will meet defending champ Merrimack High on Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

The next quarterfinal game pitting Plymouth Regional High against Nashua South airs on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 pm.

Hosted by Bow High School teacher and former Granite State Challenge coach (Bedford High), contestant (Belmont High), and Granite State Challenge crew member, Jon Cannon, Granite State Challenge features some of New Hampshire's brightest high school students as they demonstrate remarkable teamwork, quick thinking, and smarts to beat the clock and buzz in first on this iconic New Hampshire game show. The game emphasizes quick recall of math, science, social studies, language arts, and fine arts facts - along with questions about current events, entertainment, sports, and New Hampshire.

You can follow your favorite team, test your knowledge with GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE online quizzes, and more at the GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE web page, or try your hands at daily brainteasers on the GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE Facebook page.

GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE is funded by lead sponsor Unitil with additional funding from NEA New Hampshire, Safety Insurance, D.F. Richard Energy, and HRCU.

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