Dover High Faces Plymouth Regional High

Granite State Challenge - Round One

(DURHAM, March 3, 2020) –Tune in to NHPBS Saturday, March 7 at 6:00 pm as the Dover High Green Wave take on the last season's champion, the Bobcats of Plymouth Regional High, in round-one of Granite State Challenge.

The Dover High Green Wave are represented by Captain Ryan Gregorakas, Will Hicking, Jacob Favolise, Christian Cullimar, and alternate Lauren Stephens. The team is coached by Eric Salmonsen and Timothy Elliott. Dover High is located in Strafford County and serves students in Dover, Barrington, and Nottingham. It has an enrollment of around 1,312 students.

Playing for the Plymouth Regional High School Bobcats are Captain Rhys Harris, Michael Cathy, Mason Earick, Rhianna Herlihy, and alternates Ben Kresge and Erek Bickford. The team is coached by Jay Fogerty. Plymouth Regional High enrolls around 634 students and serves Plymouth, Ashland, Holderness, Campton, Rumney, Wentworth, Warren, Ellsworth, Waterville Valley, and Thornton

The winner of the match will face either Manchester Central or Hanover in the quarterfinals.

Granite State Challenge is funded by lead sponsor Unitil; with additional funding from NEA New Hampshire, Safety Insurance, New Hampshire Lottery, Heinemann Publishing, Cognia, HRCU , and Manchester Community College.

Granite State Challenge features New Hampshire's top high school academic quiz teams 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 own knowledge with GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE online quizzes, and more at the GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE web page or try your hand at daily brainteasers on the GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE Facebook page.