It's a New Season of Granite State Challenge!
Let the Games Begin
Let the Games Begin!
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
GO, TEAM, GO
GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE
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Watch Online
SuperChallenge: Merrimack Vs Plymouth
Plymouth Regional High and Merrimack High meet for the third time in the final.
GSC Fun Facts:
- Granite State Challenge premiered on January 30, 1984
- 21 NH high schools have taken home the GSC Championship Trophy
- Londonderry High School took the first championship title.
- Merrimack High School took the 2023 title.
- Over 6,500 students have participated in GSC.
- Over 135, 000 questions have been asked on GSC.
Semi Finals: Plymouth VS Hopkinton
Plymouth and Hopkinton High meet in the second Granite State Challenge Semifinal game.
Semi Finals: Merrimack VS Trinity
Merrimack High meets Trinity High in the first Semifinal game.
QF: Hopkinton Vs Laconia
Hopkinton High and 1990 and 1995 champion Laconia High battle it out in the final Quarterfinal game.
QF: Plymouth Vs Nashua South
Plymouth Regional High meets Nashua High South in the third game of the quarterfinals.
QF: Souhegan Vs Trinity
Souhegan High meets Trinity High the second game of the quarterfinals.
QF: Merrimack Vs Academy Science & Design
It's the first game of the quarterfinals!
Inter-Lakes Vs Laconia
The final Round One game pairs up Belknap County neighbors, Inter-Lakes High and Laconia.
Hopkinton Vs Salem
Hopkinton High and Salem High battle it out in game seven of the first round.
Conval Vs Nashua South
ConVal High and Nashua High South meet up in game six of the first round.
Newfound Vs Plymouth
Newfound Regional High and Plymouth Regional High go head-to-head in game five of the firs
Academy Science & Design Vs Manchester Central
ASD takes on Manchester Central.
Oyster River Vs Trinity
Oyster River High takes on Trinity High in the fourth Round One game.
Souhegan Vs Dover
Dover High faces off against Souhegan High in the third Round One game.
Belmont Vs Merrimack
Belmont High will face 2023 champion, Merrimack High.
Granite State Challenge Season 42
New Hampshire's brightest high school kids square off in a high-stakes quiz showdown.
Wildcard Game 1 - Belmont vs. Concord
Belmont High meets Concord High in the first wildcard qualifying game.
Wildcard Game 2 - Lin-Wood vs. Newfound
Lin-Wood High faces Newfound Regional High in the second wildcard qualifying game.
SuperChallenge: Merrimack V. Plymouth
Bobcats vs. Tomahawks in this final matchup of the season.
Plymouth V. Trinity
Plymouth Regional High School takes on Trinity High School.
Hopkinton V. Merrimack
The semifinal round opens with Hopkinton taking on Merrimack.
Oyster River V. Trinity
Oyster River takes on Trinity in this quarter final match.
Bow V. Plymouth
Bow High School takes on Plymouth Regional High School.
St. Thomas Aquinas V. Hopkinton
Hopkinton and St. Thomas Aquinas face off in a fast-paced round two competition.
Merrimack V. Souhegan
Merrimack High School takes on Souhegan High school.
Dover High V. Trinity High
Dover High School takes on Trinity High School in the final match up of round one.
Oyster River High V. Winnacunnet High
Oyster River High School takes on Winnacunnet High School.
Bow High V. Mascoma Valley Regional High
Mascoma Valley Regional High School takes on Bow High School in this round one match.
Plymouth Regional High V. Salem High
Plymouth Regional High meets Salem High in this round one match.
Hopkinton High V. Portsmouth High
Hopkinton High meets defending champion Portsmouth High.
Fall Mountain Regional High V. St. Thomas Aquinas
Fall Mountain Regional High meets St. Thomas Aquinas High in game three.
Nashua High South V. Souhegan High
Nashua High School South takes on Souhegan High School in this first round match.
Merrimack High V. John Stark Regional High
John Stark Regional High meets Merrimack High in the first game of the 41st season.
Wildcard Game 1 - John Stark vs. Newfound
John Stark takes on Newfound in this Wildcard Preseason matchup.
Wildcard Game 2 - Profile vs. Salem
Profile takes on Salem in this Wildcard Preseason matchup.
SuperChallenge - Merrimack Vs Portsmouth
Who will win it all?
Londonderry Vs Portsmouth
Londonderry High School takes on Portsmouth High School.
Nashua South Vs Merrimack
Merrimack High School takes on Nashua High School South.
Londonderry Vs Manchester Central
Londonderry takes on Manchester Central in this quarterfinal matchup.
Conval Vs Portsmouth
ConVal High School takes on Portsmouth High School in this quarterfinal matchup.
Merrimack Vs Plymouth
Merrimack High School takes on Plymouth Regional High School in this quarterfinal matchup.
Nashua South Vs Fall Mountain
The first match in the quarterfinals in the 40th season of Granite State Challenge.
Londonderry Vs Winnacunnet
The eighth game of the season and final game in the first round.
Manchester Central Vs Salem
The seventh game of the season pits Manchester Central High against Salem High.
Conval Vs Hopkinton
The Conval Cougars take on the Hopkinton Hawks!
Mascoma Vs Portsmouth
Mascoma takes on Portsmouth.
Fall Mountain Vs Littleton
The Crusaders of Littleton High take on the Fall Mountain Wildcats.
Bow High Vs Nashua South
The Purple Panthers of Nashua High South take on the Falcons of Bow High.
Academy For Science & Design Vs Plymouth
The Academy for Science and Design take on Plymouth Regional High School.