Dover High Meets Trinity High

Granite State Challenge - Round One

(DURHAM, March 21, 2023) - Dover High meets Trinity High in the final game in the first round of Granite State Challenge on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

Dover High is represented by senior and captain Ben Sears along with juniors Maddie Bachrach, Ethan Proto, and Travis Benincasa. The team alternates are senior Babi Subedi and junior Leviathan Stewart. The team is coached by Tim Elliot Dover High enrolls around 1,500 students from Dover, Barrington, and Nottingham.

Playing for Trinity High are captain and senior Katie Scali along with senior Liam Hodge, and juniors Hayden Becker and Matt Salafia. The team alternates are sophomores Desmond Lee and Tyler Welch. The team is coached by Louis Sievers. Trinity High School is located in Manchester and enrolls around 330 students.

The winner of the game will move on to the quarterfinals where they will face Oyster River High on Thursday, April 20 @ 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

The first quarterfinal game between Merrimack and Souhegan High airs on Thursday, March 30 @ 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

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 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 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, The New Hampshire Lottery, D.F. Richard Energy, Cognia, and HRCU.