Oyster River High Meets Trinity High

Granite State Challenge - Round One

(DURHAM, February 26, 2024) - Oyster River High meets Trinity High on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 7:30 pm on NHPBS.

Playing for Oyster River High are team captain and senior, James Li, junior Annika Clemmons, and seniors Aaron Eisenberg and James Oshima. The team alternates are seniors Tyler Flynn and Christopher Hawley. The coach for the team is English teacher John Monahan. Oyster River High enrolls around 843 students from Durham, Lee, Madbury, and Barrington.

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.

The winner of the game will move on to the quarterfinals where they will meet Souhegan High on Thursday, April 11 at 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 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.