Plymouth Bobcats Claw Their Way to Victory Again Manchester Central Little Green

(DURHAM, April 14, 2018) — Can you name the flirtatious, and slightly scandalous, animated flapper who first appeared in the animated short "Dizzy Dishes" in 1930? The answer — Betty Boop — would have won you 20 points on this week's Granite State Challenge, which saw Plymouth Area Regional High School take on Manchester Central High School. In the end the Bobcats defeated the Little Green by a final score of 590 to 370.

The Plymouth Bobcats were represented by captain Richard Lyons, Rhys Harris, Konner Bird, and Martin Runquist, and alternates Lydia Mardin, and Clayton Titus. They were coached by Jay Fogarty and Troy Harris.

The Manchester Little Green were represented by captain Tamsin Weissberg, Connor Hamel, Karishma Manchand and Declan Knieriem, and alternates Monericka Semeran, and Maxwell Nakos. They were coached by Lorraine Meyette.

In a place as small as New Hampshire, it was perhaps inevitable that friends would face off against each other on the state's only televised scholastic quiz show. Manchester Central teammates Connor Hamel and Declan Knieriem spent this past summer studying in the prestigious St. Paul's Summer Program with Plymouth High School captain Richard Lyons.

Plymouth now advances to the semifinals of Granite State Challenge where they will meet the winner of next week's match between defending champion Nashua South and Exeter High School.

Hosted by Jim Jeannotte, the popular quiz contest began the season with Granite State Challenge Super Sunday at Manchester Community College. 46 New Hampshire high school teams took a qualifying test to secure one of only 16 spots on Granite State Challenge. 

At the conclusion of the season, this year’s Granite State Challenge champion will move on to compete in the first-ever High School Quiz Show Invitational at WGBH in Boston against the winners of Maine Public’s High School Quiz Show: Maine . The winner of that game will face the winner of the semifinal game between Massachusetts and Rhode Island in a battle to decide the High School Quiz Show Invitational champion.

New Hampshire's top high school academic teams demonstrate remarkable teamwork, quick thinking and smarts as they play Granite State Challenge. 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.

Watch Granite State Challenge Saturdays at 6 PM on New Hampshire PBS, with multiple airdates on NHPBS and NHPBS EXPLORE. You can view the latest games, try your hand at online GSC Quizzes and track the progress of your favorite team at nhpbs.org/gsc.

Granite State Challenge is generously funded by lead sponsor Unitil; additional funding is provided by NEA-New Hampshire, Heinemann Publishing, New Hampshire Lottery, D.F. Richard Energy, HRCU Measured Progress, the NHHEAF Network Organizations, and Super Sunday Sponsor Manchester Community College.

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