Kingswood Regional High v. Merrimack High

Granite State Challenge - Round One

(DURHAM, February 2, 2022) - Granite State Challenge kicks off a brand new season on Saturday, February 5 at 6 pm on NHPBS. Teams from 16 high schools across New Hampshire will be competing to see who will bring home the Granite State Challenge trophy. This will be the 40th season of Granite State Challenge.

The first game of the season pits Kingswood Regional High School against Merrimack High School. Playing for Kingswood High are Captain and senior Aubrey Overall, senior Juliet Bonnevie, sophomore Tyler Olkkola and senior Braden Viands, The team alternates are sophomore Preston Mills and senior Emma Scott. The team is coached by John Struble. Kingswood Regional High School is located in Wolfeboro and enrolls around 804 students.

Playing for Merrimack High are Captain and junior Jack Pikora, senior Connor Bobbitt, junior Aris Corman-O'Reilly, junior Alli Pikora and alternates junior Rainier Murray and sophomore Kishan Sreenivasan. The team is coached by Sara Campbell and Liz Dumais.

Merrimack High is located in Merrimack, NH in Hillsborough County and enrolls around 1,170 students.

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

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