Portsmouth High Takes on the Tilton School in the Second Quarterfinal Game

Durham, NH (April 7, 2025) - Portsmouth High meets the Tilton School in the second Granite State Challenge quarterfinal game on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 8:30 p.m. on New Hampshire PBS.

Playing for Portsmouth High is team captain and twelfth grader Nolan Peters along with twelfth grader Jack Hoium and eleventh graders Iliya Ramadanovic and Aadit Noble. Team alternates are twelfth grader Charlie Anderson and eleventh grader Anthony Smith.

Despite the fact that the team couldn’t get the science team’s buzzer system to practice with, captain Nolan Ryan seemed confident about the Clipper’s chances.  “We're feeling pretty good, we've been doing a little bit of studying and we're in the right headspace.”

The team is coached by reading and writing specialist Hannah Dul. Portsmouth High enrolls around 1,087 students and serves the towns of Portsmouth, Rye, Greenland, Newington and Newcastle.

Each team has their own way of preparing for the match. “I have a bunch of old cards and old questions from Granite State Challenge,” said coach Hannah Dul. “Some of them go back to the 80s. I've inherited a lot of stuff, so I just read those in our weekly training.”

Playing for the Tilton School is team captain and twelfth grader Lex Condodemetraky along with twelfth grader Sebastian DeVeaux and eleventh graders Niko Condodemetraky and Jamie Scott. Team alternates are eleventh grader Turner Bottomley and tenth grader Nathaniel Colon.

“We're just really, really excited, we got in some practice, and we're going to have a good time,” said Tilton's team captain Lex.

The team is coached by Spanish teacher Keelan Mackenzie and social media and content specialist Lauren Robinson. The Tilton School is a private boarding school that enrolls around 220 students.

“I feel like they've put in a lot of work for the past few months and I think they're ready to take it all the way to the end,” said Tilton’s team coach Lauren Robinson.

The winner of the match will move on to the semifinals where they will meet the team from Trinity High in a game airing on Thursday, May 1 at 8:30 p.m. on NHPBS.

ConVal Regional High  School meets defending champions Merrimack High on the next game of GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE airing on Thursday, April 17 at 8:30 p.m. on NHPBS. You can also stream it on the PBS App, the NHPBS YouTube channel, or online at nhpbs.org/gsc.

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