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Kingswood Regional Meets Merrimack On ‘Granite State Challenge’

Merrimack faces off against Wolfeboro's high school in the first program of the new 2022 season, which airs Saturday on NH PBS.

The first game of the season airs at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6 between Kingswood Regional High School of Wolfeboro and Merrimack High School.
The first game of the season airs at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6 between Kingswood Regional High School of Wolfeboro and Merrimack High School. (NH PBS)

DURHAM, NH — It’s “Granite State Challenge” time again.

Sixteen high schools will be challenging each other for the 2022 season. This is the 40th season of the academic quiz show on the New Hampshire Public Broadcasting Service.

The Kingswood Regional High School vs. Merrimack High School match airs at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

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Playing for Kingswood are captain and senior Aubrey Overall, senior Juliet Bonnevie, sophomore Tyler Olkkola, and senior Braden Viands. The team’s alternates are sophomore Preston Mills and senior Emma Scott. The team is coached by John Struble.

Kingswood Regional High School has around 804 students.

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Playing for Merrimack 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 School has around 1,170 students.

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