Nashua North Wins Granite State Challenge Match Against Oyster River

DURHAM, NH — Nashua North High School defeated Oyster River High School, 355 to 120, on the latest episode of Granite State Challenge.

The match featured teams from Nashua and Durham, with Nashua North taking an early lead and maintaining it through all four rounds.

Captain Colin Scribner, a 12th grader, led the Nashua Titans. His teammates were seniors Ryan Mamos, Daniel Morcos, and Ethan Hobbs, with alternates Marie Nalen, an 11th grader, and 12th grader Benjamin Kelly. The team was coached by social studies teacher Timothy Bosch. Nashua North High School enrolls about 1,650 students from Nashua.

For Oyster River, 12th grader Benjamin Boodey served as captain. The roster also included 11th grader Lydia Bens and 12th graders Griffin Oakes-Libow and Rayan Barakat. Alternates were 9th grader Peter Fenton and 12th graders Carson Imperio and Felix Scarlat. English teacher John Monahan coached the Bobcats. According to the release, Oyster River High School serves Durham, Lee, and Madbury and enrolls 840 students.

Nashua North answered seven of the game’s first 10 questions and led 175 to 40 at the end of the opening round.

“They were very fast on the Nashua's North side,” Monahan said. “We just didn't have the chance to answer the questions.”

Bosch said his team also worked on strategy by studying earlier episodes.

“We've done lots of, lots of watching past games,” he said. “The team has done that on their own over time, and they're aware of some of the intricacies of how things have happened.”

The next two rounds were closer. In Three Strikes and You’re Out, Nashua North answered three of 10 questions correctly, while Oyster River answered two. In the 60-second round, Oyster River got six of 10 right and Nashua North answered five of 10 correctly.

“I felt like we didn’t leave anything on the table there,” Boodey said.

Scribner said the Nashua North team improved after last season’s appearance.

“I'm very, very happy with our performance,” he said. “Last year we went on the show for the first time in our wild card round, and it didn't turn out the way we liked.”

He also said, “We've actually all been in school together since elementary school, growing up together— and we're all seniors as well. To be able to do this with them is just incredible.”

New Hampshire PBS said the next game of Granite State Challenge will air at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2 on NHPBS.