Granite State Challenge
The 2008-2009 Hollis/Brookline Granite State Challenge team won the annual tournament, defeating the private Phillips Exeter Academy. It was the second time in school history that the Hollis/Brookline team competed in the Granite State Challenge final (known as the Superchallenge), losing to Phillips Exeter in the 1985 final.
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