In the inaugural running of the Illinois High School Association’s eSports State Tournament, a pair from Andrew High School became the first state champions in the Smash Bros. Duo Team event.
Andrew coach Adam Weis said he got a kick out of seeing players interact with each other in person, as many of them know each other only through their screen names.“We’re pretty new to the competing thing, so it was awesome to see all of the players coming together,” he said. “We’ve been super excited that the IHSA decided to pick it up. It’s becoming bigger and it’s going to grow huge. More people are talking about it. More people in the community are participating in it.
The eSports activity is the 10th offered by the IHSA, joining bass fishing, chess, debate, drama-group interpretation, speech, journalism, music, and scholastic bowl. “Not unlike when the IHSA added bass fishing, some may question how eSports fits into the IHSA’s offerings, but we never wavered in our belief that we want to align the association with the interests of our high school students,” IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson said when this was announced last August.
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