State Champions:
Shrewsbury High School – Gatekeepers: Steven Hu, Isaac Wolfus, Callan Fitch, John Qiu, Kenneth Nguyen, Dominic Iannelli, and Yara Nabih
Coach: Nick Krefting
Finalists:
Ipswich High School – Tigers: Behnji Dessources, Tyler Sardinas, Maddox Sardinas, Sau-Lok Ma, Alexander Wilt, Reilly Miner, William Gysan, Peter Joss-Green, and Sam Jones
Coach: Jim Evans
State Champions:
Tewksbury Memorial High School – RL TMHS: Peter Impink, Anirudhh Harlalka, Toffy Beyloune, Jonas Jimenez, and Chris Arbogast
Coach: Sanford Arbogast
Finalists:
Shrewsbury High School – SHS CEOs: Alex Anderson, Vincent Lam, Robin Oxley-Luyster and Conner Morin
Coach: Nick Krefting
State Champions:
Swampscott High School – Mashers: Ian Stadtlander, Nayle Qureshi, and Josh Ceballos
Coach: Ana Monteiro
Finalists:
Dartmouth High School – Smash 1: Deron Smoot, Lucas Waite, and Orlando Riley
Coach: Eric Bosworth
Each school is required to have an esports coach who is onsite for all matches. Esports teams are all inclusive and can vary across skill, age and gender. Each student needs the following: one computer/laptop and one set of peripherals (mouse, keyboard, headset). Students can use their own, or schools could provide these. Jerseys are optional. The participation fee for each student is $64/season. Official competition rules and gameplay settings will be sent at a later date.
Date: Saturday, Dec. 10
Location: HELIX eSports at Patriot Place
Registration: 8:00 AM for RL and SSB
1:00 PM for LOL
Game Times: 9:00 AM – RL and SSB, semi-finals
10:45 AM – RL State Final match
12:15 PM – SSB State Final match
1:45 PM – LOL State Final match
The event is open to all teams and players. Please feel free to attend and cheer on all MSAA esports participants!
Watch the live stream here! https://www.youtube.com/c/PlayVS
Click here to visit the official PlayVS website. View season info, titles, league standings, statistics, and past champions; schedule a consultation or sign up to get started.
Season Registration Deadlines
Enrollment opens 3/28/22
Registration deadline for most leagues 9/16/22
Season Schedule
Preseason: 9/5/22
Regular Season: 9/26/22
Playoffs: 11/21/22
Fall Championships: TBA
Weekly Schedule
Tuesdays: League of Legends, Splatoon 2
Wednesdays: Super Smash Bros.Ultimate
Thursdays: Rocket League, Madden, Mario-Kart 8 Deluxe, Hearthstone
*Important: Due to NBA 2K23 having a mid-September game release, it will follow an independent Fall ’22 NBA 2K23 schedule.
Registration Ends 02/10/23, 11:59 PM Local
The MSAA has partnered with PlayVS to bring esports to high schools throughout Massachusetts. Esports, or competive gaming, is the fastest-growing high school sport in the country and, much like traditional sports, requires teamwork, critical thinking, and communication to achieve success. Howerver, esports goes ever further to create a barrier-breaking, all-inclusive environment with a strong sense of community. All games are selected based on their competitiveness and strategy and are rated E for Everyone.
A few key facts on why you should consider MSAA esports:
• 45 participating schools
• 1,243 registered players
• 27 students per school program
• Students who participate feel more connected and motivated, leading to improved attendance, grades, graduation rates, and other positive outcomes.
• Over $15 million in esports scholarships are available.
What is Esports: Link
How does the PlayVS league work: Link
School Onboarding (Setup your schools Esports program): Link
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
2 GHz processor (supporting SSE2 instruction set or higher)
1 GB RAM (2 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and newer)
8 GB available hard disk space
Shader version 2.0 capable video card
Screen resolutions up to 1920×1200
Support for DirectX v9.0c or better
Windows XP (Service Pack 3 ONLY), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
3 GHz processor
2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and higher)
12 GB available hard disk space
Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card (Dedicated GPU with 512MB or higher Video Memory(VRAM))
Support for DirectX v9.0c or better.
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 with the latest service pack installed
The latest update to .NET Framework from Microsoft
State Leagues
Rocket League
League of Legends
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Regional Leagues
Splatoon 2
Madden 22
Mario Kart
Hearthstone
NBA 2K3
State Champions:
Shrewsbury High School – Gatekeepers: Steven Hu, Isaac Wolfus, Callan Fitch, John Qiu, Kenneth Nguyen, and Dominic Iannelli
Coach: Nick Krefting
Finalists:
Newton South – Newton South esports: Russell Lee, Tom Shimoni, David Lee, Isacc Chan, Edward Park, and Alexander Li
Coach: Claus Hinck
State Champions:
Tewksbury Memorial High School – RL TMHS: Peter Impink, Anirudhh Harlalka, Toffy Beyloune, Jonas Jimenez, and Chris Arbogast
Coach: Sanford Arbogast
Finalists:
Shrewsbury High School – SHS CEOs: Alex Anderson, Vincent Lam, Robin Oxley-Luyster and Conner Morin
Coach: Nick Krefting
State Champions:
Swampscott High School – Mashers: Ian Stadtlander, Nayle Qureshi, and Josh Ceballos
Coach: Ana Monteiro
Finalists:
Dartmouth High School – Dartmouth HS Smash 1: Deron Smoot, Orlando Riley, Adam Oliveira, and Lucas Waite
Coach: Eric Bosworth
League of Legends:
State Champion:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalist:
Newton South High School
League of Legends:
State Champion:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalist:
Lowell High School
Rocket League:
State Champion:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalist:
Oliver Ames High School
League of Legends:
State Champion:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalist:
Acton Boxborough High School
Rocket League:
State Champion:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalist:
Andover High School
League of Legends:
State Champion: Natick High School
Finalist: Shrewsbury High School
Rocket League:
Champions: Shrewsbury High School
Finalist: David Prouty High School
League of Legends
State Champions:
Shrewsbury High School “Gatekeepers”
Finalists:
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
Rocket League:
State Champions:
Shrewsbury High School “CEO’s”
Finalists:
Wachusett Regional High School “WachuLeaguers”
League of Legends
State Champions:
Shrewsbury Sr. High School – Gatekeepers
Finalists:
Wachusett Reg. High School- Wachusett Wardens
Rocket League
State Champions: Shrewsbury Sr. High School – CEOs
Finalists: Tewksbury Memorial High School – RL TMHS Techs
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champions:
Northbridge High School – Super Smith Bros.
Finalists:
Minnechaug Regional High School – Falcons
League of Legends
State Champions:
Acton Boxborough RHS
Finalists:
Saint John’s High School – Shrewsbury
Rocket League
State Champions:
David Prouty High School
Finalists:
Tewksbury Memorial High School
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champions:
Northbridge High School
Finalists:
Swampscott High School
League of Legends
State Champions:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalists:
Newton South High School
Rocket League
State Champions:
Tewksbury Memorial High School
Finalists:
Shrewsbury High School
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champions:
Swampscott High School
Finalists:
Dartmouth High School
League of Legends
State Champions:
Shrewsbury High School
Finalists:
Ipswich South High School
Rocket League
State Champions:
Tewksbury Memorial High School
Finalists:
Shrewsbury High School
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champions:
Swampscott High School
Finalists:
Dartmouth High School
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