First Round of CHSAA’s Esports’ Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament Has Been Completed
AURORA – The first round of the Colorado High School Activities Association’s esports postseason tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was completed today, seeing 32 teams advance to the second round.
The first round saw each of the top 16 seeds survived their matchups, making it a round with very few upsets. Six teams did manage to advance past higher seeds though, with No. 48 seed Cherry Creek being the lowest-seeded team to advance to the second round. Meanwhile, Fossil Ridge, Rangeview and Rocky Mountain improved their chances of capturing a state title, as they were the only schools to have multiple teams secure a spot in the second round.
The tournament is a single-elimination bracket with second-round games being played on Wednesday. The 16 winners on Wednesday will advance to the in-person final at Localhost on Thursday, May 2.
Find the full bracket on PlayVS, in addition to match times.
All 32 teams are listed below in rank order:
No. 1 Varsity Patriot Smash
- School: George Washington High School
- Players: Devon Carribine, Finn Squires, William Waters
- First Round Result: Defeated “Dreamland Express” (Sterling High School), 6-0.
No. 2 Super Smash Wolves – Black
- School: Grandview High School
- Players: Jonathan Bannoura, Tim Weber, RJ Keller
- First Round Result: Defeated “BrawlersSmash” (Falcon High School), 6-0.
No. 3 SMT SMASH Bros. 1
- School: Rocky Mountain Prep: SMART
- Players: Gabriel Rodriguez, Ivan Ochoa, Dylan Orona
- First Round Result: Defeated “Hornets SSBU – B” (Pueblo County High School), 7-3.
No. 4 Bad Decisions
- School: Lakewood High School
- Players: Kayla Kuntscher, Finn Goodloe, Kyle Herman
- First Round Result: Defeated “San Pedro Gaming 2” (Arrupe Jesuit High School), 6-0.
No. 5 VISTA SMASH VARSITY
- School: Mountain Vista High School
- Players: Avery Wilson, Penn Hoang, Briston Stewart
- First Round Result: Defeated “PCHS_02_Smash” (Pine Creek High School), 6-0.
No. 6 Pueblo West Smash Varsity
- School: Pueblo West High School
- Players: Rowan Corona, Brandon Cross, Malachi Larson
- First Round Result: Defeated “ACHS Varsity” (Aurora Central High School), 6-6.
No. 7 RHS Funky Kong
- School: Rangeview High School
- Players: Landon Simmons, Malik Stillwell, Kestrel Lumba
- First Round Result: Defeated “Terror Smash 1” (Palmer High School), 7-1
No. 8 PCHS_01_Smash
- School: Pine Creek High School
- Players: Aydin Escamilla, Ryan Villa, Kai Liebert
- First Round Result: Defeated “DCHS Varsity Smash” (Douglas County High School), 6-2.
No. 9 Lancer Esports
- School: Abraham Lincoln High School
- Players: Wily Rivas, Edward Ruiz, Gill Reeves
- First Round Result: Defeated “Smash 1” (Mountain Range High School), 6-1.
No. 10 RMHS Lobos Varsity
- School: Rocky Mountain High School
- Players: Maya McCaughan, Cooper White, Fernando De La Crus
- First Round Result: Defeated “Bear Creek Gold Smash” (Bear Creek High School), 6-0.
No. 11 Fossil Ridge Varsity Smash Bros
- School: Fossil Ridge High School
- Players: Aidan Lewis, Braden Modafferi, Kye Mahoney
- First Round Result: Defeated “SHS Navy Knights Smash” (Severance High School), 6-0.
No. 12 Kadet Smash Bros
- School: Air Academy High School
- Players: David Basanez, James Phelps, Creed Anderson
- First Round Result: Defeated “CECP Smash Lions 1” (Colorado Early Colleges Douglas County), 6-1.
No. 13 Berthoud Spartans Smash Bros
- School: Berthoud High School
- Players: Cloud Clark, Tyler Lattin, Alejandro Quintana
- First Round Result: Upset “Falcons Smash!” (Highlands Ranch High School), 7-4.
No. 14 North Smash A
- School: Denver North High School
- Players: Landon Sanchez, Lorenzo Romero, Osiris Rodriguez
- First Round Result: Defeated “Super Smash Wolves – White” (Grandview High School), 7-3.
No. 15 RHS Smashville
- School: Rangeview High School
- Players: Emillio Ybarra, Gabriel Silva, The Kirboys
- First Round Result: Defeated “North Smash B” (Denver North High School), 6-5.
No. 16 Fossil Ridge JV Smash Bros
- School: Fossil Ridge High School
- Players: Zachary Garber, Braxton Phillips, Grady Caughlan
- First Round Result: Defeated “Golden Deers” (Gateway High School), 6-3.
No. 18 San Pedro Gaming
- School: Arrupe Jesuit High School
- Players: Edgar Luevano Juarez, Uriel Lamas, Edwin Candia Marcelino
- First Round Result: Defeated “Denver South Ravens” (Denver South High School), 6-0.
No. 20 Pagosa Springs Phantoms
- School: Pagosa Springs High School
- Players: Aiden Serr, Christopher Rafferty, Calvin Voss
- First Round Result: Defeated “JV Patriot Smash 2” (George Washington High School), 6-5.
No. 21 GOOFUS DOOFUSES
- School: Legend High School
- Players: Joshua Ferguson, Simon Johnson, Cameron Shank
- First Round Result: Defeated “Durango Smash Team Red” (Durango High School), 6-1.
No. 22 Smash Spartans A
- School: Greeley West High School
- Players: Zacharie Kelly, Matthew Mearsha, Adrian Balderrama Hernandez
- First Round Result: Defeated “Toaster Rats” (Legend High School), 6-3.
No. 23 Fairview Knights
- School: Fairview High School
- Players: Dominic DiTomas, Noah Tice, Anjali Vachharajani
- First Round Result: Defeated “EHS Cardinals Varsity SB” (Elizabeth High School), 6-0.
No. 27 Chatfield Smash Varsity
- School: Chatfield Senior High School
- Players: Sean Spencer, Derek Eakins, Zack Eakins
- First Round Result: Defeated “Pueblo West Smash JV” (Pueblo West High School), 6-0.
No. 28 Rice and Beans
- School: STEM School Highlands Ranch
- Players: Jacob Finkenbinder, Ryan Lee, Jayden Lee
- First Round Result: Defeated “DCC Super Smash” (Discovery Canyon Campus School), 6-0.
No. 30 Comrade Crunch
- School: Conifer Senior High School
- Players: Matthew Harker, Braylen Greene, Lucian Johnsen
- First Round Result: Defeated “Digger Smash Gold” (Brush High School), 6-3.
No. 31 RMHS Lobos JV 1
- School: Rocky Mountain High School
- Players: Henry Mogonye, Lyra Hulsing, Owen Perry
- First Round Result: Defeated “Jefferson High School” (Jefferson High School), 7-4.
No. 32 Senior Nighhawks
- School: Northfield High School
- Players: Anthony Shermer, Xander Dionne, David Mendoza
- First Round Result: Defeated “GHS Smash Team A” (Gateway High School), 8-5.
No. 36 Thunderhawks C
- School: Prairie View High School
- Players: Salem McMillin, Trevor Gedge, Tam Phan
- First Round Result: Upset “Vista Smash JV” (Mountain Vista High School), 6-1.
No. 39 AWEST Ultimate Warriors
- School: Arvada West High School
- Players: Lucas Coto, Sage Rabyor, Ethan Lyon
- First Round Result: Upset “SMT Smash Bros 2” (Rocky Mountain Prep: SMART), 6-1.
No. 40 The Cutie Pies
- School: Denver Christian School
- Players: William Koeplin, Michael Rowells, Joe Sherwin
- First Round Result: Upset “Fillibuster” (Lakewood High School), 6-6.
No. 41 Alameda Smash
- School: Alameda International High School
- Players: Sang Mai, Aiden Graham, Arowen Beeter
- First Round Result: Upset “Stallions Cardinal Smash” (Sierra High School), 6-0.
No. 46 HORNETS SSBU – A
- School: Pueblo County High School
- Players: Jaden Cosato, David Tafoya, Trent Knox
- First Round Result: Upset “SS Bluedevil Royal” (Fort Lupton High School), 6-2.
No. 48 Creek Shy Guys
- School: Cherry Creek High School
- Players: Levin Vang, Anpetu Chrisjohn, Lux Vang
- First Round Result: Upset “CHS Smash 1” (Centaurus High School), 6-3.
