Second Round of CHSAA’s Esports’ Mario Kart 8 Tournament Has Been Completed

AURORA – The first round of the Colorado High School Activities Association’s esports postseason tournament for MarioKart 8 Deluxe was completed Monday, with 8 teams advancing to the quarterfinal round, which will be played on Wednesday, April 24.

In the second round, all of the top four seeds advanced to the quarterfinals, and there were only two teams that managed to defeat a higher seed. Rocky Mountain was the last school left with multiple teams still standing, but that changed this round as Denver North’s “North Kart A” knocked off Rocky Mountain’s “RMHS Lobos JV” team.

The tournament is a single-elimination bracket with quarterfinal games being played Wednesday, April 24. The four winners on the 24th 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 16 remaining teams are listed below in rank order:

No. 1 Pueblo West Mario Kart Varsity

• School: Pueblo West High School
• Players: Jesse Wardle, Bradley Johnson, Alexander Price, Ayres Ritchey
• First Round Result: Defeated “Nighthawks Kart” (Northfield High School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “Wray Eagles” (Wray Junior Senior High School), 2-0.

No. 2 North Kart A

• School: Denver North High School
• Players: Robin Archuleta, Trésor Smith, Jin Urbina, Frederick Rivard
• First Round Result: Defeated “Creek Kart Vroom Vroom” (Cherry Creek High School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “RMHS Lobos JV” (Rocky Mountain High School), 2-0.

No. 3 PCHS_02_Kart

• School: Pine Creek High School
• Players: Smith Barrionuevo, Alex Evans, William Blasko, Zain Khan
• First Round Result: Defeated “Platte Valley Broncos” (Platte Valley High School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “BHS Bulldogs Deluxe” (Brighton High School), 2-0.

No. 4 DCC Mario Kart

• School: Discovery Canyon Campus School
• Players: Kaleb Kirby, Andrew Hiles, Brendan Youkey, Coleton Tallman
• First Round Result: Defeated “Grizzlies A-Mario Kart” (Fowler High School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “Varsity Patriot Kart” (George Washington High School), 2-0.

No. 7 RMHS Lobos Varsity

• School: Rocky Mountain High School
• Players: Cooper White, Layla Woodman, Alyson Cathcart, James Baird
• First Round Result: Defeated “CHS Mario Kart” (Centaurus High School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “Thunderstorm” (ThunderRidge High School), 2-0.

No. 8 Fossil Ridge Mario Kart

• School: Fossil Ridge High School
• Players: Zach Brors, Gilad Ley, Brady King, Ari Ley
• First Round Result: Defeated “THUNDERHKZ ULTRA” (Ellicott Senior High School), 2-1.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “WarriorKart” (Poudre Community Academy), 2-1.

No. 11 Falcon Awesome Kart

• School: Highlands Ranch High School
• Players: Parker Kelly, Quincy Troup, Carter Rini, Matej Vesely
• First Round Result: Defeated “North Kart B” (Denver North High School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “Legend HS Mario Kart” (Legend High School), 2-0.

No. 12 ERA Warriors Mario Kart

• School: Eagle Ridge Academy
• Players: Vincent Banuelos, Samuel Akin, Gunnar Cantrell, Benjamin Gallo
• First Round Result: Defeated “DJDS Tiger Esports” (Denver Jewish Day School), 2-0.
• Second Round Result: Defeated “Engineers” (Power Technical Early College), 2-1.