Weather Delay – Esports: State Championships to Begin at 10 am Tuesday
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Due to winter weather in the Denver metro area and school’s opening on a delayed start, the Colorado High School Activities Association has pushed back the start time of the 2024 Fall Esports State Championships on Tuesday at Localhost in Lakewood.
The championship day will now start with the Rocket League quarterfinals at 10 a.m. From there, as games finish, the next round will get started, so all times are approximate. The Rocket League semifinals will begin at approximately 11 a.m., with the finals set for noon. With the rolling start, League of Legends play will begin with the semifinals as soon as there are enough monitors available, at approximately 11:30 a.m., putting the championship at about 2 p.m. Splatoon will cap off the day with the quarterfinals beginning around 3 p.m., the semifinals set for 4 p.m. and the finals at approximately 5 p.m.
A trophy presentation will take place immediately after the finals of each individual games.
AURORA – The Colorado High School Activities Association’s 2024 Fall Esports State Championship brackets have been completed, and the final rounds will be played in person on Tuesday at Localhost in Lakewood.
Live updates for Splatoon, League of Legends and Rocket League can be found on PlayVs and the championship rounds will be streamed on Twitch and the NFHS Network.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Below is a recap of postseason play:
There were two upsets in the first round, with No. 11 Chatfield Rocket League (Chatfield) getting past No. 6 MVHS Octane Eagles (Mountain Vista), 4-0, and No. 15 Creek Rocket League (Cherry Creek) knocking off the No. 2 seeded Cherokee Trail Varsity (Cherokee Trail), 4-3.
Top-seeded Bear Creek Gold Rocket League defeated No. 16 The Fine Lads (Highland) 4-0 while No. 3 EA ESports Rocket League (Denver East) swept No. 14 Rocket Wolves – Black (Grandview), 4-0. No. 4 Valor RL Alpha Team (Valor Christian) topped Faking Falcons (Highlands Ranch) 4-0, and and No. 5 RMHS Lobos Varsity (Rocky Mountain) knocked off No. 12 Gladiator RL (GOAL), 4-0. No. 7 Columbia Gladiators (Widefield) advanced after defeating No. 10 Chatfield Rocket League JV (Chatfield), 4-1, and No. 8 RAMS Rocket League (Green Mountain) used a 4-1 win over No. 9 CHS RL Varsity (Centaurus) to move on to the in-person final.
The quarterfinal round will feature No. 1 Bear Creek Gold Rocket League vs. No. 8 RAMS Rocket League, No. 3 EA ESports Rocket League vs. No. 11 Chatfield Rocket League, No. 4 Valor RL Alpha Team vs. No. 5 RMHS Lobos Varsity and No. 7 Columbia Gladiators against No. 15 Creek Rocket League.
Quarterfinal round play in Rocket League will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the semifinals at 11 a.m. and the finals at noon. A trophy presentation will take place immediately after the championship round.
No. 1 Bear Creek Gold Rocket League (Bear Creek)
Adam Kirwin, Alexander Valerio, Jaxson Gralund
No. 3 EA ESports Rocket League (Denver East)
Jacob Malek, Will Turner, Austin Green
No. 4 Valor RL Alpha Team (Valor Christian)
Christian Pereira, Matt Birkhead, Evan Hackard
No. 5 RMHS Lobos Varsity (Rocky Mountain)
Liam Adler, Andrew Putney, Tanner Cyr
No. 7 Columbia Gladiators (Widefield)
Gavin Bennett, Nathan Brown, John Franco
No. 8 RAMS Rocket League (Green Mountain)
K’Shawn Washington, Jullian V, Dominic Redd
No. 11 Chatfield Rocket League (Chatfield)
Brock Sorenson, Tomas Holmes, Logan Tanaka
No. 15 Creek Rocket League (Cherry Creek)
Tyrin Vuletch, Jaiden Hwang, Armand Verrière
The top four League of Legends seeds all advanced from the quarterfinals, with No. 1 Cherokee Trail Varsity defeating No. 8 Overland Blazers LoL 2-0, No. 2 Fairview Knights beating No. 7 Wolfpack Legends (Grandview) 2-1, No. 3 Ponderosa PricklyPentaPorcupinePeople powering past No. 6 CHS LoL Varsity (Centaurus) 2-0 and No. 4 Creek League of Legends (Cherry Creek) edging VPP STAMPEDE (Vista Peak) 2-1.
In the League of Legends semifinals, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 10, Cherokee Trail faces Cherry Creek, and Fairview plays Ponderosa.
The championship in League of Legends is scheduled to start around 1 p.m.
No. 1 Cherokee Trail Varsity
Ethan Loi, Erick Drew, Alexander Galimov, Micah Stevens, Michael Andrews
No. 2 Fairview Knights
Saras Totey, Chaeyun Kim, Ryan Shin, Wesley Ding, Ben Kim
No. 3 Ponderosa PricklyPentaPorcupinePeople
Evan Brown, Kasper Hudspeth, Dallin Petty, Student Riley Jenkins, Claudio Valdez
No. 5 Creek League of Legends (Cherry Creek)
Ethan Zhang, Mikolaj Galent, Zury Amkie, Carlos Mamille, Jonah Cooksley
The lone upset of the first round came between The Squidbusters (John F. Kennedy), which were seeded ninth, and PHS Inkpalas (Poudre), which were seeded eighth. The Squidbusters advanced with a 3-0 win.
Top-seeded Mountain Vista Big Swig Express (Mountain Vista) defeated No. 16 Hornets Splatoon (Pueblo County), 3-0, while No. 2 Puddle of Squids (Lakewood) swept No. 15 Splatoon JV (Cherry Creek). No. 3 Creek Cephalopod Army (Cherry Creek) knocked of Hoehne Farmers (Hoehne), 3-0, and No. 4 Chatfield Splatoon Varsity (Chatfield) got past No. 13 Valor Eagles (Valor Christian), 3-0. No. 5 Wicked-Fresh Salmon (Ponderosa) defeated No. 12 RMHS Lobos Varsity (Rocky Mountain), 3-1, and No. 6 DCCHS Splat Varsity (Discovery Canyon) knocked off No. 11 VRHS Splatoon (Vista Ridge), 3-1. No. 7 Falcon Fresh (Highlands Ranch) rounds out the teams advancing, as it swept No. 10 Carnival of Fools (Arvada), 3-0, in the first round.
The quarterfinal round will feature No. 1 Mountain Vista Big Swig Express against No. 9 The Squidbusters, No. 2 Puddle of Squids vs. No. 7 Falcon Fresh, No. 3 Creek Cephalopod Army vs. No. 6 DCCHS Splat Varsity and No. 4 Chatfield Splatoon Varsity vs. No. 5 Wicked-Fresh Salmon.
Quarterfinal round play will begin at approximately 2 p.m., followed by the semifinals at 3 p.m. and the finals at 4 p.m. A trophy presentation will take place immediately after the championship round.
No. 1 Mountain Vista Big Swig Express (Mountain Vista)
Drew Plug, Grace Frye, Joe Buck, Owen Lamb
No. 2 Puddle of Squids (Lakewood)
Matthew Bresnahan, Simon Warner, Ari Logan and Kyle Herman
No. 3 Creek Cephalopod Army (Cherry Creek)
Moose Landow, Alex Clift-Willoughby, Ashton Cohen and Zaylix Terhune
No. 4 Chatfield Splatoon Varsity (Chatfield)
Josiah Myers, Santi Sagastegui Zapien, Wyatt Dodd and Brycen Hampton
No. 5 Wicked-Fresh Salmon (Ponderosa)
Greyson Finkelstein, Shane Cogan, Anna Clark and Hyrum Clark
No. 6 DCCHS Splat Varsity (Discovery Canyon)
?Jace Clawson, Landon Kane, Coleton Tallman and Jonathan Stallworth
No. 7 Falcon Fresh (Highlands Ranch)
Derek Pierce, Emily McMahon, Jude Shaw and Remy Mendez
No. 9 The Squidbusters (John F Kennedy)
Deli Tran, Alex Kreinbrink, Tyler Magee, Kaeden Esquibel
