Seniors Dominic Albergato, Louis Lampe and James Kinghorn approached the school board last school year, presenting them with a plan to create an Esports team at Methacton High School.
The school board helped locate and award a $50,000 grant to create a lab for students to form the competitive group.
By the fall of 2024, Methacton joined the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Esports Association, a league with more than 175 schools from the state.
The league is the biggest in PA, and may help to earn players the most attention from colleges.
The games that the PIEA offers as of now are Overwatch 2, Valorant, Rocket League and Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. They are also planning on introducing two new games next year, Marvel Rivals and Fortnite.
Albergato indicated that the fall season was meant for the squad to get adjusted, “testing the waters” of the competition in the league. During that season, the team got to know the people running the PIEA and learned how to navigate the league.
Methacton’s league has three divisions for each game: D1, D2 and D3. Competing schools may enter a team into all three divisions.
Within the divisions there are subgroups, splitting participating schools into different pools. At the end of the regular season, the top teams from each subgroup enter a playoff pool.
Regular season games take place in the Methacton Esports Lab. If the Warriors earn two of the top playoff spots, then they will travel to a college campus to compete for the championship. College locations differ from year to year.
One Methacton competitor indicates that the Warrior have a shot at the post-season.
“Methacton has been destroying the competition,” said Albergato.
“We are at the halfway point of the season. Overwatch Team is undefeated at 5-0 and the Valorant Team is 2-2,” he added, as of March 5.
The team will need more competitors in the fall. Albergato said information will come out later in the spring for MHS students who would like to compete on that squad.
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