AURORA – The CHSAA 2024 Esports State Championships for League of Legends, Rocket League and Splatoon resumed Monday with Rocket League competition.
Prior to Thanksgiving break, the first round of Splatoon competition began, with eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals that are part of the Esports championship day on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Both the Rocket League and Splatoon brackets are 16-team single elimination brackets, while eight teams made the League of Legends bracket. The final four teams remaining in League of Legends will advance to Localhost in Lakewood for the in-person final, while the final eight teams will advance to Localhost for Rocket League and Splatoon.
Quarterfinalists in Splatoon are No. 1 Mountain View Big Swig Express (Drew Plug, Grace Frye, Joe Buck and Owen Lamb), No. 9 The Squidbusters of John F. Kennedy (Deli Tran, Alex Kleinbrink, Tyler Magee and Kaeden Esquibel), No. 4 Chatfield Splatoon Varsity (Josiah Myers, Santi Sagastegui Zapien, Wyatt Dodd and Brycen Hampton), No. 5 Wicked-Fresh Salmon of Ponderosa (Greyson Finkelstein, Shane Cogan, Anna Clark and Hyrum Clark), No. 2 Puddle of Squids of Lakewood (Matthew Bresnahan, Simon Warner, Ari Logan and Kyle Herman), No. 7 Falcon Fresh of Highlands Ranch (Derek Pierce, Emily McMahon, Jude Shaw and Remy Mendez), No. 3 Creek Cephalopod Army of Cherry Creek (Moose Landow, Alex Clift-Willoughby, Ashton Cohen and Zaylix Terhune) and No. 6 DCCHS Splat Varsity of Discovery Canyon (Jace Clawson, Landon Kane, Coleton Tallman and Jonathan Stallworth).
After Monday’s Rocket League competition, the first round of League of Legends takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The winners of all of the first round games will advance to the in-person final at Localhost on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The championship day will start with the Rocket League quarterfinals at 9 a.m. The semifinals will begin at approximately 10 a.m., with the finals set for 11 a.m. League of Legends play will begin with the semifinals at 10:30 a.m. and the championship set for 1 p.m., while Splatoon will cap off the day with the quarterfinals beginning at 2 p.m., the semfinals set for 3 p.m. and the finals at 4 p.m. A trophy presentation will take place immediately after each of the individual games’ finals.
Qualifiers for each of the brackets are listed below:
Splatoon
- Mountain Vista Big Swig Express (Mountain Vista)
- Puddle of Squids (Lakewood)
- Creek Cephalopod Army (Cherry Creek)
- Chatfield Splatoon Varsity (Chatfield)
- Wicked-Fresh Salmon (Ponderosa)
- DCCHS Splat Varsity (Discovery Canyon)
- Falcon Fresh (Highlands Ranch)
- PHS Inkpalas (Poudre)
- The Squidbusters (John F Kennedy)
- Carnival of Fools (Arvada)
- VRHS Splatoon (Vista Ridge)
- RMHS Lobos Varsity (Rocky Mountain)
- Valor Eagles (Valor Christian)
- Hoehne Farmers (Hoehne)
- Splatoon JV (Cherry Creek)
- Hornets Splatoon (Pueblo County)
Rocket League
- Bear Creek Gold Rocket League (Bear Creek)
- Cherokee Trail Varsity (Cherokee Trail)
- EA ESports Rocket League (East)
- Valor RL Alpha Team (Valor Christian)
- RMHS Lobos Varsity (Rocky Mountain)
- MVHS Octane Eagles (Mountain Vista)
- Columbia Gladiators (Widefield)
- RAMS Rocket League (Green Mountain)
- CHS RL Varisty (Centaurus)
- Chatfield Rocket League JV (Chatfield)
- Chatfield Rocket League (Chatfield)
- Gladiator RL (GOAL)
- Faking Falcons (Highlands Ranch)
- Rocket Wolves – Black (Grandview)
- Creek Rocket League (Cherry Creek)
- The Fine Lads (Highland)
League of Legends
- Cherokee Trail Varsity (Cherokee Trail)
- Fairview Knights (Fairview)
- Ponderosa PricklyPentaPorcupinePeople (Ponderosa)
- Creek League of Legends (Cherry Creek)
- VPP Stampede (Vista Peak Prep)
- CHS LoL Varsity (Centaurus)