Esports league launched in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Newsroom Nov 4, 2022

The competition will involve head-to-head matchups in a Rocket League game, with 12 CMS high schools kicking off the inaugural season.

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TSE will partner with Stiegler EdTech, Carolina Esports Hub, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in the inaugural season of 2022.
The league is the first to launch in the district and will see 12 high schools participate in its inaugural season.

The first high school varsity Esports and STEM league in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' history have been announced by Stiegler EdTech, Carolina Esports Hub, and Tepper Sports & Entertainment. The NFL's Carolina Panthers and Major League Soccer's Charlotte Football Club are both parts of Tepper Sports & Entertainment.

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On Wednesday, November 2, the CMS Varsity Esports and STEM League will formally begin, with 12 high schools participating in the first season. Each school's and junior varsity teams will compete against one another in Rocket League. In the online game Rocket League, which has soccer-like regulations, players control the ball with various virtual vehicle types.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools after launching Esports in School Campus

Charlotte Schools bringing Esports to school. Picture: esportsgeneral

Ericia Turner, the athletic director at CMS, stated they had seen the strength of Esports and the good comparisons it can have with regular varsity sports in my own family. They have felt making the start of this unique league throughout CMS a priority would allow them to harness the potential of reaching these kids where they are while also transmitting the tremendous lessons of communication, leadership, and cooperation varsity athletics can give. Nearly 100 of the more than 500 CMS students who registered to compete in the first league were chosen to represent their respective schools at the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Club levels. Additionally, weekly contests will be expertly prepared and live-streamed on Twitch with Esports commentators.

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Riley Fields, the Carolina Panthers director of community relations, stated, They are thrilled to be a part of this endeavor to promote Esports and STEM opportunities for children in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Their community's efforts are mainly focused on education and youth football. Esports offers kids many opportunities for growth and development as conventional sports do by stressing leadership, sportsmanship, and communication while competing in a team-building atmosphere. Additionally, the growth of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) abilities may lead to new and distinct career paths and avenues for higher education. Each high school will perform tasks to improve the students' expertise in high-value STEM fields and the Esports tournament. Like the Rocket League matches, the STEM challenges will be aired on the same Twitch channel as the Esports tournament and assessed by industry professionals head-to-head.

According to Toni Hall, CTE CS and IT Pathway Lead for CMS, In CMS, at the middle and high school levels, they provide STEM via Career and Technical Education (CTE), a program that prepares students for high-wage, high-demand employment. They have observed how pupils react to games and competition in their capacity as an educator and parent. Using students' interests in sports and video games, the Varsity Esports & STEM League will enable them to reinforce STEM principles taught in their CTE classes. This software will transform the game. Five regular-season games will be played in the inaugural season, and then there will be playoffs and a championship. Providence vs. Palisades (5:30 p.m.), Hough vs. South Meck (6:15 p.m.), East Meck vs. Charlotte Engineering (7:45 p.m.), Ardrey Kell vs. Williams Montessori (8:30 p.m.), Olympic vs. Garinger (9:00 p.m.), and Hopewell vs. Phillip O. Berry are some of the Week 1 game (8:30 p.m.).

According to Dustin Swinehart, Charlotte FC Director of Community Engagement, supporting this initiative is a logical next step for our club. Charlotte FC has been involved in Esports since signing Khaled Ali as our first eMLS player in 2021. Providing increased opportunities for upward mobility is a pillar of our community programming, Swinehart said. They have witnessed firsthand how popular Esports are becoming and how important it is for young players to develop essential social and academic abilities. Esports competition and STEM learning curricula go hand in hand, so we're happy to provide CMS students more access to these initiatives.

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