MONTGOMERY – Bob Jones High School, Columbia High School, James Clemens High School, Hoover High School, and Wenonah High School each captured state titles as the fifth annual AHSAA E-Sports Fall Championships concluded Monday at Huntingdon College’s Leo Drum Theatre.
The one-day computer game competition kicked off with the Rocket League division. Bob Jones’ team of Max Dunkerley, Rylan Barden, and Noah Strain defeated LAMP 4-1 to claim the crown.
The Patriots, coached by Aubree White Bond, lost the first match 2-1, then rebounded to win 5-1, 8-0, 3-2, 3-2 in the best-of-seven finals. Dunkerley was team captain for Bob Jones.
The victory was the 16th individual state title for the Patriots since the first year of competition in the fall of 2019. The AHSAA also has E-Sports championships in the spring.
In Monday’s other E-Sports championship finals:
- Spatoon 3: Columbia of Huntsville, coached by De’Meiko Merriweather, won the Splatoon 3 championship 3-0 over Charles Henderson in the best-of-five finals.
Team captain Jaidon Bailey, Brandon Barber, Seanic Games, and Jeremiah Dale claimed the championship for the Eagles. - Mario Kart: James Clemens, coached by Pamela Paquette, won the best-of-three racing competition 2-1 over Huntsville’s Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering.
The Jets – team captain Courtney Smith, Jameson Hoiland, Sophia Rogers, and Embree Conyers – won the first circuit 131-103.
ASCTE, coached by Matt Bohon with Aiden Brisendine, Isabel Schelmbauer, Nicholas Sifuentes, and Alex Davis, battled back to win the second circuit 121-111.
James Clemens clinched the state title winning the third circuit 132-102. Each circuit had six races. - Super Smash Brothers: Hoover, coached by Hunter Curtis, swept the best-of-5 competition 3-0 over Arab. The Knights were coached by Jason Watts.
Chase Gayton of the Bucs beat Arab’s Kayden Cantrell 2-0; Kingston Boatman downed Tyler Willis 2-0, and Rehan Jiwani defeated James Drake 2-0. - Madden NFL: Wenonah’s Dragons won its first E-Sports state title beating St. Paul’s Episcopal 31-28 in the football competition. Amari Megginson, who chose the Baltimore Ravens, beat Kristopher Dotson, who chose the Philadelphia Eagles.
