KHSD’s Esports League recently hosted an Overwatch 2 Esports Tournament at Bakersfield High School with around 300 students from 21 different schools competing. Esports offers students a chance to learn teamwork, strategy, problem-solving skills, communication, and quick reflexes.  Centennial High School beat West High School in the Varsity Championship Round.

“Esports overall just across the world is an increasingly growing scene and you know these competitions are getting bigger and bigger, so I’m glad that we have started an Esports program here in our district and that we can create this kind of environment to simulate that so that the kids can feel and be here in person with the people they are playing against, create these memories not only with each other but meet kids from all across the district that they never would have met otherwise,” says Angel Rivero, Esports Coach and Teacher at Shafter High School.

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