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Spring Tournament 2026
Information Coming Soon
1st Annual New England Interscholastic ESports Championships
Monday, May 11 thru Saturday, May 16, 2026
In Person Finals
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Southern New Hampshire University
E Sports Complex
2500 North River Road
Manchester, NH 03106
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Esports in Massachusetts
The MSAA has partnered with PlayVS to bring esports to high schools throughout Massachusetts. Esports, or competive gaming, is the fastest-growing high school sport in the country and, much like traditional sports, requires teamwork, critical thinking, and communication to achieve success. However, esports goes ever further to create a barrier-breaking, all-inclusive environment with a strong sense of community. All games are selected based on their competitiveness and strategy and are rated E for Everyone.
League & State Championships
- Rocket League
- Mario Kart
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
General Team Information
Each school is required to have an esports coach who is onsite for all matches. Esports teams are all inclusive and can vary across skill, age and gender. Each student needs the following: one computer/laptop and one set of peripherals (mouse, keyboard, headset). Students can use their own, or schools could provide these. Jerseys are optional. Official competition rules and gameplay settings will be sent at a later date.
Minimum System Requirements
- 2 GHz processor (supporting SSE2 instruction set or higher)
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and newer)
- 8 GB available hard disk space
- Shader version 2.0 capable video card
- Screen resolutions up to 1920×1200
- Support for DirectX v9.0c or better
- Windows XP (Service Pack 3 ONLY), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10
Recommended Specs
- 3 GHz processor
- 2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM for Windows Vista and higher)
- 12 GB available hard disk space
- Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card (Dedicated GPU with 512MB or higher Video Memory(VRAM))
- Support for DirectX v9.0c or better.
- Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 with the latest service pack installed
- The latest update to .NET Framework from Microsoft
PlayVS
PlayVS is bringing esports to high schools across the United States. Through our online platform, integrations with game publishers and exclusive partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations, we are building the infrastructure for the next big emerging sport. Take your gameplay to the next level. Compete together and become an esports champion.
Past champions
Season 13 - Fall 2025
Mario Kart
State Champion: Medford HS
Finalist: Sutton HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Braintree HS
Finalist: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Swampscott HS
Finalist: Millbury HS
Season 12 - Spring 2025
Mario Kart
State Champion: Medford HS
Finalist: Methuen HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Tewksbury Mem. HS
Finalist: Braintree HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Attleboro HS
Finalist: Swampscott HS
Season 11 - Fall 2024
Mario Kart
State Champion: Sutton HS
Finalist: Methuen HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Braintree HS
Finalist: Tri-Couty RVTHS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Fitchburg HS
Finalist: Millbury HS
Season 10 - Spring 2024
Mario Kart
State Champion: Sutton HS
Finalist: Methuen HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Finalist: Tri-County RVTHS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Swampscott HS
Finalist: Oliver Ames HS
Season 9 - Fall 2023
Rocket League
State Champion: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Finalist: Shrewsbury HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Fitchburg HS
Finalist: Oliver Ames HS
Season 8 - Spring 2023
League of Legends
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Ipswich HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Finalist: Shrewsbury HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Swampscott HS
Finalist: Dartmouth HS
Season 7 - Fall 2022
League of Legends
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Newton South HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Finalist: Shrewsbury HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Swampscott HS
Finalist: Dartmouth HS
Season 6 - Spring 2022
League of Legends
State Champion: Acton-Boxborough RHS
Finalist: Saint John’s HS
Rocket League
State Champion: David Prouty HS
Finalist: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Northbridge HS
Finalist: Swampscott HS
Season 5 - Fall 2021
League of Legends
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Wachusett Regional HS
Rocket League
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Tewksbury Memorial HS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
State Champion: Northbridge HS
Finalist: Minnechaug Regional HS
Season 4 - Spring 2021
League of Legends
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Acton-Boxborough RHS
Rocket League:
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Wachusett Regional HS
Season 3 - Fall 2020
League of Legends:
State Champion: Natick HS
Finalist: Shrewsbury HS
Rocket League:
Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: David Prouty HS
Season 2 - Fall 2019
League of Legends:
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Acton-Boxborough RHS
Rocket League:
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Andover HS
Season 1 - Spring 2019
League of Legends:
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Lowell HS
Rocket League:
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Oliver Ames HS
Season 0 - Fall 2018
League of Legends:
State Champion: Shrewsbury HS
Finalist: Newton South HS