Holy Name Hosts First Grade School Esports Tournament

On Saturday, February 5, Holy Name's four-time National Champion esports team and coach, Mr. Farrell, hosted their first ever grade school esports tournament.

Open to students in grades 5–8, the tournament featured team competitions for Rocket League and individual competitions for Smash Brothers.

In addition to playing under the guidance of Holy Name's incredibly successful esports athletes in our state-of-the-art Innovation Lab, all participants received a t-shirt, and the top players and teams received prizes:

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
1st Place: Nick Carney
2nd Place: Tre Russell
3rd Place: Nicholas Senior

Rocket League
1st Place: Sean Bethany, Aiden Bugner, and Brendan Ridge
2nd Place: Grant Tomecko, Kyle Fenn, and Mark Cobb
3rd Place: Dylan Dodds, Dominic Buzzelli, and Nico Morales

Rocket League MVP: Aiden Bugner
Rocket Award (most goals): Brendan Ridge
Brick Wall Award (most saves): Grant Tomecko
Best Buddy Award (most assists): Sean Bethany
Are You Kiddin' Me?! (shot of the day): Nico Morales

Smash Bros
Home Run Skills Competition: Nick Carny
KO Master (most damage): Alex Gypp
Survivor! (most 3 stocks): Tre Russell
Are You Kiddin' Me?! (play of the game): Nicholas Senior