Farmington won the inaugural 6A ESports state championship at Weber State. Courtesy UHSAA
James Edward
By James Edward
James has been covering high school sports in Utah for the Deseret News for three decades.

The inaugural UHSAA ESports state champs were crowned on Saturday at Weber State.

Competing in independent events in Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. and Rocket League, Farmington (6A), Pleasant Grove (5A), Provo (4A) and American Leadership (3A-1A) won their respective state championships.

Team points were awarded in all three games based on finish (similar to track, swimming, etc.), with cumulative points acquired being used for the team titles.

The UHSAA hopes to expand beyond those three ESports in 2027.

Schools competed in a regular season over the past two months, and then were seeded into single-elimination brackets. First round, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were played online, with the championship and third-place matches being played in person at Weber State.

In 6A, Farmington narrowly edged runner-up Bingham by 10 points. The teams went head-to-head in the Rocket League final, with top-seed Farmington winning comfortably 4-0. It won all four matches in the playoffs 4-0.

In 5A, Pleasant Grove had the title locked up after the semifinals, as it finished with 200 team points. Brighton secured a runner-up finish with 140 points, as its third-place finish in Rocket League bumped it out of a possible three-way tie for second with Clearfield and Hillcrest.

In 4A, Provo won with 220 points, followed by Sky View with 190 points. The Bulldogs finished runner-up in Mario Kart and Rocket League, and third in Super Smash.

In the first competition of the day, which spanned 10 hours at Weber State, American Leadership won two of three events to win the team title with 280 points. Canyon View finished third with 200 points.

Roughly 80 teams across the state participated in the inaugural season of ESports. That number figures to grow with the likely addition of new games in 2027.

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Pleasant Grove won the inaugural 5A ESports state championship at Weber State. | Courtesy UHSAA
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Provo won the inaugural 4A ESports state championship at Weber State. | Courtesy UHSAA
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Farmington won the inaugural 6A ESports state championship at Weber State. | Courtesy UHSAA
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American Leadership won the inaugural 3A-1A ESports state championship at Weber State. | Courtesy UHSAA

Class 6A

Team Scores

  1. Farmington, 210
  2. Bingham, 200
  3. Cedar Valley, 190
  4. Westlake, 180
  5. Mountain Ridge, 120
  6. Skyridge High, 90
  7. Layton High, 50
  8. Riverton, 40
  9. Corner Canyon, 30
  10. Syracuse, 30

Individual results

Mario Kart 8

  1. Cedar Valley A, 100
  2. Bingham, 80
  3. Cedar Valley B (no points)
  4. Farmington, 60
  5. Layton, 50
  6. Mountain Ridge, 40
  7. Westlake, 30
  8. Skyridge, 20
  9. Davis, 10

Super Smash Bros.

  1. Westlake, 100
  2. Mountain Ridge, 80
  3. Skyridge, 60
  4. Farmington, 50
  5. Bingham, 40
  6. Cedar Valley, 30
  7. Herriman, 20
  8. Corner Canyon, 10

Rocket League

  1. Farmington, 100
  2. Bingham, 80
  3. Cedar Valley, 60
  4. Westlake, 50
  5. Riverton, 40
  6. Syracuse, 30
  7. Corner Canyon, 20
  8. Skyridge, 10

Class 5A

Team Scores

  1. Pleasant Grove, 200
  2. Brighton, 140
  3. Clearfield, 130
  4. Hillcrest, 130
  5. Maple Mountain, 110
  6. Alta, 100
  7. Kearns, 100
  8. Springville, 70
  9. Box Elder, 50
  10. Hunter, 50

Individual results

Mario Kart 8

  1. Clearfield, 100
  2. Brighton, 80
  3. Pleasant Grove, 60
  4. Hillcrest, 50
  5. Alta, 40
  6. Bountiful, 30
  7. Maple Mountain, 20
  8. Springville, 10

Super Smash Bros.

  1. Kearns, 100
  2. Hillcrest, 80
  3. Springville, 60
  4. Box Elder, 50
  5. Pleasant Grove, 40
  6. Timpview, 30
  7. Alta, 20
  8. Maple Mountain, 10

Rocket League

  1. Pleasant Grove, 100
  2. Maple Mountain, 80
  3. Brighton, 60
  4. Hunter, 50
  5. Alta, 40
  6. Clearfield, 30
  7. Salem Hills, 20
  8. Pleasant Grove B (no points)
  9. Spanish Fork, 10

Class 4A

Team Scores

  1. Provo, 220
  2. Sky View, 190
  3. Timpanogos, 130
  4. Tooele, 130
  5. Summit Academy, 130
  6. Murray, 120
  7. Jordan, 50
  8. Mountain Crest, 50
  9. Ridgeline, 50
  10. East, 50

Individual results

Mario Kart 8

  1. Sky View, 100
  2. Provo A, 80
  3. Murray, 60
  4. Tooele, 50
  5. Highland, 40
  6. Timpanogos, 30
  7. Mountain Crest, 20
  8. Provo B (no points)
  9. Ridgeline, 10

Super Smash Bros.

  1. Timpanogos A, 100
  2. Tooele, 80
  3. Provo, 60
  4. Sky View, 50
  5. Ridgeline, 40
  6. Summit Academy, 30
  7. Jordan, 20
  8. Timpanogos B, 0

Rocket League

  1. Summit Academy, 100
  2. Provo, 80
  3. Murray, 60
  4. East, 50
  5. Sky View, 40
  6. Jordan, 30
  7. Murray B (no points)
  8. Mountain Crest, 20
  9. Park City, 10

Class 3A-1A

Team Scores

  1. American Leadership, 280
  2. Canyon View, 200
  3. Logan, 160
  4. Parowan, 80
  5. Pinnacle, 60
  6. Rockwell, 60
  7. North Sanpete, 60
  8. South Sevier, 60
  9. San Juan, 60
  10. North Summit, 50
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Individual results

Mario Kart 8

  1. Canyon View, 100
  2. American Leadership, 80
  3. Pinnacle, 60
  4. North Summit, 50
  5. Rockwell, 40
  6. Juab, 30
  7. Ogden, 20
  8. Manti, 10

Super Smash Bros.

  1. American Leadership A, 100
  2. Logan, 80
  3. North Sanpete, 60
  4. Canyon View, 50
  5. North Sanpete B (no points)
  6. American Leadership B (no points)
  7. Parowan, 40
  8. South Sevier, 30
  9. Rockwell, 20
  10. Manti, 10

Rocket League

  1. American Leadership A, 100
  2. Logan, 80
  3. San Juan, 60
  4. Canyon View, 50
  5. American Leadership B (no points)
  6. Parowan, 40
  7. South Sevier, 30
  8. Beaver, 20
  9. Manti, 10
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