Seahawk Esports

Seahawk Esports Starts Strong By: Kimberly Valladares 

sports was introduced to HHIHS to offer more a diverse extra curricular activity. Ms. Collier, the esports coach, said “So there was a big interest going around the district for esports. May River was the first school that had a esports team put in place. I think that for long time there’s been an interest here for kids who want to play video games, want to play video games with people competitively, and through a lot of talking with the district we were able to make it happen on our campus this year.”

Esports brings excitement to the students when they play competitively. Ms. Collier said “I am really excited and I know the kids are excited too. As Seahawks it can be intimidating competing for the first time in front of an audience if they aren’t use to streaming online, but I am very excited, and so far they have done really well.” Ms. Collier is very excited for the esports team and their upcoming games and that her players are a very good team.

Ethan, one of the esports team members said “Well my first game I was nervous only because, you know it’s my first game and you know it’s my first time going against another school.”

Esports has competed in several tournaments so far including Mario Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Valorant, and Rocket League.

After the first Smash Bros tournament, Ethan said “Honestly I think we did good on the first game considering the fact it was our first game. I think everybody played really well.” Ethan had a lot of faith in his team for the fact it was their first game and everybody was really nervous.

So far, the Smash Bros Varsity team won 2-1 vs. May River, 2-0 vs. East Syracuse-Minoa Central High School (NY), and 2-1 vs. Commack High School (NY). The Smash Bros JV team won 2-0 vs. Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School (MA). The Valorant varsity team won 2-0 against Dawson High School (TX). Varsity Rocket League won 3-0 against Charleston High School (IL).

Seahawks Esports is starting strong and is looking to compete in nationally ranked tournaments this spring.