PHOENIX — The Arizona Interscholastic Association announced this week Arizona high school students can start competing for an eSports state title starting in February.
According to AZPreps365, eSports will join chess, J.R.O.T.C, robotics, speech and debate, spiritline and theatre under the AIA’s activities umbrella.
Students will compete by playing the video games Rocket League and League of Legends. Rocket League teams will be 3 vs. 3, and League of Legends will have five players, according to AZPreps 365.
The AIA is expecting a lot of students to sign up, AZPreps365 reports. The eSports league will run both in the spring and fall high school sports seasons. AZPreps 365 also says Arizona has about 25,000 eSports registered high school competitors, according to the AIA's Executive Director David Hines.
eSports teams will duel with other schools online while staying on campus. There is no limit to how many players can be on one school's team, but there will be a $50 fee to compete for each student.