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BHS Esports Team

The Burnet Esports team is looking forward to our 2024/25 Fall and Spring seasons.  Student-players that are interested in joining the Burnet Esports team for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 seasons should contact Coach Trower.  Coach David Trower is excited to once again offer this opportunity to BHS students to compete in this newest sport for students that otherwise might not engage or participate in other extracurricular activities.  Match highlights from our inaugural season can be watched on the Burnet Esports YouTube Channel.  We'll also post highlight videos throughout the season as our players compete.

History

Burnet High School started their newest sports team in Spring 2023 with the launch of the Burnet Esports Team.  In its inaugural season, the team was comprised of 14 members and competed across two different Esports titles: Rocket League and Super Smash Bros Ultimate.  We were extremely proud to have four student-players make it into the playoffs in our inaugural season and one player advance to the state championships competing in the state quarterfinals.  We celebrated Senior Night on April 14, 2023 as we celebrated the accomplishments and dedication of five Seniors that competed on the inaugural team.  

 

Spring 2024 Season

Our Spring 2024 season saw a couple of standout teams that made it into the playoffs.

 

Our Vanta Nationals League - Central Division Brawlhalla team, Burnet HS - Brawlhalla (JS), finished the regular season with a 4-2 record and was seeded 10th in the playoffs.  He won the Round of 16 to make it to the division quarterfinals.  Unfortunately, he faced a tough opponent (who ultimately went on to be division champion) and fell during the quarterfinals.  We are very proud of how far he made it as a freshman and look forward to seeing how he continues to improve over the next three years.

 

Our Vanta Nationals League - Central Division Pokémon Unite team, Burnet HS – Pokémon Unite, finished the regular season with a much improved 4-1 record seeing them seeded 3rd in the playoffs.  They one their semi-finals round to make a repeat appearance in the division championship game.  After a hard fought championship game, they unfortunately fell to the defending division champs to become the two-time division runner up in Pokémon Unite.

 

In Tetris, we had one player compete in the Texas Esports League.  Despite ending the season with a higher cumulative points total then the fall 2023 season, his overall ranking saw him finish 30th in the state with a total combined score of 296,189 for the season.  His highest scoring match was from the second week of the regular season where he scored an 111,684.  

 

We saw two players race in the Mario Kart 8 league in the Texas Esports League out of 100 teams from across Texas. The Burnet HS - Mario Kart (JM) team came in 47th and her fastest time of the season came during the second week of the regular season on the N64 Toad’s Turnpike with a time of 02:08.966 minutes. The Burnet HS - Mario Kart (BD) came in 55th and his fastest time of the season also came in the second week of the season on the N64 Toad’s Turnpike racetrack with a time of 02:00.966 minutes.

 

We had a total of 4 players finish the season in solo competition competing in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.  This season saw 113 teams from across the state of Texas compete in this title.

 

  • Burnet HS - SSBU (CM) ended the season with a 4-3 record and ranked 56th
  • Burnet HS - SSBU (JS) ended the season with a 3-4 record and ranked 68th
  • Burnet HS - SSBU (BG) ended the season with a 3-4 record and ranked 72nd
  • Burnet HS - SSBU (RW) ended the season with a 2-5 record and ranked 81st

 

Fall 2023 Season

In the Fall 2023, season, we saw one team make it into the playoffs.  Our Vanta Nationals League - Central Division team, Burnet HS – Pokémon Unite, had a rocky start to the season and ended the regular season with a 2-4 record which due to division standings and late team entries, our squad secured a remarkable 3rd place in the division in the playoffs. After winning their semi-final round, they faced a dominant team that saw them lose in the division championship team to become the division runner up.

 

In Tetris, we had one player compete in the Texas Esports League.  He finished 20th in the state with a total combined score of 204,174 for the season.  His highest scoring match was from the first week of the pre-season where he scored an 86,127.

 

We saw one player race his way into 32nd place in the Mario Kart 8 league in the Texas Esports League out of 169 teams from across Texas. His fastest time of the season came late in the season on the Moo Moo Meadows racetrack with a time of 01:01.718 minutes.

 

We had a total of 6 players finish the season in solo competition and competed in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, five as junior varsity players and one as a varsity player.  This season saw 177 teams from across the state of Texas compete in this title.

 

  • Burnet HS - SSBU Varsity (CR) ended the season with a 5-2 record and ranked 66th
  • Burnet HS - SSBU JV (JS) ended the season with a 4-2-1 record and ranked 77th
  • Burnet HS - SSBU JV (RW) ended the season with a 4-2-1 record and ranked 82nd
  • Burnet HS - SSBU (RA) ended the season with a 3-3-1 record and ranked 116th
  • Burnet HS - SSBU (ID) ended the season with a 2-5 record and ranked 138th
  • Burnet HS - SSBU (JG) ended the season with a 1-6 record and ranked 164th)

 

Spring 2023 Season

Our Rocket League team was comprised of six players (3 starters and 3 substitutes) and finished the season with a 3-5 record and placed 38th out of 49 teams.

We had a total of 9 players that competed in solo competition in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, three as junior varsity players and six as varsity players.  This season saw 179 teams from across the state of Texas compete in this title.

  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Jr. Varsity #1 ended the season with a record of 4-3 and ranked 82nd.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Jr. Varsity #2 ended the season with a record of 3-5 and ranked 104th.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Jr. Varsity #3 ended the season with a 4-4 record and ranked 78th.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Varsity #1 ended the regular season with a perfect 8-0 and was the 6th place seed in the Round of 32  He proceeded to win the first two rounds in the playoffs qualifying for the state championships where he competed and lost in the state quarterfinals round.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Varsity #2 ended the regular season with a 7-1 record and seeded 27th in the Round of 32 before losing in the first round of the playoffs.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Varsity #3 ended the season with a 4-4 record and ranked 80th.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Varsity #4 ended the season with a 4-4 record and ranked 85th.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Varsity #5 ended the regular season with a 7-1 record and seeded 26th in the Round of 32.  He defeated a higher ranked opponent to advance to the Last 16 round in the playoffs where he ultimately was knocked out of the playoffs.
  • Burnet HS SSBU Solo - Varsity #6 ended the regular season with a 7-1 record and seeded 21st in the Round of 32 before losing in the first round of the playoffs.