Reeds Spring is sending another team to a state championship match. This time, it's the middle school Esports team. The Wolves were one of four teams to qualify for the Missouri Scholastic Esports Federation (MOSEF) State Finals. The competition takes place on Saturday, May 27 in St. Louis.
“This is the second year for the program at Reeds Spring,” said Coach Drews Parsons. “These guys are thrilled to be in the top four out of 16 middle schools.”
The other three state finalists are Cape Girardeau Central Junior High, Columbia West Middle School, and Hixson Middle School from Webster Groves.
Coach Parsons and the players agree that the team struggled early in the season, but really clicked once the playoffs began.
“We were kind of bad,” said eighth grader Gage Johnson. "But then, we started getting the hang of it. We found characters that we actually liked playing and it just all kind of came together.”
Coach Drew Parsons said Esports has been a good way to get more students involved in a school activity.
“It's something that I know I would have wanted when I was their age, to be able to turn this hobby into a discipline,” Parsons said. “It takes a lot of discipline and dedication and hard work to get good and to perform under pressure.”
