Norman swept the Esports tournament for Mario Kart at South Moore high school, .n March 4th, the Esports team sent two teams to South Moore High School to play in their Mario Kart tournament to earn points to qualify for the State tournament. These two teams were Carmello Reveles and Wyatt Porter-Douglas on team one and Jordan Bacon, and Logan Ramsey on team two. These teams place 1st and 3rd respectively. Team one took first place with a record of 8-1. Team 2 took 3rd place with a record of 8-2.

The tournament was a double elimination with a winners and losers bracket. Team one made a straight line to finals with their only loss to Cyril’s team one in the first finals game, before clutching up and winning the second and third games. Team Two suffered a loss in their first match against Yukon who was eventually defeated by Team One in the semi-finals. Norman North team was able to storm the loser’s bracket eventually losing again to team one when, team one received their first lost in the finals.

After observing the tournament Mr. Grey had this to say “Norman North esports has a culture of grit, all matches at any moment are capable of becoming wins and our teams embody that culture excellently. We aren’t perfect with this philosophy so we are always improving on our efforts but our teams performed at a high caliber which is all I can ask for”.

Due to previous tournaments, both of the Norman North teams have already qualified for the state tournament for Mario Kart.