High school sports: UHSAA crowns inaugural ESports champs in 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A-1A

Farmington won the inaugural 6A ESports state championship at Weber State. | Courtesy UHSAA The inaugural UHSAA ESports state champs were crowned on Saturday at Weber State. Competing in independent events in Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros.

and Rocket League, Farmington (6A), Pleasant Grove (5A), Provo (4A) and American Leadership (3A-1A) won their respective state championships. Team points were awarded in all three games based on finish (similar to track, swimming, etc. ), with cumulative points acquired being used for the team titles.

The UHSAA hopes to expand beyond those three ESports in 2027. Schools competed in a regular season over the past two months, and then were seeded into single-elimination brackets . First round, quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were played online, with the championship and third-place matches being played in person at Weber State.

In 6A, Farmington narrowly edged runner-up Bingham by 10 points. The teams went head-to-head in the Rocket League final, with top-seed Bingham winning comfortably 4-0. It won all four matches in the playoffs 4-0.