About Us
SWWaG Esports - A Scholastic Gaming League
South-Western Washington has many small schools who enjoy scholastic competition in a wide variety of sports: Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Baseball, Soccer, Track, etc. These events allow students to participate in team activities and represent their schools.
A new growing trend is Esports as a supplemental activity. Esports targets students who traditionally do not play many sports, if any at all. Most Esports students would not have had any traditional sports, while others may have sports that they do excel at, but find Esports as a good fit during an off season.
Why Esports?
Esports can offer several benefits in a middle and high school setting. Firstly, it can provide students with a platform to develop teamwork and communication skills as they work together to achieve a common goal. Secondly, it can help to foster critical thinking and problem-solving abilities as students strategize and adapt to changing game situations. Additionally, esports can create a sense of community and inclusivity among students with similar interests, allowing them to form social connections and build friendships. Lastly, esports can provide a unique opportunity for students to showcase their talents and abilities, potentially leading to opportunities for scholarships and future careers in the growing esports industry.
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Who We Are
You can see the schools who have or are currently participating in the SWWaG League here.
Is your school not listed? Let us know you want to join!
What makes SWWaG Different from other Esports leagues?
Esports can be many different things. It can try to emulate a traditional sport, including Rosters, Grade Checks, and Practice requirements. The State-wide WSSEA Esports league is such a program, and it is an excellent direction for many schools. We encourage schools to participate in this league and others if they fit your school.
SWWaG is different. The primary goal of SWWaG is to encourage a community of gamers to play together. “We want the kiddos to play.” To facilitate this, many of the traditional barriers of Esports have been reduced or removed to make it easier for all.
No Rosters - Most Esports Leagues require your students to register in the league, and have set students as primary and backup players in a team. SWWaG does not, and encourages students to join in a game mid-season. This has the additional benefit of reducing privacy concerns. All we ask is that the local Esports Director/Coach verify that the players are valid students of the school they represent.
No Fees - SWWaG has no membership fees of any kind. It is the goal of SWWaG to be not only a “non-profit”, but just be completely free. Never should your school, nor your students, have to pay in any way to compete.
Both Middle and High School students allowed - Most Esports Leagues will separate the High Schools and Middle Schools into different leagues. SWWaG allows you to have teams from any grade level as long as the students are 13+ years old. You are allowed to mix middle and high school students into your team, especially if you need to combine to fill a team.
Multiple Teams are possible - Some Leagues will allow a single “Varsity” team, and sometimes multiple JV teams. SWWaG doesn’t separate teams in that way. Instead, we allow 1 team per school. This allows larger district to have multiple teams, while smaller districts to combine their student populations to fill a team.
Flexible Schedules - SWWaG does a regular schedule for their games, usually set to a specific day of the week. But nothing prevents teams to work together to reschedule their games to better fit their needs. Want to start earlier? Need to delay a few days? Rescheduling is available.
Allowed remote play - Sometimes your students are unable to stay after school, or are remote students. These kiddos can join and play in your school’s team! We just ask that your Director/Coach keep in contact with the students for their matches.
Why South Western Washington?
There are many smaller local communities and schools in the region area that have been competing against each other in other sports for years. It seems natural to extend this competition into Esports. The existing Esports leagues are either State or nationwide and do not allow for the more well-known regional schools to compete together.
Could this change in the future? Perhaps. But the goal is to create a natural regional Esports league that fosters the local area competition.
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