The Rockets are competing this week in the championship suit of the Esports Unified Nationals in the video game Rocket League, all RL Items through which competition control rocket-powered motors in a digital version of football.
After a preseason in shape and eight ordinary-season matches, the team from Bartonville superior thru 3 rounds of the playoffs — and now will face Mesa (Arizona) Ironwood at 6 p.M. Wednesday for the identify. You can watch through Limestone's Twitch channel at LCHS310_ESports.
This occasion is coordinated thru the Special Olympics' unified sports program, which joins students with and without intellectual disabilities on identical group.
Reese Smith, Mikey McCarthy and Aidan Ward make up the crew headed to the finals. The universal roster additionally consists of Ryan Lappie, Connor Chambers and Jett Callear.
The team's alternative is Caspian Adams, who turned into part of Limestone's preceding foray into esports success. Over the iciness, Adams and Limestone gained one in every of 4 local championships of the North American Scholastic Esports Federation's fall scholastic event inLOLGA Rocket League. They went on to compete within the countrywide semifinals.