Brushy Public School’s esports fifth-eighth grade team just wrapped up its 2023 fall season with 11 kids total who qualified in three different games — Super Mario Brothers, Minecraft and Chess — along with a team of three who qualified for the Organization of Rural Elementary Schools (ORES) Super Smash State Championship, which took place Saturday in Tulsa. Top photograph, front row, from left — Solomon Vang, Nik Stites, Silas Cook and Cephas Vang. Back row — Owen Plattner, Jacob Poindexter, Jackson Barker, Liam Plattner and Jasper Campbell. In the photograph at left are Payton Sells, left, and Brycen Thomas. Not pictured are coaches Cody Walters and Arica Walters.

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