Texas Crowned Its First Esports Champions

On Sunday, May 17, the Texas Esports Conference held its inaugural Season Alpha Championship at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio. Top Texas high school programs played to in-person finals, with the championship matches broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch. The day closed out TEC’s pilot season, and it ran alongside the FORGE Scholastic Esports Championship, the largest scholastic esports event in the country.

Season Alpha was built the way Texas builds its other sports: regional play through the season, then in-person finals at the top. Teams earned their spots out of the Metroplex and South Texas regions and met in San Antonio to settle it on stage.

Champions

VALORANT: Stephen F. Austin

Overwatch: Hebron

Rocket League: Hebron

Super Smash Bros.: Warren E-Sports

Hebron took two of the four titles, winning Overwatch and Rocket League, and reached the VALORANT final, where Stephen F. Austin stopped the sweep.

Thank you to the schools that made the trip, the families who drove hours to watch their kids compete, and the volunteers and stream team who ran the day. Thanks also to FORGE, Rally Cry, and the Army National Guard for hosting TEC inside the weekend.

What’s next

Season Alpha is done. The 2026-27 season is what we build now, and enrollment is open through September 15. Texas high schools can apply at texasesports.org/scholastic/apply, and Texas colleges and universities at texasesports.org/collegiate/apply. Whether your school competed Sunday or watched from home, the next step is the same: come build the 2026-27 season with us.