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FCT ESports is State Bound!
For the fourth season in a row, the Falls City Tigers Esports Program has qualified for the NSESA State Tournament.
Falls City High School sophomore Deacon Jacobs is headed to the Nebraska Schools Esports Associations 2025 Fall State Tournament. Jacobs, ranked 7th in Division 3 Super Smash Bros Ultimate out of over one hundred and fifty competitors, qualified for the NSESA State Tournament last Thursday after defeating the #38 ranked player from Hemingford, NE. Division 3 Smash Bros Ultimate starts at 9 AM Friday, November 21 at Milford University in Fremont. The matches can be viewed through the NSESA and Milford ESports Twitch channels.
According to Coach Kory Huppert, “Deacon has been putting in the work in the Smash Bros Ultimate lab on the game to improve his skills, and it has paid off. Between that and working with Coach Syslo, who knows the game well, Jacobs and his FCT SSBU teammates have made a lot of progress this season.”
Two other FCT SSBU competitors made it to the second round and were one win shy of qualifying but lost this week in tough matches. Sophomores Carter Rumbaugh, ranked 48th, and Camden Jean ranked 20th. Two others, sophomores Burke Wissman and Asher Kuker qualified for the Division 3 playoffs which took the top 64.
In the NSESA Middle School Division, Falls City Middle School eighth graders Noah Jacobs, ranked 5th, and Liam Sutton, ranked 3rd, won their Elite Eight matches sending them to the Final Four of the NSESA Middle School Super Smash Bros Ultimate State Tournament. That tournament is played all online. The final four will take place this week. Luckily, they are on opposite sides of the bracket and would not face each other until the championship. Jacobs and Sutton placed at state last year in the middle school division as partners in the SSBU Duo Division.
The #4 FCT Marvel Rivals team lost 2-1 in a great contest last Tuesday evening against #5 Thayer Central that came down to the wire. With a win, the team would have qualified for state. “It was very exciting and even better to get to see how much that team has improved over the last year by competing last offseason (Spring) in a very tough esports league outside of the NSESA against schools with high schools of 1000+ kids,” Coach Huppert commented. “Listening to them talk to each other afterwards and support their team captain (Deacon Jacobs), who really pushed these guys to be better this season was one of the top five proudest moments of my career in coaching anything. Truthfully, listening to them talk to each other afterwards was why we coach. It was incredible,” Coach Huppert said.
The program has some additional teams still competing in PlayVS regional competitions with those playoffs set to start this week. The FCT League of Legends team is ranked in the Top 10 of the Pacific Region and the FCT OW2 team is ranked in the Top 25 of the Central Region. Both of those teams are competing mostly against schools Class A size and bigger. Some with over 1500 students in their high school. “Our goal has been raise the bar in competitive play for our players to better prepare them for state play,” Coach Nathaniel Syslo mentioned.
On October 28, eight students traveled to Indianapolis for the 98th FFA National Convention and Expo. The students that attended were Malori Kuker, Breean Eickhoff, Aubrey Kapustka, Kinsie Riggs, Taiylah Moore, Ethan Morris, Dayton Snethen, and Wyatt Coonce. The first day the group took a tour at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville where they learned about the different programs and got to see multiple places on campus. Next they toured Trans Ova Genetics in Chillicothe, Missouri where we learned about the process of multiple reproduction techniques they use at the facility. The second day, the group attended the first opening session of the 98th Convention where they watched opening ceremonies and listened to powerful motivational speaker A’ric Jackson who described how to get past mental blocks in your life. On Wednesday, the group spent the day touring different companies and places in the area. The first tour was an Angus beef cattle farm, where the owners also grew non-gmo corn for foreign countries and also supplied the local community with home grown beef. We were able to see their equipment they used and also their herd of cattle. They then traveled to the second tour at Ozark Fisheries, where the owners raised Koi and Goldfish, they told us the growing process of the fish and the kids were allowed to touch the tadpoles, and crawfish that were by products of the fisheries koi and goldfish, they then also showed us the packing process for fish that would be sent to valued customers. The final tour of the day was at Hunters Honey where members got to look at a large scale bee farm and even try some fresh honey there were multiple different stations where they saw how honey was collected, how it was stored, and also how it was packed, After the presentations they were even allowed to package their own bottle of honey and bring it home. On Friday, the group went to the convention and expo again where they attended many workshops and learned essential skills such as how to be kind to yourself, they also attended a Parliamentary Procedure Finals demonstration. The members then traveled downtown and had a team meal at a local restaurant. After the convention, they went to the FFA Rodeo and got to see many different ranked rodeo stars in action. Saturday morning, the group attended the American Degree Recipient Ceremony. They all watched as Falls City Graduate, Kemper Foster, received his FFA American Degree. At the conclusion of the American Degree ceremony, the group started their journey back home.
Reporter Bowdy Jones
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We want to get a great viewing tonight (11/11) at 7 PM for NSESA Marvel Rivals match. Get on and watch!
#4 FCT Marvel Rivals vs #5 Thayer Central Marvel Rivals
The winner goes to the NSESA State Tournament at Milford University next Friday.
https://www.twitch.tv/fct_esports
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FCT ESports NSESA Playoff Update
Marvel Rivals
On Wednesday, the #4 FCT Marvel Rivals team defeated the #13 Freeman Marvel Rivals team 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the NSESA State playoffs. With a win next week over #5 Thayer Central, the team would qualify for the NSESA State Tournament at Milford University on November 21.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate - High School
#7 Deacon Jacobs won 2-0 and will face #38 Hemingford Kaiden
#20 Camden Jean won 2-0 and will face #13 Wakefield SmashBros Nate
#48 Carter Rumbaugh had a huge 2-0 upset win over #17 Centennial_Dorian Melvin and will face #16 Thayer_State7heaven
Kuker and Wissman both lost their matches and have been eliminated from playoffs.
*With wins next week, Jacobs, Jean, and Rumbaugh would qualify for the final sixteen who earned the opportunity to compete at the NSESA State Tournament at Milford University on November 21.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate - Middle School
#5 Noah Jacobs won 2-0 and will play #12 Platteview Theo in the quarterfinals
#3 Liam Sutton won 2-0 and will play #19 David City Smash Aiden in the quarterfinals
Simmonds lost his match and was eliminated from the playoffs.
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