Point Park to Hold Second Annual High School Esports Tournament with $6,000 in Prizes Thursday, March 12, 2026
Members of the Point Park University esports team are taking a leading role in organizing the high school Rocket League tournament.
”We’re excited to welcome competitive esports athletes and teams to an amazing opportunity to test their skills, have fun and compete for prizes.”
Point Park University will host its second annual High School Esports Invitational tournament, featuring esports teams from high schools across the Pittsburgh region and Pennsylvania, on Saturday, March 21.
The one-day 3-v-3 Rocket League tournament will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rezzanine Esports facility on the second floor of Phoenix 24 Luxury Cinema in Bridgeville, PA.
According to Caleb Knox, event coordinator and senior sports communication major with a minor in public relations, advertising and social media, ”We’re excited to welcome competitive esports athletes and teams to an amazing opportunity to test their skills, have fun and compete for prizes.” Knox is the captain of the Rocket League Esports Team of Point Park, which won the NACE championships in April 2025.
The tournament will be run by students in the Point Park esports program and is produced in collaboration with Rezzanine Esports, a premier gaming destination and event space that bridges the gap between casual and competitive by offering a mix of high-performance PCs, consoles and classic arcade games. Support for the event also includes Point Park's Center for Experiential Narrative Technologies (CENT) program, directed by Don Marinelli, and assistant director and esports coach Chris Gaul.
The tournament is offering a $6,000 prize pool, with first place receiving $3,000, second place $2,000 and third place $1,000. The competition will be split into two halves: a round-robin tournament will be held to determine each team's seeding. Then, the second half of the tournament will be a double-elimination bracket.
Schools participating in the tournament will include Canon-McMillan, Trinity Area, Biglerville, West Mifflin and Aliquippa.
Point Park's esports program, launched in 2020, has grown in popularity as the interest and participation in esports continue to soar in the United States and globally. Point Park's program includes both competitors and content creators, who produce the competition streams. All participants receive a scholarship.
Release provided by Barb Vilanova.