ESPORTS’ WINNING SEASON
averian Esports entered its second year
strong with 50 players. Regional and national
online play via PlayVS and HSEL was seen across
all four titles (Overwatch 2, Valorant, Super Smash
Bros. Ultimate, and Rocket League). All four
teams are now ranked, with Rocket League fifth in
Massachusetts, Valorant and Smash Bros. top 10
in the Eastern Region, and Overwatch fourth in the
nation. The Overwatch team in particular saw great
play - with only a single match lost all season.
This enabled them to make the Eastern Regional
Finals. Despite losing this match, their performance
throughout the season was so impressive that
PlayVS extended one of two “runner-up invitations”
to the team. Xaverian won the first two matches
and advanced to the National Semifinals.
Though their season ended there, Coach Bryan
Corbett ’11 is incredibly proud of the team and
their dedication to one another, saying, “They
spent countless hours planning, practicing, and
bonding as a unit, and their hard work clearly
paid off.”
awk Robotics - The Ryken Force
finished their second season strong,
with an outstanding performance at
the FIRST FTC Massachusetts State
Championship. Under the guidance of Mr.
Christopher Roche, computer science
teacher, and Mr. John Tassinari, science
teacher, this program continues to grow.
Competitions in the 2022-2023 school year
included Canton’s “Gears on the Loose”
challenge and Needham’s FIRST FTC
“Rocket Rumble,” but the real success
story was making it to the final round of
the Massachusetts State Championship at
Andover High School, an incredible feat for a
two-year old program.
The team had several unique
opportunities this year to learn from their
peer schools as well as from professionals
in the industry. In December 2022, Hawk
Robotics hosted members of the Natick
High School FTC robotics team (FTC#
5436 The Aluminum Cobblers) for a work
session/scrimmage. In the spring, the
team took a field trip to AccuRounds, a
manufacturing company that makes and
assembles precision-turned components,
thanks to a generous invite from Michael
Tamasi, P ’09, ’11.
Each year the team nominates up to two
students from grades 10 and 11 for FIRST’s
Dean’s List. This year, Hawk Robotics
selected Connor Coye ’25 and Paul
Fischer ’24 as the Dean’s List nominees.
Congratulations to Connor, Paul, and the
whole Ryken Force for a phenomenal
second season.
NEW & NOTEWORTHY (CONTINUED)
XAVERIAN ROBOTICS REACHES STATE FINALS
Pictured here (front row, l to r) are Haig Guzelian ’25, Connor Coye ’25, Paul Fischer ’24, Matthew Lopez ’24, Colin Teahan ’24, and Thomas
Ricci ’23; (back row, l to r) Mr. Tassinari, Mr. Roche, John Teeven ’25, Brendan Coghlan ’24, Joe Teeven ’27, Liam Sullivan ’28, Michael
Lachut ’25, and Braden Kennedy ’23.
Pictured here l to r are Kyle Smolinsky ’23, Jordan Silva ’24, Aidan Dion ’23, Tyler Chaput ’23,
and Michael Kanaan ’23, starting members of the Overwatch nationally ranked team. Not
pictured: Brendan Pantazelos ’23
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