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says it will begin the rollout of e-sports, or electronic sports, in high schools this fall, in partnership with Vancouver-based company .
Trial play launches with the team-based strategy game at BCSS member schools.
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Yearly, BC School Sports offers interscholastic competition in 19 different activities to more than 70,000 students in Grades 8 to 12.
Nearly 200 colleges in the U.S. and Canada are actively recruiting and offer scholarships for e-sports, the news release says. Also, B次元官网网址渃ompanies within the esports industry are looking to hire those with experience across multiple aspects of gaming.B次元官网网址�
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For the e-sports trial, interested schools are asked to fill out and email it to bwhyte@bcschoolsports.ca by no later than noon on Nov. 4. The cost to participate in the trial invitational will be $29.99 per student.
