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With stigma fading and scholarships available, video games take off at Clark County schools as extracurricular activity

Esports teams from Camas, Battle Ground high schools gear up for playoffs, state championship in May

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A Prairie High esports team member looks at a monitor displaying Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Wednesday during practice at Prairie High School. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Prairie High School students went head-to-head — more like screen-to-screen — against Camas High School during an esports match after school on Wednesday, March 19.

Esports (electronic sports) made its way to Clark County high schools in the 2022-23 school year and has slowly expanded ever since. Prairie had only five students interested and one team when the school started esports. Now, 15 students are split between the school’s two varsity teams and one junior varsity team.

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