Sylmar Esports

Welcome to the Sylmar CHS Esports web page! If you are interested in our High School Esports program as a potential student or parent, please see some of our program highlights and other experiences from our community below. If you are student of the BRAND NEW FOR FALL 2026 CTE Esports 1A course, please CLICK HERE FOR ALL COURSE MATERIAL!

What is Sylmar Esports?

Community

All SCHS students are welcome to join Educare and Coach Smith after school daily in room 65 to use Esports resources. If you want to play ANY game, ask Smith!

Competition

SCHS students can enroll in official CIF leagues for afterschool matches every week. Major scholarships and CV opportunities await. Afterschool tournaments co-hosted at LAMC are opportunities for Spartan alumni to compete against new gen Spartans.

Career Readiness

SCHS students enrolled in the LAUSD CTE Esports 1A course taught by Smith will have hands on experiences with modern tech equipment, software, communications, and become well versed in industry history and standards. Many of our alumni leverage these skills at a host of prestigious UCs! (4 UC in this pic alone)

Wait, did you say CIF? California Interscholastic Federation CIF? This is a sport? How can this be a sport? You said scholarships?

Sylmar Spartans must dedicate time, focus, and a commitment to bettering their craft if they want to succeed in Esports. In many of these games, Esports competitors go 1 on 1, 3 on 3, or 5 on 5 to coordinate their play and best the other school's players. $51,000* in scholarships is at stake in the Fall 2026 season! While Esports are not as inherently physical, the mental taskload is similar to all other sports. As many athletes can attest (like golfers), the brain is the most taxed part of the body! Spartans can enroll in the following titles via PlayVS. Participation in at least 1 title is REQUIRED for the CTE course. All eligible titles + Fall 2026 schedule listed below:

Marvel Rivals @ Thursday 4pm

Street Fighter 6 @ Tuesday 4pm

Smash @ Wednesday 4pm

Valorant @ Wednesday 4pm

Smash Ultimate vs Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland)

Rocket League vs Capistrano Valley HS (Mission Viejo)

Who is Coach Smith?

Coach Smith has been teaching at Sylmar CHS for a decade. He helped found the Esports Club in Spring of 2018, enrolled students in PlayVS in Spring of 2021, and has been hosting the Esports program in his classroom as Coach since. He received his B.S. in Biochemistry from UCLA in 2012, his SED credential and MA in Science Education from California State University, Northridge and his CTE ITS credential in 2026. Coach Smith spends most of his time outside of SCHS with his wife Suzette, their sons Jonah (6), Julian (1) and collie Huckleberry. Smith grew up playing games and hacking his consoles; you can check out his favorite games of all time here.

"I have been blessed to have some cool and ambitious students that put their Spartan pride to work in my digital classroom. Alumni of the program have come on to careers in the industry as well as advisory roles within the program at LAMC and Educare SCHS. If you are interested in some of our previous community events, like our build-a-pc events, the local afterschool tournaments, the Levelup LA Minecraft event or any of our other sponsered activities, click HERE!" - Coach Smith

Click to see more Sylmar Esports history via the yearbook!

Coach Smith is super proud of all of his SCHS Esports Spartans!

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