YWC Spring 25 Overview

Key Dates

Item Date
Registration Open 12/9/24
Registration Close End of Regular Season 
Preseason  2/10 - 2/21
Regular Season 2/24 - 4/11
Playoff Seeding 1 day following a game’s makeup day
Playoffs 4/15 - 5/2

Game Info 

Game Title Team Size Platform(s) Match Length
League of Legends 5v5 PC Bo1 Season
Bo3 Playoffs
Overwatch 2 5v5 Cross-Platform

Bo5 Season

Bo7 Playoffs

Rocket League 2v2 2v2 Cross-Platform

Bo5 Season

Bo7 Playoffs

 

Tournament Format

Stage Name Format Description Length Max Playable Games
Preseason Queue Play at all queues 2 weeks Queue dependent
Regular Season Queue 1 match per week 7 weeks 7
Playoffs Single Elim Bracket Top “x” qualify 2.5 weeks Tbd 

Match Times

Game Title Days Times (all represented in Eastern Time)
League of Legends Monday 4:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM ET | 8:00 pm ET 
Rocket League 2v2 Wednesday  4:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM ET | 6:00 PM ET | 8:00 PM ET 
Overwatch 2 Thursday 4:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM ET | 6:00 PM ET | 8:00 PM ET 

Makeup Times

Week 6: Each competition will have at least one optional make up queue available Friday, April 4th

Week 7: The final week of the regular season will allow schools to utilize more than one queue time–in addition to their standard week 7 match–in order to make up any previously missed weeks. All queue times will remain consistent from preseason through week 7 of the regular season. 

Playoff 101

How to Qualify

  • A roster/player must:
    • Play at least 75% of matches to be eligible for playoff qualification.
    • End the season at a high enough leaderboard placement (see Leaderboard Tiebreakers)
    • NoteAny unplayed regular-season matches will be counted as a loss against the player's/roster's record at the end of the regular season.
  • Playoffs/finals are manually seeded; players will not use the queue system*.
  • You may only reschedule a playoff match if you meet all of the following criteria: 
    • Your competitor agrees to the new time in the match chat on the Generation Esports platform.
    • You notify and receive approval from GenE admins for the new time here.
    • The match score is reported before midnight Pacific Standard Time the day prior to the next round (i.e. reschedules must not impede the bracket from advancing).
    • Finals matches cannot be rescheduled.
    • Your opponent must agree to the rescheduled time in match chat on the Generation Esports platform or the default time will remain.
  • 3rd place finals matches will occur on the same day as the bracket's finals match. 
  • Roster changes may be made at any point during or in-between seasons except during the time a team has queued for their match, during live matches, or once the playoffs have been seeded
  • In the case an emergency substitute is needed, the Team Administrator must reach out to competition@highschoolesportsleague.com to request permission. 
    • If you have not heard back after 24 hours of making an emergency substitute request, please contact support here

Prizing

Prize Value ($) Prize # of prizes
League of Legends 1st  1st Place Medal 6 (1 per player + sub)
League of Legends 2nd 2nd Place Medal 6 (1 per player + sub)
League of Legends 3rd 3rd Place Medal 6 (1 per player + sub)
Overwatch 2 1st  1st Place Medal 6 (1 per player + sub)
Overwatch 2 2nd 2nd Place Medal 6 (1 per player + sub)
Overwatch 2 3rd 3rd Place Medal 6 (1 per player + sub)
Rocket League 2v2 1st  1st Place Medal 3 (1 per player + sub)
Rocket League 2v2 2nd 2nd Place Medal 3 (1 per player + sub)
Rocket League 2v2 3rd 3rd Place Medal 3 (1 per player + sub)