Timber Lake, Dupree players qualify for high school eSport State Championships

  • Timber Lake’s Maddy Hermes makes a steal and heads up-court while teammate Kylie Lawrence (left) fills a lane for a fast-break and Panther Head Coach Tuffy Thompson (maroon shirt) looks on. Topic Photo/Marie DuPreez
    Timber Lake’s Maddy Hermes makes a steal and heads up-court while teammate Kylie Lawrence (left) fills a lane for a fast-break and Panther Head Coach Tuffy Thompson (maroon shirt) looks on. Topic Photo/Marie DuPreez

    The Timber Lake School eSports team just wrapped up its second year of regular-season eSports competition and will be represented at the State Tournament in Aberdeen on Friday and Saturday, Feb.13-14, by several players, including 2025 qualifier Nathaniel O’Bryan.

    O’Bryan and Garrett Nilson both qualified for the state tournament in chess. Nilson enters as the No.20 seed while O’Bryan is seeded No.…