AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - Competitive gaming has become very dominant around the world, and one local educator is using his love for gaming as a tool to help enhance his students’ educational journey.

Israel Butler, Academy of Richmond County engineering and technology instructor, and two of his students, Kaden O’Bryant and Anthony Daley, Jr., who are members of the Rocket League, sit down with WJBF to talk about how they are making history not just locally but statewide and regionally.

Welcome to Celebrating Black Excellence. How long have you two been gaming?

Kaden: Oh, my whole life.

Anthony: Yeah. I'm gonna have to start, as I can remember, since I was, like, seven.

What about it specifically made you want to say, “Hey, I want to do it as a sport.”?

Kaden: When I was younger, I was a

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