The Blinn College esports Valorant team reached the championship match of the NJCAA Esports (NJCAAe) East Central Regional Tournament on Thursday.

The Buccaneers defeated Madison College 2-0 in a best-of-three semifinal series and will now face Pratt Community College in a best-of-three title match at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, with a berth in the NJCAAe national tournament on the line.

Competing for Blinn against Madison was the team of Samuel Long, Hayden Rubino, Milad Khorsandi, Ilies Dolliazal, and Brian Yang.

Valorant is a tactical, team-based, first-person shooter set in a near-future world. Teams of five players choose unique agents with distinct abilities, combining shooting skills with strategic use of each agent's toolkit. Teams alternate between attacking and defending. Att

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