Lake Area Technical College is heading to its first-ever national esports championship.

The school's Call of Duty Warzone team will face USC Sumter in the Call of Duty Warzone 2v2 NJCAAE National Championship at 5 p.m. Dec. 12.

The team includes Jose Del Angel of Milbank, South Dakota, Garrison Steele of Alden, Minnesota and Mason Anthony of Nicollet, Minnesota.

The team had a strong regular season with only one loss and a Region 13 Championship win. They advanced to the national semifinals, where they defeated Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2-1.

After losing the second match of the series, Coach Bryce LeBlanc rallied players Del Angel and Steele with a simple message: “Win and move on or lose and go home.”

The players responded with a decisive performance in the final ma

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