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‘Amazing payoff’: Forest Hills esports team shocks the state in capturing ‘Valorant’ title

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America loves an underdog story when a low-seeded basketball team advances farther than expected during March Madness.

The Forest Hills esports squad produced that same kind of magic as part of “May Madness†at the recent Pennsylvania Interscholastic Esports Association championships. No. 7 seed Forest Hills worked its way through the “Valorant†Division 2 bracket to earn the program’s first state title May 30 at Mount Aloysius College in remarkable and unlikely fashion.

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