Mxolisi Lukhele grabs the top position.

From left to right: Lebogang Phoshoko, Mxolisi Lukhele, and Joost Loftus.

Over the past year (2018) Mxolisi Lukhele (Amplified Rebellion) from Vereeniging has established himself as a top-of-the-line competitor.

Mxolisi has gone on to dethrone many of the players who dominated the esports title of Street Fighter V.

However, at MSSA's 36th Gauteng Provincial Championships held at Northcliff High School on 24 February 2018, Mxolisi found that he too was under challenge.

The challenge was lead by Lebogang Phoshoko (Cape Town Mind sports) who not only won the championship, but won every single game that he played. Lebogang's victory edged Mxolisi into an unexpected second place, but was not enough to dethrone Mxolisi from the top of the rankings.

Father and son team (Leonard and Joost Loftus) are now sandwiched between the two rivals on the ranking, and will no doubt have to face off against both Mxolisi and Lebogang.

Without doubt, the 2018 season seems as though it is going to be the best season yet as the players fight for ultimate supremacy.

The full list of rankings for the Street Fighter V esports title are as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	Year	Club	Points
1	Mxolisi Lukhele	18	Amplified Rebellion	213.6
2	Joost Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	207.3
3	Leonard Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	188.1
4	Lebogang Phoshoko	18	Cape Town Mind Sports	182.4
5	Leone Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	159.9
6	Alasdair Donaldson	17	Knights Mind Sports Club	157.6
7	Armand Botha	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	131.1
8	Natalie Swanepoel	18	Fakkel School of Skills	130.3
9	Brian Lin	17	Masters of Mind Sports	128
10	Wynand Janse van Rensburg	17	JCS Academy	125.9
11	Titus Loyiso	17	Fakkel School of Skills	125.4
12	Ruan Hoffman	17	JCS Academy	124.8
13	Benniel Botha	18	Fakkel School of Skills	124.1
14	Ester Kanerhe	18	Northcliff High School	123.9
15	Cindy-Lee Strydom	18	Fakkel School of Skills	122.8
16	Marchelle van Niekerk	17	HTS Sasolburg	120.5
17	Sean Skolkali	18	Northcliff High School	117.1
18	Suzaan van Jaarsveld	17	Masters of Mind Sports	116.4
19	Kyle van Biljon	17	Articon	115.4
20	Alex Esterhuizen	17	Vexxed Phoenix	114.2
21	Bronwyn Williams	17	JCS Academy	114.2
22	Carl McNeill	17	Cape Town Mind Sports	114.2
23	Chantél Cronjé	17	Fragcon	114.2
24	Conor Kisbey-Green	17	Maritzburg College	114.2
25	Doreen Els	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	114.2
26	Edward Cronjé	17	Fragcon	114.2
27	Gawie Fick	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.2
28	Nadine Swart	17	HTS Witbank	114.2
29	Phoenix Janse Van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School of Skills	114.2
30	Rianco Brits	17	Fragcon	114.2
31	Theunis van der Merwe	17	Curro Klerksdorp	114.2
32	Stephan Moetetsi	17	North West University - Vaal	114
33	Yu-Hsien Lin	17	North West University Vaal	114
34	Aaron Mulligan	17	Maritzburg College	110
35	Sune vd Merwe	17	HTS Witbank	109.7
36	Rina du Toit	18	Northcliff High School	109.5
37	Jualine van Rooyen	17	JCS Academy	109.2
38	Robyn Gertzen	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	108.2
39	Kaitlyn Creighton	17	Masters of Mind Sports	107.8
40	Gordon McCormack	17	JCS Academy	104.5
41	Jarred Smith	17	JCS Academy	104.5
42	Nkwe Makaleng	17	Non member	104.5
43	Clareus Phillips	17	Non member	100.3
44	Gearè Botes	17	Cape Town Mind Sports	100
45	Alicia Els	17	JCS Academy	99.3
46	Dominique Janse van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School of Skills	99.3
47	Maryka Grobler	17	PHS	95
48	Kristen Cockeron	18	Fakkel School of Skills	95
49	Angelique Taljaard	17	Fakkel School	90.3
50	Armandt Welgemoed	17	Curro Klerksdorp	90.3
51	Tshedza Mosheleni	16	Fakkel School of Skills	90.3
52	Mercia de Frye	17	Fakkel School of Skills	85.8

Other official rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '18
• Senior HearthStone
• Senior Injustice 2
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Morabaraba
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools FIFA
• Schools HearthStone
• Schools League of Legends