Free State's Benniel Botha heads the High School Ladder for the Street Fighter V esports title.

Benniel Botha (Fakkel School of Skills) is leading the MSSA High Schools' Ladder for the Street Fighter V esports title.

Only a Registered Player that is ranked in the top ten positions on the ladder, may automatically qualify for National Team Selection. It is therefore vital for any player wishing to be considered for national team selection to actively participate in the Ladder.

The Ladder works on a system of challenges throughout the year in order to give clubs the opportunity to improve their teams/players' playing skills outside of the normal MSSA championships. The Ladder allows teams/players' to experiment with new tactics, combinations, etc.

Registered Players, through the Member Club to which they are affiliated, may challenge any Register Player on the ladder. Any Registered Player so challenged has 5 days within which to respond and play the match. Such rule allows the ladder to retain its dynamic nature and stops the challenged Registered Player from delaying unnecessarily.

However, any Registered Player challenged during any official MSSA event while both such Registered Players are participating in such event, and are paired by the umpire to play against each other, must play such challenge. This means that any or all games in a MSSA Regional, Provincial, and/or National Championship may count as ladder games.

The full rules for the ladder may be found here: Important changes to MSSA's Inter-Club Ladder rules.

The starting position for the High Schools' ladder for the Street Fighter V esports title for 2019 is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	Year	Club
1	Benniel Botha	18	Fakkel School of Skills
2	Leone Loftus	18	Fakkel School of Skills
3	Ru-Landi Killian	18	Affies
4	Armand Botha	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog
5	Cindy-Lee Strydom	18	Fakkel School of Skills
6	Jayden Gotalkista	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog
7	Wynand Janse van Rensburg	17	JCS Academy
8	Titus Loyiso	17	Fakkel School of Skills
9	Ruan Hoffman	17	JCS Academy
10	Kyle Graham	18	Fakkel School of Skills
11	Ester Kanerhe	18	Northcliff High School
12	Marchelle van Niekerk	17	HTS Sasolburg
13	Sean Skolkali	18	Northcliff High School
14	Unathi Nzimandi	18	Empangeni High
15	Irfaan Sabet	18	Empangeni High
16	Bronwyn Williams	17	JCS Academy
17	Conor Kisbey-Green	17	Maritzburg College
18	Gawie Fick	17	Fakkel School of Skills
19	Nadine Swart	17	HTS Witbank
20	Phoenix Janse Van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School of Skills
21	Theunis van der Merwe	17	Curro Klerksdorp
22	Anele Motaung	18	Fakkel School of Skills
23	Lee-Ann van der Merwe	18	JCS Academy
24	Aaron Mulligan	17	Maritzburg College
25	Pieter van der Merwe	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog
26	Sune vd Merwe	17	HTS Witbank
27	Rina du Toit	18	Northcliff High School
28	Jualine van Rooyen	17	JCS Academy
29	Natalie Swanepoel	18	Fakkel School of Skills
30	Dwayne van Niekerk	18	Fakkel School of Skills
31	Gordon McCormack	17	JCS Academy
32	Jarred Smith	17	JCS Academy
33	Jodie Motala	18	Empangeni High
34	Alicia Els	17	JCS Academy
35	Dominique Janse van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School of Skills
36	ian Hallgreen	18	Empangeni High
37	Maryka Grobler	17	PHS
38	Kristen Cockeron	18	Fakkel School of Skills
39	Micaela Hodgkinson	18	JCS Academy
40	Luhan Stotlz	18	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog
41	Angelique Taljaard	17	Fakkel School
42	Armandt Welgemoed	17	Curro Klerksdorp
43	Mercia de Frye	17	Fakkel School of Skills

Other Ladders are:

• Counter-Strike: GO - Senior
• Counter-Strike: GO - High Schools
• FIFA - Senior
• FIFA - High Schools
• League of Legends - Senior
• League of Legends - High Schools
• Street Fighter V - Senior
• Street Fighter V - High Schools
• Tekken 7 - Senior

Also read:

• The new national team selection criteria.
• 2019 Calendar of events.