MSSA's High School DotA 2 Ladder for 2019 is announced.

Oakhill School's 'Team Theory' in action.

Oakhill School not only leads the high schools' Dota 2 esports ladder, but also the high schools' Dota 2 esports rankings as the team has shown excellent skill and dedication to the sport. The school is to  be commended as a whole for its commitment to esports.

Through team-work Oakhill School's 'Team Theory' has done so well that the members of the team were awarded National Federation Colours when they were all selected to become members of the National Squad for the DotA 2 esports period.

There is no doubt that Oakhill School's Esports teams will continue to go from strength-to-strength. 

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 School ladder for the DotA 2 esports title for 2019 is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club
1	Team Theory	18	Oakhill College
2	Bishops Dota 1st team	18	Bishops College
3	Northwood DOTA	18	Northwood High
4	Spartans	18	SAHETI
5	Schoeman	18	Paul Roos Gimnasium
6	PRIDE	18	Parktown Boys
7	Schoeman	18	Paul Roos
8	SJC Eagles	18	St John's
9	Immortal Forces	18	Hudson Park Primary School
10	PR0NHS	18	Northcliff High School
11	Oakhill [Mr Project]	17	Oakhill College
12	Grey High Gaming	17	Grey High School
13	WYSIWYG	17	Jeppe High School for Boys
14	Sacred Heart 1	17	SACRED HEART
15	HTS Witbank	17	HTS Witbank
16	MC DOTA	17	Maritzburg College
17	KES I	18	King Edward VII
18	Curro Klerksdorp	18	Curro Klerksdorp
19	e-Squad	18	Hudson Park Primary School
20	Grey High Seconds	17	Grey High
21	Sacred Heart 2	17	SACRED HEART
22	EagleTeam	18	Hudson Park Primary School
23	Hoërskool Warmbad	18	Hoërskool Warmbad

Other Ladders are:

• Counter-Strike: GO - Senior
• Counter-Strike: GO - High Schools
• DotA 2 - Senior
• DotA 2 - High School
• 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.