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Jan. 10—The advent of esports has been a boon for high school kids across Ector County ISD. They look forward to coming to school and they get to do one of their favorite things — play video games.

I first started trying to get an esports program at my school in 2011. At the time, there was a lot of resistance around the misconception that violent video games make violent kids, despite all the ...

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Abraham Suchil, a 17-year-old senior, and 15-year-old freshman Joshua Garcia, esports athletes at Permian High School, practice in the library. Both have enjoyed having esports on campus and find that ...