Windermere esports tops Dr. Phillips for Mario Kart state title, 2-0

The Wolverines esports team not only brought home another piece of hardware but also finished the Mario Kart season undefeated.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 4:30 a.m. December 15, 2024

Sports
High Schools

The Windermere High esports team has claimed the 2024 Florida FASA Mario Kart State Championship after beating Dr. Phillips esports in the title round, 2-0.

The Wolverines were able to hold off a Panthers team — who won the Mario Kart state championship during the spring esports season — that pushed Windermere throughout the match, fighting to the last lap.

Beyond winning the title and bringing home the hardware, the win for the Wolverines marked the completion of an undefeated season.

This state title and undefeated run aren’t the only examples of Windermere establishing itself as West Orange and Southwest Orange County’s dominant esports program. Last season, the Wolverines esports also won the FASA Rocket League State Championship during the 2024 FASA PlayVS esports state championships, Florida’s first-ever in-person esports competition, hosted at Windermere High April 27.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.