November 11, 2025

MEC Announces Fiber Cup 2025 Winners

(Cassopolis, MI) – Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC), in partnership with Southwestern Michigan College (SMC), held the third annual Fiber Cup esports video game tournament in southwest Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

Ten teams of three competed in a double-elimination Rocket League tournament hosted in the MEC Esports Arena at SMC’s Barbara Wood Building. Prizes included Steam Decks for the winning team, gift cards for second and third place winners, and a donation to any schools whose affiliated teams placed in the top three.

After several very competitive matches, three teams came out on top:

Scary Aftershock (unaffiliated)
Wildcats (Jenison High School)
Ball Chasers (Tecumseh High School)

Three students holding championship belts and Steam Decks.

First Place: Scary Aftershock

Three students standing in front of a computer room.

Second Place: Wildcats (Jenison High School)

Third Place: Ball Chasers (Tecumseh High School)

Also in attendance were teams representing Bangor High School, Watervliet High School, Constantine High School, Marcellus High School, and Ross Beatty High School in Cassopolis, plus teams with students from Lawrence High School, Detroit Catholic Central High School, and Coloma High School.

MEC and SMC are proud to offer the Fiber Cup each year as an opportunity for students from around the state to discover MEC, SMC, and southwest Michigan towns like Dowagiac. It also allows local students the opportunity to enjoy an esports event without setting aside the time and resources to travel to cities like Grand Rapids, Lansing, or Detroit, where esports events are more common.

MEC is proud to support local esports programs as a way to give students an opportunity to develop teamwork, communication, and other life skills that are usually practiced in traditional team sports such as football. MEC sees investment in students’ present as an investment in the future of the vibrant, relevant, sustainable rural communities of south Michigan.

A student playing a video game on a computer.

Three championship belts in boxes on a table.

A Steam Deck in its case sitting on a table.

A Fiber Cup volunteer helps a competitor get set up on a computer.

A team of competitors plays a Rocket League game.

A team of Fiber Cup competitors plays a game.

Two Fiber Cup competitors play a game on computers.

A Fiber Cup volunteer checks four attendees into the tournament.

An overhead view of the staging area at the Fiber Cup.

A Fiber Cup volunteer sits in a chair while a stream of the Fiber Cup is projected behind her.

Fiber Cup shoutcaster Elijah smiles at the camera with his streaming equipment in front of him.

Fiber Cup volunteer Sergio takes a selfie with several attendees.

Three students sit at a table watching the Fiber Cup stream on their phones.

A Fiber Cup volunteer gives an interview to a reporter with a camera.

About MEC Esports Arena

The Midwest Energy & Communications Esports Arena is located in the Barbara Wood Building at Southwestern Michigan College. The space provides students with opportunities to compete in national esports championships, developing interpersonal and technical skills and setting them up for future success.

About Midwest Energy & Communications

Midwest Energy & Communications provides electricity, propane, and fiber internet to over 40,000 consumers in 15 counties across southern Michigan, northern Indiana, and Ohio.

About Southwestern Michigan College

Southwestern Michigan College serves roughly 1,800 students each year and operates on two campuses in Dowagiac, Michigan and Niles, Michigan.