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Crazy for cornhole
Crazy for Cornhole
WHAT: The Miller Lite World Championship of Cornhole V
WHERE: The Big Sandy Superstore Arena
THE DIVISIONS: At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, it's the top 32 two-person teams playing for a share of the $5,000 cash prize. The winners will take home $1,200 cash and custom championship belts.
THE PAYOUT: The world champs get $1,200 and World Championship belts; Runners-up get $700; $400 for third place, $200 for fifth, sixth and seventh place, and $100 through 16th place.
WHAT ELSE: The World Championship will feature mini clinics from MyCornCoach.com (a couple of pro players), the Cornhole Girls and much more.
WHAT IS CORNHOLE? Called everything from Corn Toss to Bean Toss to Indiana Horseshoes, Cornhole is a simple yard game similar to horseshoes and can be played singles or doubles.
Players, two to a team, stand about 33 feet apart and pitch or toss soft bags filled with feed corn at platform boxes that are 2-feet by 4-feet and sloped.
The object is get the corn bag into a hole cut into the platform. A corn bag in the hole has a value of three points and, like horseshoes, points are awarded for shots in the vicinity.
You get one point for a corn bag resting on the platform (it can't be touching the ground) and like horseshoes, your point is canceled out if your opponent also lands a bag on the platform. Teams play to 21.
