A
good many sports will have a hint
in the name that gives a sense of
how the game is played.
Baseball is about running around bases to
score points; in England, they call soccer
football because, well, you use your feet.
Basketball, if you’re following the theme,
is about getting the ball into a basket. So
what in the world is cornhole all about?
Players form into teams, aiming to toss bags
of corn (or bean bags) into a hole on a board
that rests on a mild incline, not so steep that
bags will slide off under their own weight if
they come to rest on the board itself. A bag
in the hole scores 3 and one on the board
scores 1, by standard rules, and there’s a bit
of strategy involved in knocking bags off
the board, or even leaving one in the way
to block a slide shot from going in.
Abernathy.
Upcoming events include a tournament (or
“cornament,” if you’re feeling cute) on Aug.
8 at Local Joe’s at Little Bridge Marina in
Rainbow City, one of Abernathy’s events.
Registration starts at 11 AM, with bags flying at 12:30.
Regular games take place every Wednesday
at Loco Mex in Jacksonville, Thursday nights
at 6 PM at Struts of Oxford and, as of Aug.
23, every Sunday night at Heroes American
Grille.
For more information about booking a Cornhole tournament for your business, event or
charity, give Chris Abernathy a call at 256312-0877 or message him on Facebook.
It’s becoming a popular Calhoun County pastime, with regular Cornhole nights
around the county in restaurants and bars,
and even charity events for organizations
like the Hospice Promise Foundation tournament held in Anniston in June. Part of
that popularity is that the game is as simple
as it sounds.
“What’s making it grow is that anybody can
play it,” said Chris Abernathy, who arranges
Cornhole nights at local venues. “It’s a fun
game for the whole family.”
Abernathy has been playing the game for
four years, and