 On October 13, we ran seven different cornhole tournaments at Lone Butte Casino as part of our ACL October Regional. Over the course of the day, 30 different players (out of the 100 total players) won a piece of the $2,000+ prize money that was awarded at the event. Not bad for $10/player entry for singles tournaments and $30-$40 team entries for doubles tournaments! In addition to the tournaments, the championship matches of each division were streamed on the American Cornhole League Digital Network where baggers from around the country got to check out Arizona Cornhole finest players! We had some great matches, with new winners in some divisions and continued dominance in others by Arizona's ACL Pros! ADVANCED SINGLES In one of the early sessions, 25 players competed in a double elimination singles tournament. In a rematch of the East vs West Advanced Singles final, ACL Pros, Bill Hadley and Larry Felix squared off for the championship. In two close matches that could've gone either way (21-19, 21-19), Larry repeated as the Champion, earning his second regional win of the season. Fausto Gonzalez, had to fight his way back after an early round loss, winning six games in a row to come in 3rd place. Click to see FULL BRACKET.
COMPETITIVE SINGLES In the Competitive singles division, 15 players competed in a double elimination singles tournament. Felipe Villagomez, one of the valley's rising new players faced off against the 2018 Social Singles Champion, John Berg. Felipe was on his game this day and eked out the victory, 21-18 over John to take down the win. Lito Guerrero came in 3rd place with his only two losses coming to the 1st and 2nd place finishers. Click to see FULL BRACKET.
SOCIAL SINGLES In the Social singles division, 21 players competed in a double elimination singles tournament. Shawn Kelso, making his KB Kornhole debut all the from Flagstaff, dropped the first game of the finals against TJ Castrichini (one of my former students at ASU) before bouncing back in the sudden death game to take down the victory. Timothy Baldry, who doubled as a broadcast commentator during the event, came in 3rd place with his only losses coming to the top two players in the division. Click to see FULL BRACKET.
EXPERIENCED DOUBLES DIVISION The Experienced Division started with 26 teams competing in round robin where each team randomly played four different teams. Results from the Round Robin phase pushed the top 13 teams into the Advanced division and the remaining 13 teams into the Competitive division. ADVANCED DOUBLES In the ADVANCED DIVISION, ACL Pro team, Bill Hadley and Doug Zafft won their 2nd consecutive regional doubles tournament as a team (Bill's 3rd consecutive regional doubles win) by beating Larry Felix (ACL Pro) and Michael Molina. Alan Doyle and Mike Torres lost to Larry and Michael to finish 3rd. Click to see FULL BRACKET.
COMPETITIVE DOUBLES In the COMPETITIVE DIVISION, Angie Hallmark and Beth Hanson threw lights out all day, going undefeated, taking down Andy Hernandez and Ray Sandoval in the finals match. Bert Adams and Henry Imberi came in 3rd place with their only two loses coming to the top two teams. Click to see FULL BRACKET.
AMATEUR DOUBLES DIVISION The Amateur Division started with 16 teams competing in round robin where each team randomly played four different teams. Results from the Round Robin phase pushed the top eight teams into the Social division and the remaining eight teams into the Tailgate division, with each division competing in a single elimination tournament. SOCIAL DOUBLES In the SOCIAL DIVISION, Derek Dominguez and Octavio Guerrero (3-1 in round robin) took the top spot beating Melissa Felix and Zach Carley (4-0 in round robin) in the championship match. Newcomers, Vin Voeun and Tony Ramos (4-0 in round robin) took down Lou Gonzales and Steve Perez (3-1 in round robin) to claim 3rd place. Click to see RESULTS.
TAILGATE DIVISION In the TAILGATE DIVISION, Andrew Clarke and TJ Castrichini (2-2 in round robin) topped Eddie Cuevas and Timothy Baldry (2-2 in round robin) in the championship match. Johnny Carrasco and Joseph Juarez rounded out the top Tailgate teams with a 3rd place finish. Click to see RESULTS.
OTHER EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Also during the event, we ran a couple rounds of MONEY SHOT! In the early round, Derek Dominguez won $30 by getting his ticket drawn. In the afternoon session, Ray Sandoval made two bags and earned himself $265. Bill finished off the day with an $85 bag to take down the remainder of the money shot pot.
Upcoming EventsHere are our upcoming public events for 2018. Many events offer different divisions so that you can compete against people with similar experience. Please check out our website frequently at kbkornhole.com/events to see a full listing. We are constantly adding new events and the site updates regularly.
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