Only a month late...the East vs West Competition was the biggest yet! Thank you to all of the players and guests who came down to Harrah's Casino to take part in the event. While the overall score below looks lopsided, this was one of the closest competitions with East and West players trading the lead back and forth multiple times throughout the weekend as each side was looking to win the Bert Adams East vs West Trophy. Both sides were neck and neck until about mid-day on the final day when the East side pulled ahead for good.

At the 3rd Annual East vs West Competition, we renamed the winning trophy the Bert Adams East vs West Trophy to honor one of the great ambassadors of the game.

The 2020-2021 Player of the Year, Doug Zafft, was recognized during the awards ceremony. New this year, we recognized the Female Players of the Year for the past four years - 2017-2018 , 2018-2019 , 2019-2020 , 2020-2021

State Champions who were in attendance were presented with their jerseys during the event.

The Copper Club Invitational is open to the top 32 players in the Arizona State Standings during the previous season. Each player received a commemorative t-shirt sponsored by BagsBoards.com and played in a single elimination blind draw with a $500 prize pool.

1st place: Daniel M & Michael M ($350)
2nd place: Richard W & Doug Z ($150)

Intermediate singles featured 61 players competing in a double elimination bracket.

1st place: Joe Eccles ($200)
2nd place: Andrew Mendoza ($150)
3rd place: Nathaniel Ysaguirre ($110)
4th place: Priscilla Roybal ($75)
T-5th place: Austin Lester ($50)
T-5th place: Jose Ochoa ($50)
T-7th place: Matthew elledge ($25)
T-7th place: Eddie Diaz ($25)

Competitive singles featured 59 players competing in a double elimination bracket.

1st place: Caden Mason ($300)
2nd place: Gina Ramirez ($200)
3rd place: Matthew Alvarez ($150)
4th place: Chris Roybal ($100)
T-5th place: Taylor Green ($75)
T-5th place: Jason Carr ($75)
T-7th place: Reynaldo Holguin ($50)
T-7th place: Luis Maldonado ($50)

Advanced singles featured 61 players competing in a double elimination bracket.

1st place: Doug Zafft ($500)
2nd place: Greg Cather ($350)
3rd place: Moses Zazueta ($250)
4th place: Kevin Nellis ($150)
T-5th place: Daniel Martinez ($100)
T-5th place: Peter Zazueta Jr ($100)
T-7th place: Derrick Lopez ($50)
T-7th place: Cody Smith ($50)

The Women's Doubles event featured 20 teams. The teams played a 3 game round robin that seeded them into a double elimination tournament.

1st place: Jillian W & Natalie D ($300)
2nd place: Chrissy H & Elizabeth H ($200)
3rd place: Renee D & Brittany E ($100)
4th place: Itzel G & Rachel W ($50)

The Senior Singles event was a three game Rounders format that seeded the players into a double elimination tournament.

1st place: Tino M ($80)
2nd place: Don H ($25)

The ACL Swap event had 111 players compete in a four game round robin with a new partner after each round. The top 64 players advanced to a single elimination tournament for the prize money.

1st place: Gavino D & Doug Z ($600)
2nd place: Greg C & Cam Connolly ($400)
3rd place: Moses Z & Chris G ($250)
4th place: Brian B & Austin E ($150)

The side game on Saturday was an 8-Bag Challenge. The challenge was open all day and the top three scores competed in a one round shoot-off. Nathan Dominguez and Don Hudson ended up tying and splitting the winnings.

This invitational event was open to any player in Arizona who played in 40 or more ACL points events last season. Over 90 players qualified for the event and 54 competed in a single elimination blind draw with a $1,500 prize pool.

1st place: Moses Z & Gabe C ($500)
2nd place: Richard V & Greg C ($360)
3rd place: Rick P & Gavino D ($250)
4th place: Tino M & Jason S ($150)
T-5th place: Taylor G & Peter Z Jr ($60)
T-5th place: Rachel W & Paul D ($60)
T-5th place: Robert G & Joey W ($60)
T-5th place: Joey W & Ty Lopez ($60)

Rounders Doubles was an endurance test. Each of the 88 teams competed in a six game progressive round robin. The results from Rounders split the teams into an advanced, competitive or intermediate bracket.

1st place: Doogie V & Peter Z Jr ($1,200)
2nd place: Kevin N & Ty L ($750)
3rd place: Doug Z & Brian B ($500)
4th place: Nathan D & Derek D ($350)
T-5th place: Tino M & Daniel M ($250)
T-5th place: Jeff K & Matt K ($250)
T-7th place: Derrick L & Gabe C ($200)
T-7th place: Salty & Eddie C ($200)

1st place: Matthew A & Chris R ($400)
2nd place: Robert G & Nick G ($300)
3rd place: Cam C & Nic F ($200)
4th place: Armando T & Terry B ($150)
T-5th place: Ken W & Nathaniel W ($100)
T-5th place: Jason B & Ben I ($100)
T-7th place: Jerry W & Taylor G ($40)
T-7th place: Jermaine C & Drea F ($40)

1st place: Andrew M & Austin B ($160)
2nd place: Rose F & Chuck C ($100)
3rd place: Jim F & Daniel R ($0)

On Saturday, June 19, over 40 teams ignored the 105+ degree temperatures to compete in the Beanbags for Kids' Sake Cornhole Tournament in Cottonwood, AZ. The teams competed a two-stage event. In the first stage, teams played against three random opponents. Based on the stage 1 results, all teams then moved on to an upper or lower division single elimination tournament for Stage 2: The top four teams in the upper division were awarded prizes as was the winner of the lower division. Check out some of the event photos below!

UPPER DIVISION
1st Place: Mike & Paul (7-0)
2nd Place: Malachi & John (6-1)
3rd Place: Jason & Jack - Biermann Construction (5-2)
4th Place: David & Joey - Biermann Construction Team (5-2)

LOWER DIVISION
Winner: Crazy Tony's Market (4-3)

The San Diego ACL Open did not disappoint! Over 500 players from all over the country (Maine to Hawaii) came together at Town & Country Resort in San Diego to compete for almost $40,000 in prize money! There were some exciting moments and amazing matches all around, capping off with an epic battle between Josh Holland and Trey Burchfield in the final match of the event.

Below, the top three of each event are listed along with winner photos and top 10 in stats for each event that used the Bag Tracker. Congratulations to Drea Flores who won the Admission Raffle $250 prize!

Special thanks to Danel Resurreccion and the entire staff of Town & Country for opening their space to us. Thank you to Richard Morgan who tag-teammed the event with me and helped with a lot of the pre-event logistics! I couldn't pulled this event off without him. Thank you to Mark Pryor for streaming the event all weekend and for catching that monster final match. Thank you to David Brown and his crew for bringing additional sets of boards and setting them up for the event. Thank you to Jodi Lim and crew for helping to set up and break down boards before and after the event.  Thank you to Lalo and his DJ crew for entertaining us and keeping the party lively all weekend. Thank you to Diome for the amazing photos taken Saturday morning and afternoon! Awesome shot getting most of the group together. Finally, thanks to Erin for coming out of retirement to come to San Diego and handle the admissions all weekend long! I apologize in advance if I missed anyone here. Hopefully I was able to show my appreciation for your help during the event.

1st place: Josh Holland
2nd place: Trey Burchfield
T-3rd place: Noah Wooten
T-3rd place: Ricky Gonzales

1st place: Trey Burchfield & Tony Smith
2nd place: Jimmy Youmans & Noah Wooten
3rd place: Derek Holland & Josh Holland

1st place: Isabella Surprenant
2nd place: Ashley Torgerson
3rd place: Debra Odum

1st place: Whittney Martinez & Isabella Surprenant
2nd place: Charlene Simmons & Maybelle Abplanalp
3rd place: Lori Hagen & Debra Odum

1st place: Greg Collins
2nd place: Tino Mendoza
3rd place: Bill Hadley

1st place: Ryan Wiedenfeld & Jimmy Youmans
2nd place: Noah Wooten & Vincent Frisch
T-3rd place: Adrian Brunson & Isaac Lindsay
T-3rd place: Nate Voyer & Quentin Terry

1st place: Chris Fagen & Jimmy Youmans
2nd place: Tyler Cobb & Kevin Nellis
T-3rd place: Hunter Thorne & Doug Zafft
T-3rd place: Nick Williams & Brandon Troutman

1st place: Team Burchfield
2nd place: Team Bordelon
3rd place: Team Zafft

1st place: Cody Hultquist & John Bautista
2nd place: Matt Brooks & Jake Pulliam
3rd place: Michael Roybal & Jason Moore

1st place: Team Montgomery
2nd place: Team Viper
3rd place: Team Burke

1st place: Moses Zazueta
2nd place: Zach Owings
T-3rd place: Don Gritton
T-3rd place: Art Newcomb

1st place: Greg Collins & Rudy Ai
2nd place: Trey Baker & Drew Baker
3rd place: Michael Dotinga & Brent Alger

1st place: David Corral
2nd place: Michael Nunes
T-3rd place: Tom Embry
T-3rd place: Pat Ramirez

1st place: Seth York & Whittney Martinez
2nd place: Autumn Nunes & Michael Nunes
3rd place: Natalie DeGeorge & Thomas DeGeorge

1st place: Michael Roybal
2nd place: Ty Morris
T-3rd place: Wade Morgan
T-3rd place: Allen Thorne

1st place: Matt Davis & Travis Beyer
2nd place: Brian Morse & Gene H
3rd place: Matthew Robbins & Matt Maggiolo

FRIDAY MORNING (9AM)
Women Singles
Senior Singles
ACL Swap Round Robin Leader Board
ACL Swap Final Bracket

FRIDAY AFTERNOON (2PM)
Pro/Advanced Crew Cup (10 round matches)
Competitive/Intermediate Crew Cup (10 round matches)

FRIDAY EVENING (6PM)
Women Doubles
Pro/Advanced Blind Draw [A Bracket]
Pro/Advanced Blind Draw [B Bracket]
Competitive/Intermediate Blind Draw

SATURDAY
Rounders Leader Board
Level 4 Doubles
Level 3 Doubles
Level 2 Doubles
Level 1 Doubles

SUNDAY
Level 4 Singles - A Bracket
Level 4 Singles - B Bracket
Level 3 Singles - A Bracket
Level 3 Singles - B Bracket
Level 2 Singles - A Bracket
Level 2 Singles - B Bracket
Level 1 Singles - A Bracket
Level 1 Singles - B Bracket

Level 4 Singles Final Bracket
Level 3 Singles Final Bracket
Level 2 Singles Final Bracket
Level 1 Singles Final Bracket

Over the course of three days, over 425 different players competed in sixteen different events at the 2021 Arizona State Cornhole Championships! Over $18,000 in cash and prizes were awarded over the course of the weekend and we introduced the newest addition to the great community in the state by inducting our first member of the Arizona Cornhole Hall of Fame.

PRIZES
50/50 Raffle: Daryl Dan ($755)
Admissions Raffle: Ryan Tietz ($250)
AZSCC Pick'em Contest:

• JT Houck (3 correct: Advanced Doubles, Advanced Singles & Women Doubles)
  
• Richard Vasquez (3 correct: Advanced Doubles, Advanced Singles & Senior Singles)
  

Thank you to the event sponsors who all contributed to the success of the event by supplying the equipment, trophies, Copper Club t-shirts, prizes, and championship jerseys! Your contributions great enhanced the success of this event!

Ray Sandoval was inducted into the Arizona Cornhole Hall of Fame inaugural class. Ray's contribution to the sport of cornhole in Arizona over the past decade plus is unmatched. It was a proud moment for us to honor him with this award and we look forward to the induction of future classes to join Ray. Learn more at www.azchof.com.

1st place: Doug Zafft
2nd place: Greg Cather
3rd place: Ty Lopez

1st place: Doug Zafft & Bill Hadley
2nd place: Greg Cather & Austin Emehiser
3rd place: Ty Lopez & Peter Zazueta Jr.

1st place: Tino Mendoza
2nd place: Bill Hadley
3rd place: Mike Torres

1st place: Jillian Willis
2nd place: Melissa Felix
3rd place: Natalie DeGeorge

1st place: Melissa Felix & Rachel Winegardner
2nd place: Natalie DeGeorge & Jillian Willis
3rd place: Chrissy Horten & Elizabeth Hare

1st place: Angie Hallmark & Bill Hadley
2nd place: Michelle Hastings & Greg McNeese
3rd place: Tristen Salvatore & Kevin Nellis

1st place: Bill Hadley & Jimmy Tafoya
2nd place: Thomas DeGeorge & Gilbert Guerrero
T-3rd place: Richard Vasquez & Jillian Willis
T-3rd place: Derek Dominguez & Melissa Felix

1st place: Jason Roybal, Mark Fischer, Nick Nava, Eddie Diaz
2nd place: Larry Navarro, Gavino Delgado, Michael Alvarez, Charlie Rogers
T-3rd place: Alex Centeno, Kenny Sanders, Nick Gosiak, Chris Stevens
T-3rd place: Jason Contreras, Joe Trevino, Paul Delgado, April Tapia

1st place: Alex Centeno & Juju Perez
2nd place: Caden Mason & Brock Stookey
3rd place: Jesse Molina & Roman Canez

1st place: Jakob Tapia & Mike Morrow Jr
2nd place: Aiden Zazueta & Paul Delgado
3rd place: Ryan Navarro & Jacob Bagwell

1st place: Reynaldo Holguin & Conrad Tapia
2nd place: Don Hudson & Angel Gonzales
3rd place: Brandon Herrera & Shawn Soria

1st place: Cam Connolly
2nd place: Michael Roybal
3rd place: Terry Barnes

1st place: Erik Nava & Dennis Warner
2nd place: Paul Delgado & Gavino Delgado
3rd place: Jason Carr & Brian Wisniewski

1st place: Joe Trevino
2nd place: Christopher Rojas
3rd place: Nicholas Aguirre

1st place: Chad DeWitt & David DeWitt
2nd place: Augie Gonzales & Chris Gonzales
3rd place: Jason Moore & Mark Mudd

1st place: Buji Lacy & Crystal Lacy
2nd place: Nicole Kangas & Patricia Kier
3rd place: Ruben Montez & Steven Singh

On Saturday, May 15, nearly 70 teams enjoyed the beautiful weather at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park to help raise money for Treasure House Phoenix. The teams competed a two-stage event. In the first stage, teams played against three random opponents. All teams then moved on to a the Stage 2: Single elimination tournament where they were seeded based on their results from Stage 1. The top three teams were awarded prizes. Check out some of the event photos below!

1st Place: Omar & Kade (9-0)
2nd Place: Alexis & Chris (8-1)
3rd Place: Josh & Justin (8-1)