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What is America's pastime if not cornhole? Baseball. Baseball is totally America's pastime. But what is cornhole if not America's "that thing we did one time when the shuffleboard table broke"?
"What
is cornhole at all?" you may be asking—if you, like most of America,
actually fly over the flyover states.
Well, have you ever found yourself
in a rousing game of horseshoes thinking, "This would be better with
beanbags and plywood boxes"? Of course you haven't. And it's not better—it's cornhole.
The Oregon State Championships of Cornhole is upon us, and while the competition Saturday is for true corntenders, everyone is invited to Friday's pre-tournament cornholing at McMenamins Grand Lodge, skill levels be damned.
Consider this your guide to the "sport."
Scoring and Lingo
Like the name itself, everything in cornhole sounds a little dirty and/or unpleasant. Just know that it's 3 points if you toss the bag in the hole, 1 point if you get it on the wood.
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The Apparel
Because you should at least know what other people are going to look like. Whether or not you participate is entirely up to you.
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Shorts: Preferably plaid, cargo or Chubbies brand worn either above the knee or way too far below.
Shirts: Anything oversized—T-shirts, polos, tanks. Get loose.
Shoes: Flip-flops or any overly sincere, dad-brand tennis shoe (see Fila, Skechers, Court Classic).
GO: The Oregon State Championships of Cornhole is at Pacific University, 2043 College Way, Forest Grove, oregon-cornhole.com, on Saturday, May 30. 9 am-10 pm. Free to watch, $30 participant registration. Pre-tournament open cornholing is at McMenamins Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove, 992-9533, on Friday, May 29. 4-9 pm. Free.
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