An Interview with Jason Johnson: Sales Representative Posted by Michael Vigil August 15, 202 This is a transcript style of interview with Jason Johnson- Sales Rep for Killshots Where are you from? Sacramento, CA Who introduced you to the game and how long have you been playing? A friend from Pool Robert Plunk, I have been playing now for about a year and a half. What would you say is your biggest accomplishment in the sport? I have recently started to finish at the top of some of my tournaments so far that’s been big for me. What is the name of your home club? Do they have a ..read more

An interview with The ORIGINAL Sales Representative: Dustin Prough Posted by Michael Vigil August 9, 2021 This is a transcript style of interview with the ORIGINAL KillShots Sales Reps: Dustin Prough or better known as DPRO Where are you from? Neosho, MO Who introduced you to the game and how long have you been playing? Brad Cordell introduced me to cornhole. I’ve been playing for about 3 years What would you say is your biggest accomplishment in the sport? Beating Alex Hicks and Kyle Hutley in a doubles tourney with David Carter(They throttled us twice in the Championship) W ..read more

2021 ACL World Championship Results Posted by Michael Vigil August 9, 2022 Championship of Bag 1,290 players showed up to play, according to the ACL, they had 7,275 minutes of livestream footage broadcasted on three live streamed courts from ACL partners. 9 hours of live ESPN coverage televised during the week of the Olympics. 19 Stevie Awards presented, list is below. 24 World Champions crowned, list is below. 33 players qualified for ACL Pro status for 2021-2022 list is below as well. 21/22 World Champions 2021 Pro World Champions Pro Singles – Trey Burchfield Pro Doubles – James B ..read more

An interview with Virginia Sales Representative: Ken Smith Jr. Posted by Michael Vigil August 1, 2022 \This is a transcript style of interview with one of the TOP KillShots Sales Reps: Ken Smith Jr. He is well known in Virginia Beach and all over Facebook. Next week he is traveling to Rock Hill , lets all leave him some love on his FB page. Here we go: Where are you from? Virginia Beach, Virginia Who introduced you to the game? Robert Streighteff: He lived in my apartment and was throwing bags outside one day and I asked if I could join him and he said yes. After we started pl ..read more

Thoughts on Pro Qualification Posted by Michael Vigil July 31, 2022 With all the hype around ACO Worlds in Florida this week and with the ACL Worlds in South Carolina next week, I started to think about what it takes to becomes a Pro. I also wonder how many people seriously think about becoming a pro, but do not pursue it due to confidence or like many others, didn’t get an entry to the Pro Qualifier.   Let’s start with: How to Qualify in the ACL   Below are the ways to qualify to become an ACL Pro for the 2021-2022 season: The top 100 ranked ACL Pros via ACL Pro Singles f ..read more

The History of Cornhole Posted by Michael Vigil July 13, 2021 When researching the game, some say it was invented in 14th century Germany. However, Wikipedia says "The game described in Heyliger de Windt's 1883 patent for "Parlor Quoits" displays most of the features of the modern game of "cornhole," but with a square hole instead of a round one. Quoits is a game similar to horseshoes. De Windt's patent followed several earlier "parlor quoits" patents that sought to recreate quoit game-play in an indoor environment. His was the first to use bean-bags and a slanted board with a hole a ..read more

New to the game: A little suggestion on how to get started with your local league Posted by Michael Vigil June 29, 2021 Have you wanted to start playing in your local league but unsure if you can hang? Are you the backyard BBQ champ? Do you want to challenge yourself and see where you stand? Does the terminology trip you up? Do you ask yourself if you should play social, advanced or competitive? Have you ever asked yourself some or all of these questions? There is an easy way to figure this game out. Look up your local league and find out when they are having a Switcholio Event. Sw ..read more

​How many bags is enough? Posted by Michael Vigil June 18, 2021 If you are like most people that start off playing cornhole, you probably wonder why people carry around a backpack with dozens of bags. After all, don’t you just throw 4 bags across 27 feet to get them in the hole? Why do people need so many sets of bags?   I started playing with the sets of bags provided at the breweries for the fundraisers I played in- you were lucky to put together two matching sets of red and blue bags. Then I went to two big name sporting goods stores to buy my own sets of bags. They had regul ..read more

Giving credit , where credit is due and a little something on Cornhole Etiquette Posted by Michael Vigil June 15, 2022 Last week I started an article on Cornhole Etiquette at the bequest of a fellow league player after a few cold ones (of water that is). I had most of it done, as I was getting ready to send to my network of people to get feedback as I usually do, I happen to see a post from a friend (BravoWhiskey) this weekend and it was a screenshot of a piece written on embracing your blind draw partner. I proceeded to click with curiosity and was lead to a Facebook Page for a corn ..read more

The BEST people in the world play cornhole. Posted by Michael Vigil June 14, 2021 Have you ever been a part of a community so large that you wonder how significant you really are? Visit any league in your city, look up just about any cornhole group on Facebook, any bag makers Fan Page, even the Raffle and Wheel Spin pages.   Everyday you will see a charity tournament for someone battling cancer, a raffle to help raise funds for a deceased member of a team or league, a wheel spin for highly sought-after bags for a child in the of midst a rare disease, a forty-foot airmail box cha ..read more