2025 Spring Cornhole Tournament

* Registration ends on April 28th. Sign up now! Limited spots available.*

When: May 3, 2025 starting promptly at 2:30pm

Where: Walnut Creek Park in Mansfield

Why: To have FUN and raise money for the purchase of new science kits!

Procedures:

2:30 pm - check in with PSO

Bracket positions for the tournament will be assigned after registration closes and confirmed during check in.

If you are unable to participate, you are responsible for finding a replacement player or team to fill your spot. If you arrive after Round 1 begins and no spots are available to play, you will lose your spot and be unable to participate. No refunds are available in either of these circumstances.

If the event is cancelled due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, participants who submitted payment will be refunded.

Teams are expected to demonstrate the Great Hearts virtues of citizenship, courage, friendship, honesty, humility, perseverance, responsibility, and wisdom throughout the tournament.

Each team will receive a copy of the rules and a scoresheet during the event.

By signing up to participate you agree to follow all Great Heart Arlington PSO Cornhole Tournament Rules.

Rules:

This is a doubles, single elimination tournament with a minimum of 8 teams and a maximum of 16 teams. Teams must have two participants, no more and no less.

Eligible participants are scholars in at least 8th grade, staff, family, and friends of Great Hearts Arlington.

Cornhole boards will be placed 21 feet apart from front edge to front edge.

Teams are responsible to keep their own score and report to the PSO board member in charge of the tournament.

Great Hearts Arlington PSO Cornhole Tournament Rules of Play:

1. Each pair of teammates line up across from each other at opposite boards. 

2. Starting on one side, opposing players alternate tossing bags until each player has tossed all four (4) bags.

3. Once all bags are thrown, each team adds up their total points.

4. The players on the opposite side then collect the bags and repeat Steps 2 and 3 throwing the other way.

5. Play continues until one team reaches or exceeds twenty-one (21) points or a 15 minute time limit is reached and the leading team advances.

FOULS
Players must stay on their side of the board and their foot cannot cross the front of the board until the bag is thrown. If a player crosses the front of the board, a foul is called while tossing. The foul bag is removed from play.

SCORING
Any bag which comes to rest anywhere on top of the board is worth one (1) point. 
Any bag which is thrown through the hole or knocked through the hole by another bag is worth three (3) points. 
Any bag which is not on the board or through the hole is worth zero (0) points. 

ALTERNATING TOSSES
The player/team who scored more points in the previous round goes first the next round. If it was tied, the player/team who went first last round gets to go first again.

TIEBREAKER
In the case both players/teams reach 21 points in the same round, another round is played. The player/team that scores more points during the extra round is declared the winner. Extra rounds can continue to be added until a winner is declared. 

At the end of the tournament, the First Place team will receive a monetary prize from the PSO. Thank you for participating to help us purchase new science kits. Have fun!