The Cornhole Tournament, hosted by Coach Jeff Green, was different from the previous cornhole tournaments. This year, one of the many annual Homecoming Week traditions was unfortunately delayed. Normally, the cornhole event is on Thursday—a day before our Homecoming game. However, Wednesday we had bad tropical weather alerts, canceling school that Thursday, September 26th, and Friday, the 27th. The cornhole tournament ended up happening on October 24th. There was a $20 per team entry fee, and the money went towards transportation for when our SkillsUSA teams go to State competitions.
There were supposed to be about 15-20 teams in the cornhole tournament, however, there were only eight teams that actually played. Those teams were “Dobben” with Mr. Brian Dodson and Coach James Gribben, “Talk Tuah” with seniors Micah Berry and Riley Womack, “Reese and Cam” with senior Reese Abercrombie and sophomore Camdyn Carter, “TJ Baggers” with Heritage dads Trent Guinn and Jett Loach, “Corn Dawgs” with sophomore Everett Healey and father Michael Healey, “Something” with senior Nate Trobaugh and junior Jake Collett, “Kettlecorn Chuckers” with father Darren and son Lucas Miller, and “Green Beene and Colin” with freshman Colin Barrett and freshman Chance Beene.
Students called this tournament a fraud, because two of the heaviest hitting teams including coaches Hight and Green, both with their respective sons. One team, specifically the “TJ Baggers,” stood out by dominating everyone with ease. The student team that fought the hardest was “Green Beene and Colin.” They placed runner-up. Their team ended up playing eight games, while everyone else played seven or less. They got off to a hot start winning three games in a row. Then they faced the team “TJ Baggers” for the first time, they had a 14 to one lead, and then ended up losing 21 to 17. They went down to the winners bracket and dominated for three more games. Then they faced the “TJ Baggers” again for the championship, putting up a decent fight, but not winning, obtaining the place of runner-up.
