One more Thursday
Remember how cold that first Thursday in late March was? Twenty-one teams showed up anyway. Lawn chairs along six courts, buckets of beer underneath, club music going, a few dogs making the rounds. That was eight weeks ago.
Since then we watched the weather turn warm, packed the lot behind Kneble’s Auto every week, and filled Freddy J’s after every round. Ninth season, twenty-three teams, and one of the best runs of names and nights this league has had.
There is one Thursday left. Time to send the spring out the way it deserves.
This is what we built this spring
It started as a way to fill the lot on a Thursday night. Nine seasons later it is twenty-three teams deep, a mix of people who play in tournaments and people who had never thrown a competitive bag until this spring. Everybody gets their games. Everybody gets a seat at the bar after.
We had blowouts and one-point heartbreakers, a team that has not lost a game all spring, and a back half of the bracket that is still anybody’s. But the part you remember is the lot full of lawn chairs and the bar full of people arguing about it afterward. That is the league.
What made this spring
- The names. Department of Bagriculture, Nuthin Butt Holes, We thought the sign said Corndogs, Mother Shuckers, Shuck Your Cornhole. The Spring 2026 roster reads like a comedy lineup, and we are not mad about it.
- The Thursday routine. Six courts, lawn chairs along the edges, buckets of beer underneath, club music dialed in, a few dogs in the lot. March cold turning into May warm. Same time, same place, every week.
- The new faces. Teams that had never thrown a competitive bag signed up next to the tournament regulars and got better every week. That mix is the whole point of this thing.
- The cornhole. Splash Bros. ran the table all spring at 32-0. The back half of the field is a dogfight going into the finale. There were more one-point finishes than anybody can count.
- The bar after. Half the league ended up inside Freddy J’s every week, wings on the table, arguing about who should have won. Games are why we come. That is why we stay.
Eight weeks in the lot
A few shots from every week of the spring, from that first cold Thursday in March to bracket play in May.
Where it stands going in
Here is where the two brackets sit heading into the finale, by season record. The A bracket holds the top ten seeds. The B bracket holds the other thirteen, and it is the one still up for grabs.
A bracket
| Rank | Team | W-L | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Splash Bros. | 32-0 | 722 |
| 2 | DEEZ NUTS | 27-5 | 674 |
| 3 | BagStreet Boys | 25-7 | 623 |
| 4 | Fairways | 24-8 | 639 |
| 5 | Air Mail | 24-8 | 606 |
| 6 | These Effin’ Guys | 22-10 | 626 |
| 7 | Your Hole is My Goal | 22-10 | 574 |
| 8 | Born Fish | 18-14 | 464 |
| 9 | Lucky Sacks | 16-16 | 475 |
| 10 | Baggin Dragons | 12-20 | 366 |
B bracket
| Rank | Team | W-L | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Bagriculture | 12-20 | 457 |
| 2 | Barnyard Baggers | 11-21 | 365 |
| 3 | Ginger ash tornado | 10-22 | 406 |
| 4 | Back to Black | 10-22 | 318 |
| 5 | Natural Corn Killers | 9-23 | 336 |
| 6 | Corndoggs | 7-25 | 230 |
| 7 | Corny Bastards | 4-28 | 194 |
| 8 | Shuck Your Cornhole | 2-30 | 140 |
| 9 | Tossin’ Turtles | 1-31 | 111 |
| 10 | Nuthin Butt Holes | 1-31 | 95 |
| 11 | We thought the sign said Corndogs | 0-32 | 55 |
| 12 | Mother Shuckers | 0-32 | 25 |
| 13 | Hole Patrol | 0-32 | 0 |
Wide open down in the B bracket. Department of Bagriculture, Ginger ash tornado, Back to Black, and Natural Corn Killers all went 3-1 in the opening bracket round, and nobody has the seed locked.
Everybody is still in it
Here is the part that makes this a parking-lot league and not a tournament. Every team that signed up in the spring has a seed and a spot tomorrow, and the bracket does not care how many Thursdays you made. All eight weeks, one week, or none since opening night, you are in.
Double elimination means you have to lose twice before your night is over, so one rough game does not send you home. Grab your partner, grab your bags, and come throw. The only teams that cannot win it are the ones who do not show.
Tomorrow night
Week 9 and the championship in one night. We run the four Week 9 seeding games first, then go straight into the double-elimination brackets where you have to lose twice to go home. Fair warning: this one is going to run late, so settle in and make a night of it. Win or lose, it is the last Thursday of the spring.
Please get to the lot before 7 if you can. We have to get the Week 9 games out of the way before the championship can start, and the earlier we begin, the better the night runs. The kitchen at Freddy J’s stays open the entire time we are on the boards, so nobody goes hungry on a long night.
One bracket note. Substitutes are not allowed in the championship unless your opponent agrees to it. If your partner cannot make it, ask the other team. If they say no, you can throw both sets of bags solo or take the round.
Summer is right behind it
The spring is not even over and Summer is already on the calendar. The Summer 2026 season starts Thursday, June 11, same lot, same Thursday nights. Registration is open now at mayslandingcornholeleague.com/signup. Grab a team spot, or sign up solo and we will match you with a partner. If this spring was your first season, you already know the drill. Come run it back.
Freddy J’s specials
One dollar wings and two dollar Yuenglings every Thursday at Freddy J’s Bar and Kitchen. Buckets of High Noon, Stateside, Surfside, and beer the whole night. The kitchen stays open the entire time we are on the boards, so pace yourself between rounds.
Games run late on championship night, and the late-night happy hour kicks in right after the last bags drop. Half the league ends up inside arguing about who should have won. On finals night the bar gets loud. Come be part of it one more time.
Sponsors
Thanks to Freddy J’s Bar and Kitchen and Kneble’s Auto Service Center for the lot, the boards, the bar, and a full spring of Thursdays.
Relive the whole spring
Every week of the season has its own recap, with scores, photos, and standings. Start at opening night and work your way to the finale.
- Week 1 Recap
- Week 2 Recap
- Week 3 Recap
- Week 4 Recap
- Week 5 Recap
- Week 6 Recap
- Weeks 6 and 7 Recap
- Week 8 Recap
See you out there
Eight weeks ago most of these teams were strangers throwing bags on a cold Thursday. Tomorrow they close out a season together. Win the whole thing or lose your first two games and post up at the bar, it is the same lot, the same people, and the same Thursday night that made this spring what it was. That is the part worth remembering, not the final seed.
So come throw. Bring a chair, bring your partner, bring the dog. Let’s pack the lot one more time and send the spring out the way it deserves. And if you want in on the next one, sign up for the Summer 2026 season. See you in the lot.