Cold, wet, and competitive
The mist showed up before the bags did. Week 2 of the Spring 2026 Mays Landing Cornhole League played out under cold, gray skies with a steady wind and the kind of damp that sticks to everything. The boards were wet. The bags didn’t slide. And if you’re the type of player who relies on a smooth glide to the hole, Thursday night was not your night. It was the kind of cold, raw April evening that makes you wonder why you signed up for an outdoor sport that doesn’t start until 7 PM. Felt more like the Fall 2025 season when teams were dragging out portable heaters between rounds.
Seventeen of 23 registered teams braved the weather, down from 21 in Week 1. Six teams stayed home, which dropped the setup from six courts to four. But the mist turned out to be the great equalizer. Overthrows stuck instead of sailing off the back. Teams that depend on sliding their bags into the hole had to rethink everything. Week 1’s blowout rate was 69%. This week it dropped to 47%. The weather compressed the margins across the board.
Who we missed
Born Fish, Corndoggs, Mother Shuckers, Natural Corn Killers, We thought the sign said Corndogs, and Hole Patrol all sat out Week 2. That’s six 0-4 records added to the books. Born Fish were the number one team in the league after Week 1, and now they’re fish out of water at 4-4 without throwing a single bag. One missed week cost them seven spots in the cumulative standings. Hole Patrol has yet to make an appearance this season. Hope to see everyone back next Thursday.
Top 3 Teams of the Week
1. BagStreet Boys (4-0, 93 points, +74 differential) — Backstreet’s back. Anthony had the most dominant night of anyone in the field. Opponents scored a combined 19 points against him across four games. The biggest blowout of the week belonged to BagStreet Boys too: 28-2 over Nuthin Butt Holes. After going 3-1 in Week 1, this was a statement.
2. Your Hole is My Goal (4-0, 88 points, +61 differential) — Greg ran the table with two shutouts in the back half of the night, blanking Corny Bastards 22-0 and Nuthin Butt Holes 23-0. The Spring 2025 co-champion is goal-oriented and climbing. They went 3-1 in Week 1 and followed it up by not losing.
3. Splash Bros. (4-0, 92 points, +59 differential) — Charles and Dutty didn’t just go undefeated. They ended both of the other remaining unbeaten streaks in the same night. More on that below.
Week 2 match summaries
Of 34 games on the night, 16 ended with margins of 15 points or more (47%). Four shutouts. Four games finished within five points. The mist didn’t just affect the scores. It changed who had the advantage.
Splash Bros. are the last undefeated team in the league. Charles and Dutty are 8-0 through two weeks, and the way they got there on Thursday tells you why. In Round 3 they beat These Effin’ Guys 26-14, handing Mike and Bill their first loss of the season. Then in the final game of the night, at 9:08 PM on a cold, misty Court 2, Splash Bros. beat DEEZ NUTS 22-18 to end the other unbeaten streak. Two undefeated teams walked onto that court. One walked off still perfect. The other one made a splash.
DEEZ NUTS came in 4-0 and rattled off three more wins before running into Splash Bros. in the finale. Ray shut out The Tossin’ Turtles 21-0 and opened the night with a 24-4 win over Air Mail. The 18-22 loss to end the night was their first of the season. Tough nut to crack all year, but Splash Bros. cracked it. Still 7-1 and still dangerous.
These Effin’ Guys had both players on the boards for the first time this season. Bill ran the show solo in Week 1 and went 4-0. This week Mike was back, and they still went 3-1 with wins over Shuck Your Cornhole (23-3), Barnyard Baggers (23-5), and Fairways (22-9). The one loss? Splash Bros. at 26-14. These effin’ guys are 7-1 and fine. But that loss stings.
BagStreet Boys were arguably the most dominant team on the night, even without the marquee matchups. Anthony opened 21-2 over Fairways, dropped the biggest margin of the night at 28-2 over Nuthin Butt Holes, blanked Shuck Your Cornhole 21-1, and closed with 23-14 over Ginger ash tornado. Nineteen total points allowed across four games. That’s suffocating. After opening Week 1 with a loss to These Effin’ Guys, BagStreet Boys have now won seven straight. Everybody, rock your body.
Your Hole is My Goal was just as clean but quieter about it. Greg opened with a 21-12 win over Barnyard Baggers and a 22-15 win over Ginger ash tornado, then shut the door. Two consecutive shutouts: 22-0 over Corny Bastards and 23-0 over Nuthin Butt Holes. No drama, no close calls, just execution.
Special delivery from Air Mail. Ryan opened with a 4-24 loss to DEEZ NUTS. Looked like it might be a long night. Then he won three straight: 21-1 over Baggin Dragons, 22-12 over Lucky Sacks, and 25-15 over Department of Bagriculture. That kind of turnaround moves you up four spots in the cumulative standings. Air Mail went from 11th to 7th.
Lucky Sacks drew Back to Black twice and won both, 21-11 and 21-8. Lady Luck wasn’t smiling on M&M, who faded to 0-4 this week after going 2-2 in the opener. Justin also beat Shuck Your Cornhole 21-10 before dropping one to Air Mail. Lucky Sacks are 6-2 on the season. We still haven’t met the other half of the team. Whoever you are, show yourself.
The middle of the pack went 2-2 across the board. Ginger ash tornado tore through Back to Black (21-7) and The Tossin’ Turtles (25-8) but couldn’t touch the top. Fairways found par against Department of Bagriculture (22-17) and Baggin Dragons (22-2) but got outdriven by BagStreet Boys and These Effin’ Guys. Baggin Dragons breathed fire early with a 21-9 win over The Tossin’ Turtles and late with a 24-5 win over Shuck Your Cornhole, but Kristen and Jess got singed by Air Mail (1-21) and Fairways (2-22) in between. The sisters are 5-3 on the season. The lows were low, but they keep fighting.
Barnyard Baggers flipped their night. Krista lost the first two to Your Hole is My Goal (12-21) and These Effin’ Guys (5-23), then won the last two: 22-3 over Nuthin Butt Holes and 21-9 over Back to Black. Going from 0-2 to 2-2 in a single night is the kind of grit that pays off in a ten-week season.
Department of Bagriculture filed a 22-17 win over Corny Bastards in the opener, then lost three straight. Justin E. put up competitive scores in every game. Two of those losses were single-digit margins. The paperwork is there. The results aren’t quite coming through yet.
The best story of the night came last. The Tossin’ Turtles were 0-7 on the season. Zero wins through Week 1 and three more losses to start this week. Gina drew Corny Bastards in the final game and won 22-19 in a 3-point finish, the closest game of the night. Slow and steady. Sometimes it takes eight games to get one, and that one changes everything.
Corny Bastards went 0-4 for the second straight week, but this is going to sound corny: Lauren is closer than the record shows. Two of the four losses were within 5 points (17-22 to Department of Bagriculture, 19-22 to The Tossin’ Turtles). Mixed in with two shutout losses to Splash Bros. and Your Hole is My Goal, which nobody should feel bad about. The competitive games are there. The wins are coming.
Nuthin Butt Holes scored 6 total points across four games. Meta is still looking for that first win. Shuck Your Cornhole made their league debut after missing Week 1, and Jim and Jen went 0-4 with their three pugs, the piggies, cheering from the sideline. Not a bad way to shuck the nerves on your first night out. The results will come. The vibes were already there.
Freddy J’s specials
On a night this cold and damp, Freddy J’s happy hour before the games was the warmup everyone needed. Dollar wings, two-dollar Yuenglings, loaded nachos, and buckets of beer and High Noon hard seltzers to bring out to the boards. The kitchen runs the full menu on Thursdays, so if wings aren’t your thing, there are burgers, appetizers, and plenty of reasons to show up early.
Happy hour picks back up when games wrap around 9. Half the league was inside before the last bags got picked up, eating wings at the bar and arguing about whether the mist actually helped their game. That’s the Thursday routine. Play outside, argue inside. Freddy J’s Bar and Kitchen makes it easy to do both.
Sponsors
Thanks to Freddy J’s Bar and Kitchen and Kneble’s Auto Service Center for keeping the league running. The boards sit in Kneble’s lot every Thursday, and Freddy J’s feeds the whole operation.
T-shirts
League t-shirts from NJ Printwear will be at Week 3. If you registered and haven’t gotten yours yet, come find Grant.
Week 2 standings
| Rank | Team | W-L | Points | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BagStreet Boys | 4-0 | 93 | +74 |
| 2 | Your Hole is My Goal | 4-0 | 88 | +61 |
| 3 | Splash Bros. | 4-0 | 92 | +59 |
| 4 | DEEZ NUTS | 3-1 | 84 | +43 |
| 5 | These Effin’ Guys | 3-1 | 82 | +39 |
| 6 | Lucky Sacks | 3-1 | 75 | +24 |
| 7 | Air Mail | 3-1 | 72 | +20 |
| 8 | Ginger ash tornado | 2-2 | 75 | +15 |
| 9 | Barnyard Baggers | 2-2 | 60 | +4 |
| 10 | Fairways | 2-2 | 55 | -7 |
| 11 | Baggin Dragons | 2-2 | 48 | -9 |
| 12 | Department of Bagriculture | 1-3 | 69 | -16 |
| 13 | The Tossin’ Turtles | 1-3 | 39 | -47 |
| 14 | Corny Bastards | 0-4 | 36 | -53 |
| 15 | Back to Black | 0-4 | 35 | -49 |
| 16 | Shuck Your Cornhole | 0-4 | 19 | -70 |
| 17 | Nuthin Butt Holes | 0-4 | 6 | -88 |
| 18 | Born Fish | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Corndoggs | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Hole Patrol | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mother Shuckers | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Natural Corn Killers | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | We thought the sign said Corndogs | 0-4 | 0 | 0 |
Week 2 photos
Overall Season Rankings
Top 3 Trending Up After Week 2
- The Tossin’ Turtles (Up 5 Positions)
- BagStreet Boys (Up 4 Positions)
- Air Mail (Up 4 Positions)
Top 3 Trending Down After Week 2
- Born Fish (Down 10 Positions)
- Natural Corn Killers (Down 2 Positions)
- Back to Black (Down 1 Position)
After Week 2 Standings
| Position | Teams | Wins | Losses | Total Points | Points Difference | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Splash Bros. | 8 | 0 | 176 | +128 | ⬆ 1 |
| 2 | BagStreet Boys | 7 | 1 | 168 | +123 | ⬆ 4 |
| 3 | DEEZ NUTS | 7 | 1 | 168 | +103 | – |
| 4 | These Effin’ Guys | 7 | 1 | 166 | +98 | – |
| 5 | Your Hole is My Goal | 7 | 1 | 154 | +102 | ⬆ 2 |
| 6 | Lucky Sacks | 6 | 2 | 155 | +71 | ⬇ 1 |
| 7 | Air Mail | 5 | 3 | 127 | +30 | ⬆ 4 |
| 8 | Baggin Dragons | 5 | 3 | 112 | +20 | – |
| 9 | Ginger ash tornado | 4 | 4 | 140 | +2 | ⬆ 1 |
| 10 | Fairways | 4 | 4 | 120 | +16 | ⬇ 1 |
| 11 | Born Fish | 4 | 4 | 84 | +74 | ⬇ 10 |
| 12 | Department of Bagriculture | 3 | 5 | 116 | -17 | – |
| 13 | Barnyard Baggers | 3 | 5 | 91 | -30 | ⬆ 3 |
| 14 | Back to Black | 2 | 6 | 77 | -82 | ⬇ 1 |
| 15 | Corny Bastards | 1 | 7 | 82 | -83 | ⬇ 1 |
| 16 | The Tossin’ Turtles | 1 | 7 | 55 | -117 | ⬆ 5 |
| 17 | Natural Corn Killers | 1 | 7 | 34 | -46 | ⬇ 2 |
| 18 | Corndoggs | 1 | 7 | 22 | -57 | ⬇ 1 |
| 19 | Nuthin Butt Holes | 0 | 8 | 36 | -144 | ⬇ 1 |
| 20 | Mother Shuckers | 0 | 8 | 25 | -59 | ⬇ 1 |
| 21 | We thought the sign said Corndogs | 0 | 8 | 22 | -62 | ⬇ 1 |
| 22 | Shuck Your Cornhole | 0 | 8 | 19 | -70 | ⬆ 1 |
| 23 | Hole Patrol | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ⬇ 1 |
Looking ahead
Week 3 is Thursday, April 9 at 7 PM behind Kneble’s Auto. T-shirts will be there for sure. If you registered and haven’t picked yours up, come find Grant. Eight weeks left in the regular season. Splash Bros. are the only undefeated team. Can anyone take them down? And Lucky Sacks, one of these weeks, we’re going to figure out who the other half of your team is.