BEVERLY HILLS, MICHIGAN — Week 1 of the 2026 season opened under conditions that felt more like a November game at Lambeau Field than a Spring cornhole opener. Temperatures dropped, hands went numb, and the boards offered no mercy.
Early rounds played lightning fast before conditions abruptly shifted into a sticky, painfully slow mess that even frustrated players who prefer slower conditions. Most players never fully adjusted, resulting in scores and KPMs that looked more like blood alcohol readings than competitive statistics.
Nearly everybody struggled.
Except Flowers.
While the rest of the league fought the elements, Flowers casually delivered the best statistical performance of his career. He posted a scorching 19.6 KPM, obliterating his previous career high of 17.0, fueled by 6.1 points per round and 1.6 cornholes per round.
The breakout performance propelled Flowers to a 3-1 evening and immediately launched him to the #1 spot in the Power Rankings.
GAME OF THE NIGHT
Right out of the gate, Game 1 delivered enough drama to make the remaining slate feel unnecessary.
JV and Coach Mike squared off against Austin and Craig in an instant classic that stayed tight from the opening round. Neither team could gain meaningful separation, with the match slowly evolving into a tense chess match.
Austin and Craig finally appeared to seize control late, piecing together consecutive two-point rounds in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh to stretch a narrow 14-13 lead into a commanding 20-13 advantage.
At that point, the energy shifted.
Austin looked confident.
Craig looked relieved.
Coach Mike looked mildly annoyed in a way that suggested he was about to teach everybody a lesson from 2016.
JV refused to let the match die quietly.
On the brink of losing the match, he answered with an enormous 8-5 round win over Austin in Round 12, trimming the deficit to 20-16 and suddenly making everyone uncomfortable again.
Then came the pressure cooker.
With the game hanging in the balance, still locked at 20-16, JV and Austin proceeded to throw a double four-bagger wash in the next round.
Twelve points.
Twelve points.
Nobody gained a damn thing.
Craig opened the next round beautifully with a perfect first-bag block. Coach Mike responded with his patented back-handed taint tickler — a shot so filthy both in execution and name that several newer league members visibly questioned what kind of organization they had joined.
The bag climbed over Craig’s blocker and dropped directly into the hole.
Craig immediately followed by firing his second bag completely off the board, which is never ideal when trying to close out a game.
Things deteriorated rapidly after that.
Coach Mike delivered ANOTHER back-handed taint tickler into the hole, giving his team a commanding 6-1 advantage midway through the round. Desperate to recover, Craig attempted to push his blocker through with his third bag, only to launch it off the back of the board again.
Coach Mike calmly boarded his third bag to make it 7-1.
At this point, Craig needed a cornhole just to survive.
Instead, he delivered another failed cleanup attempt with his final bag, sealing the comeback victory before Coach Mike even needed to throw his last bag.
Final score: 21-20.
Craig, still visibly processing the emotional damage inflicted by the back-handed taint tickler, could only shake his head while congratulating the winners.
Coach Mike, meanwhile, turned toward the crowd and delivered the line of the night:
“Hey, I used to be somebody around here. You know that right?”
And honestly? He wasn’t wrong.
Long before the days of YouTube tutorials and overpriced resin bags, Coach Mike was already rolling shots and ruining evenings. That final round felt like vintage Coach Mike: part skill, part swagger, part psychological warfare.
For that performance, Coach Mike earns the first Mushroom Stamp Moment of the 2026 season. 
This week’s box score is below.
Week 1 Box Score| Power Rank | Name | Week 1 Wins | Week 1 Losses | Week 1 Win % | Week 1 Saves | Week 1 Chokes | Week 1 Comebacks | Week 1 KPM | Week 1 Gross Points Per Round | Week 1 Toss Accruacy | Week 1 Cornholes Per Round | Week 1 Cornholes | Week 1 Cornholes Per Game | Week 1 Gross Points | Week 1 Gross Points Per Game | Week 1 Net Points For | Week 1 Net Points Against | Week 1 Net Points For Per Game | Week 1 Net Points Against Per Game | Week 1 Net Point Differential | Week 1 Foot Snags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flowers | 3 | 1 | 75% | 2 | - | - | 19.6 | 6.1 | 74% | 1.6 | 36 | 9.0 | 140 | 35.0 | 72 | 48 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2 | Austin | 3 | 3 | 50% | 1 | - | - | 18.6 | 5.8 | 73% | 1.4 | 62 | 10.3 | 249 | 41.5 | 112 | 112 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2 | - | - | 18.4 | 5.8 | 80% | 1.3 | 33 | 8.3 | 146 | 36.5 | 76 | 58 | 19.0 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 4 | KP | 3 | 2 | 60% | 2 | - | 1 | 18.3 | 5.8 | 76% | 1.4 | 38 | 7.6 | 161 | 32.2 | 81 | 82 | 16.2 | 16.4 | (0.2) | 0 |
| 5 | Joe S. | 3 | 2 | 60% | 2 | - | - | 18.2 | 5.7 | 76% | 1.3 | 39 | 7.8 | 166 | 33.2 | 90 | 70 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 6 | Barker | 2 | 1 | 67% | 1 | 1 | - | 17.6 | 5.6 | 76% | 1.3 | 29 | 9.7 | 128 | 42.7 | 58 | 46 | 19.3 | 15.3 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 7 | JV | 3 | 1 | 75% | 1 | - | - | 16.3 | 5.1 | 70% | 1.2 | 33 | 8.3 | 144 | 36.0 | 68 | 72 | 17.0 | 18.0 | (1.0) | 0 |
| 8 | Paul G. | 1 | 3 | 25% | - | - | - | 16.1 | 5.1 | 69% | 1.2 | 29 | 7.3 | 127 | 31.8 | 57 | 83 | 14.3 | 20.8 | (6.5) | 0 |
| 9 | Erik | 1 | 2 | 33% | - | 1 | - | 15.5 | 4.9 | 71% | 1.1 | 18 | 6.0 | 84 | 28.0 | 48 | 62 | 16.0 | 20.7 | (4.7) | 0 |
| 10 | Turley | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2 | - | - | 14.7 | 4.8 | 79% | 0.8 | 20 | 5.0 | 116 | 29.0 | 62 | 55 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 11 | Craig F. | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2 | - | - | 13.7 | 4.4 | 65% | 0.9 | 20 | 5.0 | 97 | 24.3 | 77 | 50 | 19.3 | 12.5 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 12 | Coach Mike | 3 | 1 | 75% | 1 | - | 1 | 13.5 | 4.4 | 67% | 0.8 | 21 | 5.3 | 109 | 27.3 | 72 | 66 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 13 | Melissa | 0 | 5 | 0% | - | - | - | 12.3 | 4.0 | 63% | 0.7 | 19 | 3.8 | 104 | 20.8 | 53 | 105 | 10.6 | 21.0 | (10.4) | 0 |
| 14 | Dibble | 0 | 1 | 0% | - | - | - | 10.8 | 3.3 | 31% | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 4 | 21 | 4.0 | 21.0 | (17.0) | 0 |