CLAWSON, MICHIGAN – Heavy lies the crown.

After Week 1, Flowers sat alone atop the Power Rankings for the first time in his career, thanks to a scorching 19.6 KPM.

The question was, how would he handle the altitude?

The answer, at least initially, was not great.

Instead of stepping to the boards and ripping bags with the confidence that got him there, Flowers fell victim to the ultimate mind-killer.

He started stat-watching.

He played tense. He played for the spreadsheet, trying to protect his numbers instead of just beating his opponent. This led to some rough early game struggles, throwing pedestrian games of 4.7, 5.0, and 5.5 points per round (“PPR”).

And then he snapped out of it.

He stopped worrying about math and started throwing bags. The result? He didn’t just recover – he ended up exceeding his Week 1 numbers, finishing the night with a 4-2 record, a 6.2 ppr, and a staggering 19.9 KPM.

GAME OF THE NIGHT

If you like grueling, defensive trench warfare, Game 11 was a masterpiece. Paul and Turley squared off against Brent and Matt H. in a matchup that turned into a 25-round marathon of attrition that featured 14 rounds ending in a wash.

Early on, it looked like a massacre. Paul and Turley exploded out of the gates, mounting an 11-0 lead that left Brent and Matt searching for answers.

They found them, eventually clawing back to make it 11-6.

Then the game slowed to a crawl with six consecutive wash rounds.

Bag after bag canceling each other out. Frustration building, arms getting heavy, and everybody trying to break the scoring drought.

Paul finally broke the stalemate to push the lead to 17-6, but Matt refused to go quietly, catching fire and dropping 9 points in two rounds against Turley, rapidly shrinking the deficit to 17-16.

The anxiety on the boards was palpable. Staring down the barrel of an epic 11-0 collapse, the air completely left the room for Paul and Turley.

But Paul wasn’t about to let his team choke.

With the momentum entirely flipped and the game hanging in the balance, Paul stepped up and delivered a ruthless 8-1 knockout punch over Brent, slamming the door shut on the comeback before it could be completed.

Final score: 21-16.

MUSHROOM STAMP MOMENT

You can’t talk about Week 2 highlights without discussing when Bushie went berserk.

In Game 16, he found himself locked in a heavyweight bout against Joe. Joe was throwing gas all game, ending with an 8 PPR. In most games, against most opponents, that’s enough to carry his team to victory.

Bushie didn’t care. He threw as though he was 10 Coors Light deep and 30 minutes into a 40 mg ride. Maybe he was.

Bushie averaged a blistering 7.4 PPR to completely stymie Joe’s barrage, matching him blow for blow while dragging his team to a 21-10 victory.

But his magnum opus came in Game 13.

Staring at a bleak 17-7 deficit, the game felt out of reach.

Then Bushie went into psycho mode.

He unleashed a massive four-bagger, winning the 17^th round over Paul, 12-6, and single-handedly shifting the momentum of the match. Bushie’s 12-6 round ignited a 14-1 team run that powered Bushie and Matt to a comeback win over Paul and Melissa.

Final score: 21-18. Comeback for Bushie and Matt. Choke for Paul and Melissa.

These sequences earned Bushie this week’s Mushroom Stamp Moment.

This week’s box score is below.

Week 2 Power Rank	Name	Week 2 Wins	Week 2 Losses	Week 2 Win %	Week 2 Saves	Week 2 Chokes	Week 2 Comebacks	Week 2 KPM	Week 2 Gross Points Per Round	Week 2 Toss Accruacy	Week 2 Cornholes Per Round	Week 2 Cornholes	Week 2 Cornholes Per Game	Week 2 Gross Points	Week 2 Gross Points Per Game	Week 2 Net Points For	Week 2 Net Points Against	Week 2 Net Points For Per Game	Week 2 Net Points Against Per Game	Week 2 Net Point Differential	Week 2 Foot Snags
1	KP	6	1	86%	6	-	-	23.0	7.1	83%	1.9	76	10.9	284	40.6	136	68	19.4	9.7	9.7	0
2	Roger	1	4	20%	1	-	-	22.5	6.9	77%	1.9	59	11.8	214	42.8	78	93	15.6	18.6	(3.0)	0
3	Joe S.	2	4	33%	2	-	-	20.3	6.3	76%	1.6	62	10.3	239	39.8	81	107	13.5	17.8	(4.3)	0
4	Flowers	4	2	67%	3	-	-	19.9	6.2	76%	1.6	52	8.7	204	34.0	90	81	15.0	13.5	1.5	0
5	Austin	4	3	57%	3	-	-	19.5	6.1	76%	1.5	59	8.4	237	33.9	121	99	17.3	14.1	3.1	0
6	Brent	3	3	50%	2	-	-	18.3	5.7	74%	1.4	60	10.0	247	41.2	107	101	17.8	16.8	1.0	0
7	Paul G.	2	5	29%	2	1	-	18.3	5.7	70%	1.4	75	10.7	296	42.3	103	127	14.7	18.1	(3.4)	0
8	Bushie	3	4	43%	1	-	1	18.0	5.7	75%	1.3	56	8.0	238	34.0	84	128	12.0	18.3	(6.3)	0
9	Matt H.	2	5	29%	-	-	1	17.2	5.5	77%	1.2	68	9.7	312	44.6	114	141	16.3	20.1	(3.9)	0
10	Turley	5	1	83%	5	-	-	17.2	5.5	74%	1.2	52	8.7	229	38.2	121	72	20.2	12.0	8.2	0
11	Dibble	2	2	50%	2	-	-	16.4	5.1	67%	1.2	26	6.5	108	27.0	63	53	15.8	13.3	2.5	0
12	Mike R.	3	4	43%	2	-	-	16.0	5.0	61%	1.3	57	8.1	224	32.0	93	129	13.3	18.4	(5.1)	0
13	JV	4	2	67%	3	-	-	15.6	5.0	69%	1.1	34	5.7	154	25.7	95	78	15.8	13.0	2.8	0
14	Melissa	3	4	43%	2	1	-	14.7	4.6	60%	1.1	53	7.6	222	31.7	108	117	15.4	16.7	(1.3)	0

Week 2 Box Score

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