BEVERLY HILLS, MICHIGAN – Anyone who has played one week, or one tournament, of LEG quickly realizes the outrageousness with JV. Wise cracks, outbursts, and an occasional drop of his pants to moon his opponent because they scored too many points (while also showing off his heavy, low-hanging nuts) are standard, harmless occurrences from JV.

However, a handful of us who’ve been around since LEG inception know of an escalated level JV used reach. Things like shitting his pants in the middle of a game, then tossing his dirty, soiled drawers over the fence into Bushie’s neighbor’s yard. Or growing so frustrated from not being able to throw a bag on the board from 27 feet that he blindly launches a full beer into the air, that somehow navigated two trees and landed on KP’s head, spraying beer all over KP’s laptop.

And those things happened in back-to-back weeks during the 2017 campaign. Please, enjoy a trip down memory lane:

2017 Week 6 Recap

2017 Week 7 Recap

While those instances were in fact pretty wild, JV has steadily calmed down over the last eight years, at least when compared to his prior reference point…he certainly isn’t calm compared to most of the other league members.

Despite a relatively “clean” run the past eight years, things started down a dark path again this week – not quite like forgetting one’s daily dose of Metamucil and suddenly finding yourself dumping diarrhea on your neighbor’s tree because you couldn’t make it home from a walk with the dog…but close.

JV started the night well, winning his first match while throwing 5.5 points per round (“PPR”). But after that he lost two consecutive games before he was saved by the rain cancellation, otherwise things could have continued to spiral.

During the rain delay, JV was so frustrated with his game and the most recent loss with Bushie as his partner, that he ripped one of his teeth out while deepthroating a bunless coney dog in front of the whole group. Was this an attempt to motivate himself to play better? An intimidation tactic? Nobody is sure, other than we can confidently say it involved the old level of JV craziness.

GAME OF THE NIGHT

Mother Nature limited us to only eight games this week, robbing us of another fun-filled Thursday night. At some point we need her to cooperate and stop dealing us rain delays and rain cancellations.

Without much to choose from, this week’s Game of the Night leads us to Game 3 with Erik and Mike V. squaring off against Paul G. and Bushie. While this wasn’t a David vs. Goliath contest, it was one you’d expect Paul and Bushie to handle considering they are #11 and #20, respectively, in the Power Rankings, compared to #18 and #22, respectively, for Erik and Mike V.

Yet, Erik out-punted his coverage to start this match, averaging 6 PPR while logging rounds of 3, 10, 3 and 8 points. That was enough to limit Paul to just a one point advantage during that stretch, a critical factor in the game plan to pull an upset.

On the other end, Mike V. bested Bushie during that stretch by seven points, helping his team to a 15-9 lead after eight rounds.

As is often the case for underdogs, all it takes is a momentary lack of focus leaving the door cracked just enough for the favorites to kick it in. In the 11th round Paul continued throwing well, while Erik slipped up just enough, giving way to an enormous 10-2 round. Paul’s eight points surged his team to a 17-15 lead.

Bushie added another point, upping the lead to 18-15.

All the sudden, nerves overpowered all four players, shifting a well-played game to a temporary stinker.

• Erik allowed a prime chance to slip through his fingers. Paul missed all four of his bags off the board in the 12th round. Yet Erik only managed to score two bags on the board, cutting his team’s deficit to 18-17
• In the 13th round Mike V. had a chance to clinch victory simply by boarding his final bag. Instead he missed, settling for a 3-0 round win (his team took a 20-18 lead). The flip side is Bushie could have also capitalized on Mike’s three bags on the board, but did not score any of his four bags
• The 14th round somehow regressed, with Paul scoring one point on a 2-1 advantage over Erik. Again, both players squandered excellent opportunities to win the game, and both choked.
• Bushie finally ended the misery in the 15th round with an anti-climactic 4-1 advantage, winning the game 21-20.

This really was an excellent match for 75% of the rounds. However, the final four rounds (two for each player) were hard to watch. I’m not trying to be negative, but consider the following statistics during the ugly final four rounds:

• Erik – threw 8 bags and only scored on 3 of them, no cornholes
• Paul – threw 8 bags and only scored on 2 of them, no cornholes
• Mike V. – threw 8 bags and only scored on 2 of them, one cornhole
• Bushie – threw 8 bags and only scored on 4 of them (all four scored in the final round to win the match), no cornholes

MUSHROOM STAMP MOMENT

After shitting on the four guys involved in the Game of the Night, it’s time to end on a positive note.

In Game 1, Flowers and KP matched up with JV and Paul. After struggling the last few weeks, KP started red-hot this week, throwing rounds of 8, 8, 10, 8 and 10 to begin Game 1 (that’s an 8.8 average PPR). However, this only produced four net points because Paul was also on a heater, throwing rounds of 7, 4, 8, 12 and 9 (an 8.0 average PPR).

Paul battled, hanging in while taking some of KP’s best stuff. He was rewarded with an opportunity to win the game in the 13th round when KP missed an aggressive attempt to collect a low blocker bag.

Paul kept control of the middle board, while forcing KP into heroics, and it paid off in the form of a 10-4 round win, giving his team a 21-11 victory.

Paul earns this week’s Mushroom Stamp Moment (“MSM”) for throwing fire and not giving up much during KP’s onslaught. Then he delivered the knockout blow in the 13th round.

This week’s box score is below.

 

Week 5 Power Rank	Name	Week 5 Wins	Week 5 Losses	Week 5 Win %	Week 5 Saves	Week 5 Chokes	Week 5 Comebacks	Week 5 KPM	Week 5 Gross Points Per Round	Week 5 Toss Accruacy	Week 5 Cornholes Per Round	Week 5 Cornholes	Week 5 Cornholes Per Game	Week 5 Gross Points	Week 5 Gross Points Per Game	Week 5 Net Points For	Week 5 Net Points Against	Week 5 Net Points For Per Game	Week 5 Net Points Against Per Game	Week 5 Net Point Differential	Week 5 Foot Snags
1	KP	2	1	67%	2	-	-	22.4	6.9	80%	1.9	37	12.3	138	46.0	53	42	17.7	14.0	3.7	0
2	Paul G.	4	0	100%	3	-	-	20.5	6.4	76%	1.7	38	9.5	146	36.5	84	37	21.0	9.3	11.8	0
3	Matt H.	3	0	100%	3	-	-	20.1	6.3	79%	1.6	28	9.3	113	37.7	63	33	21.0	11.0	10.0	0
4	Joe S.	2	2	50%	2	-	-	18.6	5.8	75%	1.4	34	8.5	140	35.0	64	59	16.0	14.8	1.3	0
5	JV	1	2	33%	1	-	-	17.1	5.4	73%	1.3	25	8.3	108	36.0	37	53	12.3	17.7	(5.3)	0
6	Erik	1	2	33%	1	-	-	16.9	5.4	75%	1.2	19	6.3	86	28.7	52	42	17.3	14.0	3.3	0
7	Mike V.	1	3	25%	1	-	-	12.7	4.2	66%	0.8	15	3.8	83	20.8	52	74	13.0	18.5	(5.5)	0
8	Bushie	2	2	50%	1	-	-	12.6	4.0	59%	0.9	22	5.5	105	26.3	59	72	14.8	18.0	(3.3)	0
9	Flowers	0	4	0%	-	-	-	11.1	3.6	58%	0.7	15	3.8	83	20.8	32	84	8.0	21.0	(13.0)	0

Week 5 Box Score

BEVERLY HILLS, MICHIGAN – Something special filled the air Thursday night – a cloud that brewed confidence into some, and shakiness into others. It was a night of blown leads, huge comebacks and clutch shots in big moments. Game 1 set the trend for the night when Kentucky Mike and Abbey held a 15-10 lead over Matt H. and Flowers, yet could not close the game, or even score another point, ultimately losing 21-15.

Four additional games followed the same theme – one team notched at least 15 points while hanging on to a lead, yet ended up losing the game.

• Game 8 – Paul and Abbey appeared firmly in control with a 17-9 lead, while Nick and Roger were wobbly from taking so many early punches to the mouth. Then Nick and Roger collected themselves and ripped off a 12-0 run to win the game, 21-17.
• Game 9 – We’ll have more on this later in the recap, but Craig and Joe had a commanding 15-1 lead over Flowers and Mike R. Somehow, they lost that game 21-18.
• Game 15 – Another one that will be discussed in more detail momentarily…Kentucky Mike and Mike R. had a 17-10 advantage over Roger and Craig. Take a wild guess what happened next – that’s right, Roger and Craig roared back for a 21-19 victory.
• Game 22 – Turley and Paul were on the cusp of a dominating win, leading JG and Kentucky Mike 19-10. Blowing a 19-10 lead is painful, usually accompanied by giving up big chunk rounds. That’s not what happened in this game. JG and Kentucky Mike clawed all the way back for the win, doing so across the final six rounds of the game, a feat that seems almost impossible considering 48 total bags were thrown during that stretch and Turley and Paul could not manage tallying two final points. JG scored seven of his team’s points during the comeback, while Kentucky Mike pitched in five points, including the finishing touch with an 8-5 round over Turley.

The games mentioned above almost had company from five more games of the same pattern. However, the leading teams recovered after blowing late-game advantages and still won the game. Chaos. That’s the best way to describe this week.

GAME OF THE NIGHT

Not surprisingly, Game 9 takes honors for Game of the Night. The ending has been spoiled, but let’s revisit the details of how this one unfolded.

As a reminder, this was a showdown between Craig and Joe against Flowers and Mike R. (or “Big Mike”).

Even though Joe came out firing, averaging 6.25 points per round (“PPR”) through his first four rounds, Big Mike battled pretty evenly during that stretch, only giving up five points.

Craig was the monster who couldn’t be contained in the early part of this match – he tallied 10 points for his team thanks to dominating rounds of 9-3 and 10-6 against Flowers. Those big chunks, combined with Joe chipping away against Big Mike, yielded an early, dominating 15-1 lead.

In the ninth round, Flowers collected three points against Craig, followed by Big Mike collecting three more points in the 10th round. In the 11th round, Flowers scored two more points, suddenly cutting their deficit to 15-9.

Despite Craig’s early dominance, he continued to hemorrhage points in the middle parts of this match, giving up three points in round 13 and four more points in round 15. Joe attempted to halt all of this momentum with a point here, point there, but the tsunami was already hitting land.

When Big Mike added three more points against Joe in the 16th round it gave his team a 19-18 lead, capping a ridiculous 18-3 run while rebounding from the early 15-1 deficit.

In the 17th round of this marathon, Flowers drained a cornhole and muddied the board with his other three bags, causing Craig to chase hero shots in order to stay in the game. He couldn’t connect, missing two airmails and a tough push shot, ultimately only landing one bag on the board. Flowers’ 6-1 advantage was the final nail in the coffin, wrapping up one of the most amazing runs we’ve seen this season in a comeback victory (and “choke” for Joe and Craig).

During the 23-3 run, Flowers scored 17 of his team’s points, helping him win the head-to-head battle against Craig, despite Craig’s dominating start to the game.

MUSHROOM STAMP MOMENT

Let’s rewind to Game 15, where Kentucky Mike and Big Mike held a 17-10 lead over Roger and Craig

through 10 rounds of action. Roger’s 10-4 advantage in the 11th round tightened the score, 17-16, followed by Craig tacking on three more points in the 12th round (7-4 advantage), giving his team a 19-17 lead.

Kentucky Mike bounced back nicely with a 10-8 win in round 13 against Roger, tying the game at 19-19 and setting the stage for the Mushroom Stamp Moment (“MSM”). Craig found the bottom of the hole four times in the most clutch moment of the game. Meanwhile, Big Mike couldn’t keep up, scoring just four points of his own.

Craig’s four-bagger with the game tied 19-19 earns this week’s MSM, and frankly there was no other moment that could compete for MSM honors. For good measure, Craig posted the best PPR of all four players during the match, shooting 6.43 points per round.

This week’s box score is below.

Week 4 Power Rank	Name	Week 4 Wins	Week 4 Losses	Week 4 Win %	Week 4 Saves	Week 4 Chokes	Week 4 Comebacks	Week 4 KPM	Week 4 Gross Points Per Round	Week 4 Toss Accruacy	Week 4 Cornholes Per Round	Week 4 Cornholes	Week 4 Cornholes Per Game	Week 4 Gross Points	Week 4 Gross Points Per Game	Week 4 Net Points For	Week 4 Net Points Against	Week 4 Net Points For Per Game	Week 4 Net Points Against Per Game	Week 4 Net Point Differential	Week 4 Foot Snags
1	Roger	3	2	60%	1	-	1	19.9	6.2	81%	1.5	45	9.0	187	37.4	97	80	19.4	16.0	3.4	0
2	Matt H.	6	0	100%	5	-	-	19.6	6.1	73%	1.6	52	8.7	201	33.5	126	49	21.0	8.2	12.8	0
3	KP	4	4	50%	2	-	-	19.5	6.1	76%	1.5	77	9.6	310	38.8	144	147	18.0	18.4	(0.4)	0
4	Nick	9	1	90%	6	-	-	19.4	6.1	79%	1.5	100	10.0	414	41.4	204	134	20.4	13.4	7.0	0
5	Jake	5	4	56%	5	-	-	19.4	6.0	72%	1.6	75	8.3	288	32.0	131	134	14.6	14.9	(0.3)	0
6	Kentucky Mike	3	5	38%	2	1	-	19.4	6.1	80%	1.4	65	8.1	274	34.3	142	141	17.8	17.6	0.1	0
7	Turley	4	5	44%	3	-	-	18.9	6.0	83%	1.3	68	7.6	306	34.0	159	156	17.7	17.3	0.3	0
8	Joe S.	4	2	67%	4	1	-	18.5	5.8	73%	1.4	46	7.7	185	30.8	106	67	17.7	11.2	6.5	0
9	Paul G.	2	6	25%	2	-	-	18.2	5.8	83%	1.3	65	8.1	302	37.8	118	142	14.8	17.8	(3.0)	0
10	Mike R.	3	4	43%	-	1	1	15.6	5.0	68%	1.1	49	7.0	218	31.1	115	134	16.4	19.1	(2.7)	0
11	JG	7	4	64%	4	-	-	15.1	4.9	72%	1.0	61	5.5	301	27.4	192	194	17.5	17.6	(0.2)	0
12	Flowers	4	5	44%	-	-	1	13.3	4.3	64%	0.9	51	5.7	253	28.1	141	176	15.7	19.6	(3.9)	0
13	Craig F.	1	8	11%	-	1	1	13.1	4.1	56%	1.0	55	6.1	240	26.7	111	187	12.3	20.8	(8.4)	0
14	Abbey	1	6	14%	-	-	-	13.1	4.2	62%	0.9	35	5.0	172	24.6	94	139	13.4	19.9	(6.4)	0

Week 4 Box Score

BEVERY HILLS, MICHIGAN – An early-season Thursday night exploded into a tournament environment this week at Bushie’s house. Typical participation on Thursday night ranges from 10 – 15 players, but apparently Bushie brings everyone out of the closet…err, woodwork…22 players rolled up, surely a recipe for the Beverly Hills cops to show up at some point.

The first few years of LEG were predominantly hosted at Bushie’s house, and he’s become widely known for being a gracious host with all the cornhole accoutrements – beautiful backyard with luscious grass flanked by a large patio, relaxing deck overseeing one of the courts, and a clothes optional hot tub. We affectionately refer to his outdoor arrangements as the Augusta National of LEG. It’s hard to pin-point exactly why so many flocked to his house. The peaceful, beautiful setting? The fact we don’t play at his house as often, so it is indeed a special treat? Excellent food, almost always involving smoked meat? The edibles? Helping clean-up 15 partially filled Coors Lights at the end of the night?

Whatever the reason, it was quite a night of cornhole. Consider some of these group statistics:

• 42 games played, 14 of which decided by 6 points or fewer
• 15 of 22 players posted a KPM of 15.0 or higher, equating to roughly 70%+ toss accuracy, 5.0+ points per round and 1.0+ cornholes per round (you can read more about KPM in the “About LEG” section of the website)
• 17 total four-baggers, lead by KP with four and Matt H. with three
• Another 67 10-point rounds, paced by Howdy with 9 and Kentucky Mike with 8

GAME OF THE NIGHT

This week’s Game of the Night takes us to Game 19, pitting Craig F. and Roger against Dibble and Howdy. The game was fantastic early with all four players combining to average 6.75 points per round through the first six rounds (Howdy – 7.33, Dibble – 6.67, Craig F. – 6.67, and Roger – 6.33). Consequently, there was very little scoring during that early stretch – Howdy and Dibble held a measly 6 – 3 lead.

Roger posted a 5-point advantage in the seventh round (an 8-3 win in the round), giving his team an 8 – 6 lead. However, in the eighth round Dibble drained a four-bagger that netted seven enormous points, leap-frogging his team into a 13 – 8 lead and igniting a 14 – 2 run for his team over the next eight rounds.

Dibble and Howdy had a firm grip on this game after the 14th round, leading 20 – 10. Craig paused quickly to refresh his beverage, making eye contact with KP in the process, “I can never seem to beat that guy (in reference to Dibble),” he said. KP and a few other observers began scattering to watch other games under the same assumption as Craig, that game was over.

About five minutes later, Craig approached KP with an enthusiastic smile, “I think that was the first win of my life against Dibble!” Confused, KP asked what the hell happened. Allow me to recap:

• Roger and Craig scraped together four points in rounds 15 and 16, cutting into the deficit (now 20 – 14)
• Roger and Howdy washed, 8-8, in the 17th round
• Craig dropped a 10-3 advantage on Dibble in the 18th round, giving his squad a remarkable 21 – 20 comeback victory

The rally by Craig and Roger officially qualifies for a “comeback” while also registering a “choke” on the ledger for Howdy and Dibble (if a team holds a 10+ point lead at any point during a game and fails to win that game, they earn a “choke” and the rallying team is rewarded with a “comeback”). Craig, head-to-head with Dibble, accounted for 10 of the 11 points during their comeback. Poetic justice for all of Craig’s previous falters against Dibble.

MUSHROOM STAMP MOMENT

We have to rewind to Game 9 for this week’s Mushroom Stamp Moment (“MSM”). Bushie and Kentucky Mike raced out to a 9 – 0 lead over JV and KP, powered by Bushie’s early 9 points per round average.

However, when Bushie finally came back to Earth with a 1-point round, JV pounced with 9-point round (netting eight points) to kick-start an 18-3 run for his team.

Facing an 18 – 12 deficit, Bushie dropped back-to-back rounds of 9 points and 10 points, respectively, netting 11 total points and a victory! Bushie’s final bag of the 10-point round required a right-to-left cut collection of his blocker bag, and he hit it beautifully to win the game.

Bushie averaged 7.5 points per round for the game, and was an absurd 8.8 points per round with 18 of 20 bags scored (13 of those 18 were cornholes) when excluding his 1-point round stinker. That individual performance earns Bushie this week’s Mushroom Stamp Moment.

This week’s box score is below.

 

Week 3 Power Rank	Name	Week 3 Wins	Week 3 Losses	Week 3 Win %	Week 3 Saves	Week 3 Chokes	Week 3 Comebacks	Week 3 KPM	Week 3 Gross Points Per Round	Week 3 Toss Accruacy	Week 3 Cornholes Per Round	Week 3 Cornholes	Week 3 Cornholes Per Game	Week 3 Gross Points	Week 3 Gross Points Per Game	Week 3 Net Points For	Week 3 Net Points Against	Week 3 Net Points For Per Game	Week 3 Net Points Against Per Game	Week 3 Net Point Differential	Week 3 Foot Snags
1	Matt H.	6	3	67%	6	-	-	21.2	6.6	84%	1.6	88	9.8	357	39.7	168	104	18.7	11.6	7.1	0
2	KP	4	5	44%	2	-	-	21.1	6.6	83%	1.6	92	10.2	369	41	158	157	17.6	17.4	0.1	0
3	Dibble	5	4	56%	4	1	-	20.3	6.4	81%	1.6	90	10	369	41	154	126	17.1	14	3.1	0
4	Barker	4	1	80%	4	-	-	19.6	6.3	89%	1.4	31	6.2	144	28.8	89	31	17.8	6.2	11.6	0
5	Joe S.	6	2	75%	5	-	-	19.3	6.1	80%	1.4	69	8.6	292	36.5	159	97	19.9	12.1	7.8	0
6	Roger	6	2	75%	4	-	1	19.2	6.1	83%	1.4	63	7.9	279	34.9	135	112	16.9	14	2.9	0
7	Kentucky Mike	7	2	78%	3	-	-	18.8	5.9	78%	1.4	84	9.3	355	39.4	162	127	18	14.1	3.9	0
8	Howdy	5	4	56%	3	1	-	18.6	5.9	79%	1.4	87	9.7	376	41.8	162	161	18	17.9	0.1	0
9	Jake	4	3	57%	3	-	-	18.2	5.7	73%	1.4	56	8	228	32.6	116	114	16.6	16.3	0.3	0
10	JV	4	3	57%	3	-	-	17.8	5.6	79%	1.2	56	8	254	36.3	122	112	17.4	16	1.4	0
11	Paul G.	4	4	50%	4	-	-	17.2	5.6	84%	1.1	55	6.9	278	34.8	137	114	17.1	14.3	2.9	0
12	Turley	3	4	43%	3	-	-	16.5	5.3	80%	1.1	39	5.6	197	28.1	100	101	14.3	14.4	(0.1)	0
13	Mike R.	1	5	17%	1	-	-	16.4	5.2	68%	1.2	46	7.7	196	32.7	88	105	14.7	17.5	(2.8)	0
14	Craig F.	5	2	71%	4	-	1	16	5.0	63%	1.3	55	7.9	220	31.4	130	86	18.6	12.3	6.3	0
15	Steve-O	4	4	50%	2	-	-	15.9	5.1	72%	1.1	57	7.1	264	33	135	140	16.9	17.5	(0.6)	0
16	Dan G.	2	5	29%	2	-	-	14.2	4.7	79%	0.8	32	4.6	197	28.1	84	116	12	16.6	(4.6)	0
17	Bushie	2	5	29%	-	-	-	13.9	4.4	59%	1.0	42	6	180	25.7	86	143	12.3	20.4	(8.1)	0
18	Erik	3	5	38%	1	-	-	13.8	4.5	73%	0.8	33	4.1	185	23.1	87	153	10.9	19.1	(8.3)	0
19	Mike V.	3	6	33%	2	-	-	12.5	4.2	73%	0.6	34	3.8	229	25.4	130	160	14.4	17.8	(3.3)	0
20	Melissa	2	5	29%	2	-	-	12.1	4.1	80%	0.5	20	2.9	178	25.4	77	121	11	17.3	(6.3)	0
21	Flowers	1	5	17%	-	-	-	11.5	3.7	58%	0.7	21	3.5	112	18.7	59	119	9.8	19.8	(10.0)	0
22	Canada	3	5	38%	2	-	-	10.3	3.4	58%	0.5	23	2.9	146	18.3	102	141	12.8	17.6	(4.9)	0

Week 3 Box Score

 

BEVERLY HILLS, MICHIGAN – It’s been a bit of a sleepy start to the 2025 season with the calendar showing mid-May, yet the LEG schedule is only on week 2. The positive aspect of Mother Nature’s inability to cooperate is the cornhole demand she helped create. Eleven gentlemen rolled into Beverly Hills for an early season showdown, the majority of which threw as if it they were in midseason form – eight of the 11 players posted KPM of 15.0 or higher.

Of all the players, JV was arguably the most lights-out, going 6-2 while posting an 18.1 KPM.

JV has steadily ascended the Power Rankings since the middle of the 2024 season after battling a multi-year period of stagnation. Whether mental or physical/mechanical, JV conquered whatever was holding him back and is now on a mission to re-establish himself as a top tier player in this league.

Pick any statistic, JV was a top-3 player this week: 5.7 points per round (“PPR”), 76% toss accuracy, 1.3 cornholes per round (“CPR”), or 18.1 KPM. Yet most impressive was his +6.9 scoring differential, the best of the week, meaning he helped lead his teams to victory by an average of 6.9 points per game.

JV’s greatest highlight of the night occurred during Game 19 with his team holding a 17-13 lead. Dan G. tried to muddy the board with blockers, hoping to steal a few points for his team. This wasn’t JV’s first rodeo – knowing there was no way Dan G. could block the hole, JV opened his tool box and utilized his favorite shot…the airmail. JV drained consecutive airmails to cap a 12-point round, and Dan G. failed to clean-up his own laundry. JV closed the game with a 12 – 2 round, giving his team a 21-13 victory.

GAME OF THE NIGHT

The Game of the Night takes us to Game 9, featuring Roger and Mike V. against Matt H. and Mike R.

Mike R. and Matt wasted no time, sprinting out of the blocks for a 9 – 0 lead after only two rounds. Roger quickly stemmed the tide in the third round by scoring four points. Those four points sparked a 17-3 run for Roger and Mike V. over the next eight rounds, giving them a 17 – 12 lead. Mike V. posted eight of the 17 points during that stretch, while Roger logged nine points.

Over the next six rounds the teams washed three rounds, while Mike R. ham-and-egged his way to a single point in two of those rounds. Matt finally helped his team break free with a 10-6 advantage in round 17, giving his squad an 18 – 17 lead.

After consecutive washes in rounds 18 and 19, the Mikes squared off in clutch time. Both players had five points after three bags. Mike R. slid his fourth bag into the hole to sit on eight points for the round, which required Mike V. to score on his fourth bag to keep the game alive.

Mike V.’s fourth bag channeled too much adrenaline and caromed off the back of the board, giving Mike R. and Matt a 21 – 17 comeback victory.

After falling behind 17 – 12, Mike R. and Matt closed the game on a 9-0 run. The crazier part about how they closed the game is they did it over EIGHT rounds – how they stymied their opponent for eight consecutive rounds is beyond me. But, it is perhaps one of the most clutch, defensive performances we’ve seen in a long time.

MUSHROOM STAMP MOMENT

You might be asking how JV’s airmail-induced 12-2 round isn’t the Mushroom Stamp Moment (“MSM”) of the night. That’s a fair question. Yet this week’s MSM is a little unconventional – for the first time in history, two players earn the Mushroom Stamp Moment of the night. In Game 21 Mike V. and Matt H. played head-to-head and threw unbelievably.

Matt H. threw an 8.0 PPR and did not miss a bag off the board during the game, scoring on 16 of 16 bags thrown. Now, consider that Matt’s statistics weren’t good enough to win the head-to-head with Mike V.

Mike threw an 8.25 PPR and scored on 15 of 16 bags thrown, including nine cornholes.

Congratulations to both players! These two deserve this week’s MSM for their elevated play in a tense, high-level face-off.

This week’s box score is below.

 

Week 2 Box Score

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 Points For	Week 2 Points Against	Week 2 Points For Per Game	Week 2 Points Against Per Game	Week 2 Point Differential	Week 2 Foot Snags
1	KP	6	3	67%	4	-	-	25.1	7.7	87%	2.1	114	12.7	416	46.2	167	115	18.6	12.8	5.8	0
2	Roger	5	3	63%	3	-	-	19.7	6.1	76%	1.5	80	10	319	39.9	129	118	16.1	14.8	1.4	0
3	JV	6	2	75%	5	-	-	18.1	5.7	76%	1.3	64	8	274	34.3	140	85	17.5	10.6	6.9	0
4	Matt H.	7	2	78%	5	-	-	17.4	5.6	82%	1.2	62	6.9	302	33.6	165	111	18.3	12.3	6.0	0
5	Mike W.	5	3	63%	3	-	-	17	5.4	76%	1.2	65	8.1	297	37.1	152	115	19	14.4	4.6	0
6	Turley	5	4	56%	3	-	-	15.7	5.1	83%	0.9	55	6.1	313	34.8	149	132	16.6	14.7	1.9	0
7	JG	2	5	29%	1	-	-	15.6	5	73%	1.1	45	6.4	215	30.7	83	124	11.9	17.7	(5.9)	0
8	Dan G.	1	6	14%	-	-	-	15.3	5	77%	0.9	46	6.6	243	34.7	87	142	12.4	20.3	(7.9)	0
9	Mike V.	2	6	25%	2	-	-	14.1	4.6	73%	0.8	38	4.8	207	25.9	79	134	9.9	16.8	(6.9)	0
10	Mike R.	3	5	38%	1	-	-	13.1	4.2	64%	0.8	40	5	202	25.3	104	138	13	17.3	(4.3)	0
11	Canada	2	5	29%	1	-	-	11.6	3.8	57%	0.7	33	4.7	169	24.1	89	130	12.7	18.6	(5.9)	0

BEVERLY HILLS, MICHIGAN – The latest offseason was a little colder, and felt a little longer, than usual. To help fight the winter blues, nine of the Gentlemen took their talents to a league at the Berkley American Legion, and Roger hosted us at The Barn twice during the dog days.

Of course those venues are great, providing opportunities to play and continue seeing one another. However, the game just feels different on that first cool April night when we gather to begin a new season.

The 2025 campaign marks the 10-year anniversary for LEG, an achievement equally satisfying and unbelievable. When LEG started in 2016, it was designed to wrangle friends together in an attempt to see each other more often because various life demands began pulling at the fabric of our friendship, testing the strengths of it’s thread. Not even in my wildest dreams did I believe we’d still be here, doing this, 10 years later while also expanding the friendship group to more incredible guys…one might say it’s Extraordinary.

GAME OF THE NIGHT

Kicking off the 2025 Games of the Night was the father-son duo of Jake and Flowers against Mike V. and Bushie. This Game 4 tilt was easily the best match of the night – all other six games were decided by 8 or more points, including five games decided by double digits. Not at all an uncommon trend early in the season when rust is getting knocked off.

Game 4 was a dandy. Bushie and Mike V. were productive in the first two rounds of the game, taking a 6 – 0 lead thanks to four points from Bushie and two from Mike V.

Jake ignited his squad in the third round with a 10-3 advantage over Mike V., and Flowers added two more points for a quick 9-0 run. Jake tacked on another four points in the fifth round with an 8-4 advantage, giving his team a 13 – 6 lead.

Meanwhile Flowers had the unenviable task of holding off a surge from Bushie – over the next three rounds from these two (rounds 6, 8 and 10), Bushie averaged 7 points per round (“PPR”) and Mike V. chipped in three more points to aid in his team capturing a 16 – 15 lead.

Bushie’s hot stretch could have ended the game, but Flowers held firm averaging 5 PPR to yield only six points across those three rounds. If that doesn’t sound impressive, consider one of the rounds was a 10-4 advantage for Bushie and it’s clear how hard Flowers battled to extinguish Bushie’s fire.

In the 11th round Jake dropped the hammer, draining three bags en route to a 10-3 clobbering, securing a 21 – 16 victory for team father-son.

Jake gets the glory, but his moment wouldn’t have been possible without Flowers’ fight in the middle rounds.

MUSHROOM STAMP MOMENT

How appropriate that Game 1 of the season earns the Mushroom Stamp Moment (“MSM”) – Jake and KP dealt Flowers and Mike V. a bun run from jump street. Credit to the streakers, they battled seven rounds hoping to earn a point, but couldn’t pull it off.

The game, not an individual moment, earns this week’s MSM. Flowers and Mike V. had reprieve from a naked lap around the yard because of the cool, crisp April breeze. But you better believe we are going to hold them accountable for this, and those buns will parade around the yard very soon.

This week’s box score is below.

 

Week 1 Box Score

Week 1 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 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	KP	3	1	75%	3	-	-	23.9	7.4	84%	2.0	44	11.0	162	40.5	76	33	19.0	8.3	10.8	0
2	Jake	3	0	100%	2	-	-	18.4	5.9	82%	1.3	18	6.0	82	27.3	63	25	21.0	8.3	12.7	0
3	Turley	2	2	50%	1	-	-	17.7	5.6	80%	1.2	27	6.8	124	31.0	59	59	14.8	14.8	0.0	0
4	Bushie	2	3	40%	1	-	-	14.5	4.7	70%	0.9	28	5.6	140	28.0	68	85	13.6	17.0	(3.4)	0
5	Erik	2	3	40%	2	-	-	14.5	4.7	70%	0.9	28	5.6	140	28.0	68	77	13.6	15.4	(1.8)	0
6	Flowers	1	3	25%	-	-	-	14.1	4.4	58%	1.1	22	5.5	93	23.3	35	79	8.8	19.8	(11.0)	0
7	Mike V.	1	2	33%	1	-	-	11.9	3.9	62%	0.7	12	4.0	66	22.0	37	48	12.3	16.0	(3.7)	0