Cornhole

2026 Cornhole Information will be Available in Spring, 2026

2025 Cornhole Season Details

Special Olympics has launched a new sport - Cornhole - and the Blazing Stars are all in! Cornhole (also known as Bags or Bean Bag Toss) , is a popular lawn game where players throw bean bags at a raised wooden board with a hole at the far end. The goal is to score points by tossing a bean bag through the hole.

Standard size Cornhole boards are 2 by 4 foot with standard bags filled with beans. Athletes will be able to participate in one of two distances – boards 27 feet apart or 18 feet apart.

For additional details, check out the Special Olympics Minnesota Cornhole Handbook. 

Details

• Practice will begin on Monday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. Practice will be held on Mondays from 6 -7 p.m.  (same time and location as Unified Flag Football)

• Practice will be held at Arbor Meadows Park, 8505 Johansen Ave. S., Cottage Grove.

• All athletes are required to have a current Special Olympics Minnesota application/medical on file before practice. 

• No registration fee for Cornhole for this first year. 

Important Registration Information                                                                                                                                                                                           This will be a new sport and we would like to provide an opportunity to any Athlete that is interested in trying Cornhole. No experience is necessary - we will help each Athlete learn the game and build skills. Based on the number of Athletes that are interested and the number of Coach volunteers, we will pick one of the options listed below:

Option 1 (more than 32 Athletes registered):

• Athletes will be assigned to a team.

• Team A will have 2 practices on August 18 and September 8. (No practice on Labor Day, September 1)

• Team B will have 2 practices on August 25 and September 15. (No practice on Labor Day, September 1)

• Teams A & B will compete in a Blazing Stars Team Tournament on September 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Option 2 (32 or fewer Athletes registered):

• Practice will be held on August 18 and 25, September 8 and 15. (No practice on Labor Day, September 1)

• The group will be divided into 2 teams. 

• A Blazing Stars Team Tournament will be held on September 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

2025 Tournament Dates

• Blazing Stars team  tournament on September 22.

• No State tournament in 2025. We anticipate Region and State tournaments in 2026.