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What's New With ACL Cornhole

What's New with ACL Cornhole

(Welcome to our first published article covering ACL!)

A competitive league that started with an audience of around 20 people has grown to what it is today. ACL, an acronym for American Cornhole League, has officially presented itself in the open sports market, and has happily won us over. What was perceived as an everyday, yet casual, game played from one's backyard to local carnivals, ACL has sanctioned the sport as an official one for all to see and play. With a fresh, yet first, article talking about it and finally covering all there is going on, despite the craziness going on in the outside world, what's new and what word has the ACL spread within the year? Let's talk about it!

The league schedule is probably what majority of the folks want to know, and here you go—the ACL Pro Johnsonville Championships to be aired on ESPN or ACL's exclusive ACL Digital Network (ACLDN):

ACL Pro Johnsonville Cornhole Championships

Date Tournament Aired On
Friday-Sunday February 11-13, 2022 ACL Kickoff Battle (Los Angeles, CA) ESPN / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday March 18-20, 2022 ACL Cornhole Mania (Washington D.C.) ESPN / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday May 6-8, 2022 ACL Bag Brawl (Houston, TX) ESPN / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday July 1-4, 2022 ACL Final Chase (Bedford Park, IL) ESPN / ACLDN
Monday-Sunday August 1-7, 2022 ACL World Championships (Rock Hill, SC) ESPN / ACLDN

ACL Pro Shootout Series

Date Tournament Aired On
Friday-Sunday May 20-22, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #1 (Fort Worth, TX) CBS / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday June 3-5, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #2 (Mesa, AZ) CBS / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday June 10-12, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #3 (Las Vegas, NV) CBS / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday June 24-26, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #4 (Everett, WA) CBS / ACLDN
Monday-Sunday July 15-17, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #5 (Triadelphia, WV) CBS / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday July 22-23, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #6 (Lakeland, FL) CBS / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday August 19-20, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #7 (Wichita, KS) CBS / ACLDN
Friday-Sunday September 2-3, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout #8 (CT) CBS / ACLDN
Saturday September 17, 2022 ACL Pro Shootout Championship CBS

Bacardi Spiced ACL Open Series

Date Tournament Aired On
Friday-Sunday October 8-10, 2021 ACL Open #1 (West Dundee, IL) Finished ACLDN
Friday-Sunday October 22-24, 2021 ACL Open #2 (Rapid City, SD) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday November 5-7, 2021 ACL Open #3 (Cincinnati, OH) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday December 3-5, 2021 ACL Open #4 (Virginia Beach) ACLDN
Monday-Sunday January 7-9, 2022 ACL Open #5 (Asheville, NC) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday January 14-16, 2022 ACL Open #6 (Winter Haven, FL) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday January 29-30, 2022 ACL Open #7 (Louisville, KY) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday February 25-27, 2022 ACL Open #8 (Kansas City, MO) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday March 11-13, 2022 ACL Open #9 (Cedar Falls, IA) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday April 2022 ACL Open #10 (CA) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday April 22-24, 2022 ACL Open #11 (Tiverton, RI) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday May 20-22, 2022 ACL Open #12 (Fort Worth, TX) ACLDN
Monday-Sunday June 3-5, 2022 ACL Open #13 (Mesa, AZ) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday June 10-12, 2022 ACL Open #14 (Las Vegas, NV) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday June 24-26, 2022 ACL Open #15 (Evert, WA) ACLDN
Friday-Sunday July 15-17, 2022 ACL Open #16 (Triadelphia, WV) ACLDN

Schedule Source: IPlayCornhole.com

Quite a beefy schedule, filled with competitive bag-throwing thrills, isn't it? Be sure to tune in, whether you're subscribed to cable, streaming and/or ACL's app airing all the competition throughout the season.

Along with the national schedule comes ACL's College Cornhole. Given that college sports is the most popular of all time, with its school spirit and passionate fans around the country, the National College Cornhole Championship (NCCC) will launch starting from December 31, 2021 to January 2, 2022. While the ACL College season has already started, here's their full schedule:

ACL College Tour Schedule

Date Tournament
September 18, 2021 Alabama vs Florida Finished
September 25, 2021 Clemson vs NC State Finished
October 02, 2021 USC vs Colorado Finished
October 09, 2021 Alabama vs Texas A&M Finished
October 23, 2021 LSU vs Ole Miss
October 30, 2021 Penn State vs Ohio State
November 13, 2021 Duke vs Virginia Tech
November 20, 2021 Florida vs Missouri
November 27, 2021 Clemson vs South Carolina
December 04, 2021 BIG12 Champ Game

Not a bad scheduling for those who hold their college spirits high. Though since ACL continues to grow their leagues, I'm sure we'll be seeing more college teams compete in the near future.

Another cool discovery, mentioned earlier, is the ACLDN—ACL Digital Network. This is their exclusive streaming service featuring all full-length broadcasts since their live launch in 2017. That's impressive since various replays of games often show the condensed versions, due to time constraints. Perhaps, as someone who's subscribed to both cable and streaming, it's about time that leagues show full, unedited replays of these games as if we're re-living that very moment it aired. Makes for a much better experience. You can choose between their monthly or yearly subscription—monthly goes for $4.99 a month, and their yearly goes for $50. All I can say is I wish other streaming services were this reasonable, but that's another topic of discussion.

Lots of chaos going on in the world, so may as well rest your mind and your soul and enjoy a laid-back competition of cornhole. You'll be glad you did.

Do you, or anyone you know, going to compete in this year's and next year's cornhole competition? Any event(s) you're looking forward to? Have you competed in cornhole before? Let's talk about it in the comments below!

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