On his 32nd throw, Austin Bower put the bag through the hole.
It was a March day at Riverfront Park in Cottonwood, and Bower and some friends were playing a version of cornhole, the game where you try to throw bean bags into a hole on a board, or at least get the bag on the board.
This time, getting the bag in the hole was more important.
This one was for the record books.
The Guinness Book of World Records, to be specific.
Originally created as a way to settle bar bets, the book has become a definitive source over the years to put down in writing exactly what things were the highest, fastest, farthest and any other superlative adjective one could apply to just about anything.
Bower’s name is now in that book, after he managed to make a cornhole shot measured at 110 feet.
No easy task, considering regulation distance for a normal game is 33 feet.
“It was awesome,” Bower said. “There were a lot of people there, it was a really fun time.”
Bower, 22, said that making a toss from that distance required trying to adjust for the wind.
The record-breaking attempt was organized by Brian Aldrich, a local self-employed business man.
“Well I am self-employed,” Aldrich said with a laugh. “I was at work browsing the Internet looking for cornhole supplies. I’m my own boss so it’s not like I’m going to get in trouble for it.”
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, July 8, edition of the Cottonwood Journal Extra.
