Hole in One: S.H.A.R.E. plans cornhole tournament

SHARE is currently planning a cornhole tournament to take place on a to-be-determined date once East returns to hybrid. 

In recent years, SHARE usually holds the dodgeball tournament where students form teams and compete against each other for prizes such as gift cards, which will most likely be the prize for the cornhole tournament as well. 

Due to COVID-19 precautions, a dodgeball tournament is out of the question, as the dodgeballs are passed between students, leading to a higher risk of transmission. 

To avoid any high-contact sports, SHARE has decided to host a cornhole tournament. All participants will be required to wear a mask, disinfect their hands and social distance. In addition to this, there will be a maximum capacity of participants, though that number has not been set yet. 

Once the school returns to hybrid learning, SHARE will confirm with the administration and a date will be set. 

There will also be an entry fee of either diapers or cereal boxes to benefit local organizations, though it has not been finalized which one. If the fee were to be diapers, they’d be donated to Happy Bottoms, a Kansas City organization that provides diapers for families in need. If the fee were to be cereal boxes, they’d be donated to a local food pantry. 

There will most likely be a gift-card prize to the winner. 

“It’s a fun game to play with pretty-much anyone,” avid cornhole player and sophomore Graham Squires said. “And it’s easy for beginners to get into.”

Between the SHARE execs, there are three cornhole boards available, which poses a problem depending on how many students participate. Because of this, SHARE plans on asking participants to bring a cornhole board if they have one available. 

SHARE is considering adding a theme, like disco, as an incentive for students to come. 

“I’m really excited to get people from the school back together,” senior and SHARE Executive Libby Hise said. “It’s not ideally what we would think of as ‘together’, but there’s so many activities throughout the year that haven’t been able to happen. I realized that in classrooms, you get to see people, but this is more of a fun activity that you can do in your free time.”