OKMULGEE, Okla.- The 2025 Muscogee Nation Festival held a cornhole tournament on Sunday, June 22 at the Mvskoke Dome. This year the doubles tournament consisted of four divisions: elite/advanced, competitive, intermediate, and backyard. Prize money was guaranteed for placing teams, with prizes ranging from $1,200 for the elite/competitive first place winners to $60 for the backyard third place winners.
Hillary Martin (Mvskoke) had been playing cornhole between 5-6 years and competitively has been playing for about 4 years.
For this year’s MCN cornhole tournament, Martin and her teammate Kelly Fields (Mvskoke) played with the team name Spiral Squad in the competitive division. Martin started playing in her backyard, then later she began playing in the leagues in Henryetta, which led her to tournament play. Martin shared that she had met a lot of people playing and competing.
“We love it, we love the environment, the competition and everybody that comes out, it’s really fun,” Martin said.
Results:
Elite/Advanced:
1st place- Kaiden Cochran and Braxton Francis
2nd place- Fud Foreman and Jacob Forman
3rd place- Aaron Squirrell and Kaylee Ballou
4th place- Gage Foreman and TY Drywater
Competitive:
1st place- Spencer Thao and Preston Thao
2nd place- Wesley Vue and Patrick Vue
3rd place- Ricky Jones and Buzzy S.
4th place- Lonnie C. and Guy Abbott
Intermediate:
1st place- Gene Burkholder and CJ Doss
2nd place- Joe Pinkston Sr. and Kaylee Mckiddy
3rd place- Levi Foster and Brayden Black
4th place- Jake Walker and Devan Bruner
Backyard:
1st place- April Fields and Clint Hicks
2nd place- Alicia Sanders and Andrew Sanders
3rd place- John Quesenbury and David Lena
Results obtained from MCN Transit John Quesenbury.
