April 6, 2015 at 3:04 p.m.
Bucketheads hosts bean bag tournament
Bucketheads hosts bean bag tournament
The large crowd gathered inside surrounded the source of t he noise, two sets of bean bag boards, busy with activity. Over and over again, red or blue bags either landed on the wooden boards, creating the loud thud, or landed home, dropping easily into the board's small hole.
It was the first-ever Bucketheads Bean Bag Tournament. Teams of two competed in a double-elimination tournament for one of the top three spots.
First prize was a custom bean bags set, decked out in green and white with the Hodag logo on each board. Second prize was a pair of tickets to a Brewers game and third prize was $50 in gift certificates.
The tournament started at noon and lasted approximately four hours. By the time the champions had been crowned, 12 other teams saw their hopes of victory dashed.
The winners, Nate Scholten and Ben Bielefeldt, skated through the competition with relative ease. Despite the double elimination format, the duo finished with an unblemished record. As winners, they opted to take the Brewers tickets over the bean bags set, because they already had a fine set to their name.
Scholten said they had no idea they'd be as dominant as they turned out to be.
"I wasn't all that confident," he said. "I just wanted to come out and have fun."
Bielefeldt said they logged a little additional practice, but for the most part, came in cold.
"We had a couple practice sessions earlier in the week, but other than that we haven't played since last summer," he said. "I thought the competition was pretty good though. There were a lot of different throwing styles which was cool to see. They were a little bit different boards than I was used to."
Ultimately, the prize was only part of the reward. Scholten said he really enjoyed the opportunity to get out and interact with the other teams.
"There were lots of good friends out here," he said. "It was a lot of fun to just come out and see friends and toss some bags."
To the victors go the spoils though, and both Bielefeldt and Scholten said picking the Brewers tickets were a no brainer.
"I've never been to a Brewers game before, so I'm really looking forward to that," Bielefeldt said.
For Scholten, the tickets, for field level seats down the third base line, represent a significant upgrade from the last time he visited Miller Park.
"I haven't been to a game in a really long time and the last time I went I sat so far away that I needed binoculars to see anything," he said. "I'm excited to sit a little closer this time."
Andy Hildebrand may be reached at [email protected].
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