Arizona hosts back-to-back ACL regionals in Phoenix and Kingman
Phoenix and Kingman give Arizona players two ACL regionals in seven days, with tiered CPI brackets and app-based registration turning points races into a tighter local climb.
Arizona’s ACL calendar is squeezing two regionals into a single week, and that matters for players trying to climb without leaving the state. The Phoenix Area June ACL Regional was held June 20 at Bull Shooters in Peoria, and Kingman Cornhole is set for a follow-up regional June 27 at the Optimum Community Center in Bullhead City, giving Arizona competitors two close-by chances at regional points and bracket movement.
For players on the bubble, that kind of scheduling changes the math. Instead of banking everything on one weekend, Arizona regulars can attack Phoenix, regroup, and still have another shot a week later in western Arizona. It also keeps the state’s competitive ladder moving inside a season that runs from Sept. 1, 2025, to Sept. 15, 2026, with the 2026 ACL World Championships scheduled for July 27-Aug. 2 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The Phoenix stop was built around the ACL’s tiered regional format, with 10 a.m. play for Tier 1 doubles and Tier 4 singles, 1 p.m. Tier 3 doubles, 3 p.m. Tier 1 singles, and 6 p.m. Tier 2 singles and Tier 3 singles. The CPI cut lines, 0-12 for Tier 1, 0-7.75 for Tier 2, 0-6.75 for Tier 3 and 0-5.75 for Tier 4, are the real story here. They give newer and intermediate players a place to land without forcing everyone into one oversized bracket, which is exactly how a regional stops being a one-day exhibition and becomes a meaningful ladder rung.
The registration process has also become part of the competitive edge. The ACL launched The Cornhole App on June 18 as a dedicated tournament and league management platform, and the Phoenix listing directed players into the app to find Regional Event Registration, search for Mando, and select Phoenix Area Regional June 2026 - Mandeezy Cornhole before paying. Gold and Platinum memberships are positioned as ways to trim event costs, which matters for players chasing multiple regional starts and trying to stretch a season’s budget.
Phoenix’s regional carried Mando Telles as event director, while the June 27 Kingman regional is listed with Michelle Callicoat at Optimum Community Center in Bullhead City. The city has already shown it can handle repeat ACL traffic, with Phoenix hosting a May 24 regional at Crowne Plaza Phoenix Chandler and Bull Shooters’ own calendar showing regular Wednesday and Thursday blind-draw cornhole tournaments. With the ACL also describing itself as the worldwide governing body for professional, competitive and recreational cornhole, Arizona’s back-to-back dates look less like isolated weekends and more like a growing hub in the sport’s national pipeline.
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