Charity Shirley wins women’s singles at Tri-Cities Open, 24-14 final
Charity Shirley rolled through the women’s bracket in Pasco, then Joanne Martin doubled up with senior singles and senior doubles titles. The Tri-Cities Open’s depth showed in every bracket.
Charity Shirley took the women’s singles title at the Tri-Cities Open with a 24-14 win over Jaime Guffey, and the bracket made clear it was no shortcut to the trophy. Shirley, listed in ACL FanZone player data as coming from Yakima, Washington, beat Michelle Hord 23-5 and Taryn Pearce 21-4 on her way to the final, steady work against a women’s field that also included MaryAnn Evans, Desirrae McCoy, Stephanie Easley, Kelly Smith, Kim Norris, Susan Thieme and Judy Frostad.
The win landed Friday, June 19, 2026, at Hapo Center in Pasco, Washington, where the ACL Tri Cities Open filled out the weekend across multiple divisions. The American Cornhole League bills itself as the governing body for professional, competitive and recreational cornhole, and Pasco showed why that structure matters: the event was not just about the marquee pro side, but about the players building the sport’s next layer in women’s and senior competition.
Joanne Martin owned the senior side. She closed out Steve Schroeder 22-12 to win senior singles, and her run was backed by earlier wins over Cody Lewis, 21-6, and Gary Evans, 21-14. Martin’s weekend got even better in senior doubles, where she teamed with Mike Miller to win the title as well. The pair opened by beating Barry Hughes and Rick Stumm 21-0, then finished the job in the final against Ruben Martinez and Darin Pilcher.
That kind of double title is exactly why the older divisions are more than filler on an ACL schedule. Martin did not just survive a bracket; she controlled it in singles and carried that form into doubles, giving the senior field a result with real weight. Shirley did the same in the women’s bracket, turning a deep field into a clean title run and giving Tri-Cities a regional winner with momentum.
For the ACL, those results are part of the product, not an add-on. The same event system that stages the pro brackets also gives women and senior players a real path to titles, and in Pasco the payoff was obvious: Shirley became a name to watch in the Northwest, while Martin left with two championships and the sort of weekend that can carry into the next stop on the schedule.
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