Jimmy Youmans wins New Jersey ACL Open Singles title

New Jersey’s ACL state tournament was built as more than a single title chase. The weekend moved from women, juniors and seniors on Day 1 morning to doubles across the tiers that afternoon, then finished with singles for every tier on Day 2, giving the state event the feel of a full championship runway rather than one isolated division.

That structure mattered because it showed how deep the New Jersey field had become. The American Cornhole League treats state championships as season-ending events for state residents, typically staged from March through May, and its Open weekends are usually spread across Friday, Saturday and Sunday with women, junior and senior play, doubles and singles. New Jersey followed that model closely, with multiple brackets advancing at once before the open singles race finally settled the biggest prize.

Jimmy Youmans ended up with that prize. The Jackson, New Jersey, player closed the Open Singles bracket with a 21-11 win over Paul Hallman in the championship match. CornholeDB lists Youmans as 28 years old, sponsored by Reynolds Bags, partnered with Brady Foster, and an ACL Pro from 2020 through 2024, details that underline how significant a home-state title was for a player with established pro credentials.

The rest of the state championship weekend reinforced the same point about depth. Carl Adlassnig won Competitive Singles, while Gary Raspantini and Scott Kerr took Competitive Doubles after working through a bracket that demanded consistent precision across repeated rounds. With Jason Forman, Ronald Stryker, Rudy Kolenovic, Brian Kelly and Bryant Stetz all appearing in that doubles path, the event delivered the kind of layered competition that separates a state championship from a standard stop.

Youmans’ win also fit into a longer New Jersey track record. A 2019 South Jersey Cornhole Association post noted that Youmans previously won a state championship men’s doubles title with John Kitchin, and that Kitchin also finished third in men’s singles. The broader regional network is just as real, with the Garden State Cornhole Alliance serving players in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. In that setting, Youmans’ Open Singles title was not a standalone moment. It was the capstone of a weekend that showed New Jersey cornhole has both the scale and the structure to stage a true championship.