Sutter Husky Wrestling Team members pose during a group trip to Colorado last summer. The team will host a Cornhole fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 2 at Sutter Union High School with the goal of securing new mats for the wrestling room. Photo courtesy of Jared Slack

SUTTER, CA (MPG) - Cornhole, a game of bags and boards, is quickly rising to the top of America’s most participatory sports. It is now widely considered to be the world's fastest growing sport and, as fate would have it, the game will be utilized to help support the world's oldest competitive sport: wrestling.

“I've been involved with the Sutter wrestling program since I was about 14 years old so that's about 32 years now,” said Jared Slack, founder of Yuba Sutter Combat Wrestling and volunteer assistant wrestling coach at Sutter Union High School. “With high school sports, you usually have to raise funds in order to travel and to afford clothing and gear and head gear, and for us, wrestling mats is what we're kind of working toward to outfit our wrestling room with new mats.”

The annual Sutter Wrestling Throwdown Cornhole Tourney will be held this Saturday, Nov. 2, in the south gym of the Sutter Union High School. Competing teams are encouraged to register in advance but can also do so at the door.

Registration costs $100 per team and includes two tri-tip meals. Attendees and spectators can also purchase tri-tip meals for $25 each. Catering services are being volunteered by Jerry Handy of the 4G Foundation, a nonprofit charity, that will barbecue at the event. Various levels of sponsorship will also be available for those who wish to support the team aside from barbeque and cornhole.

“It should be a very fun family friendly event,” Slack said.

Those who wish to compete must check in at 11 a.m. for a 12 p.m. start time. Each competitor must also download the Scorholio app to participate and registration can also be done through the app by searching “Sutter.” The tournament will be run by a professional Cornhole group known as TWT-Together We Throw who will also provide equipment to those who need it. Registration is currently open to both high school students and adults.

First-place winners can expect a cash prize and plaque. Auctions and a variety of raffle prizes will also be available.

Sutter Union High School is located at 8075 Griffith Lane, Sutter. For more information about this event, search for “Sutter Wrestling Throwdown Cornhole Tourney” on social media or email Slack at [email protected].

“Get your kids into wrestling,” Slack said. “There's lots of clubs around here; you should get your kids involved in something that's going to be a little difficult for them. It really helps develop those critical life skills.”