Shane Andrews and Danny Blanks shortly after their win at the ACO World Championships of Cornhole VII (photo courtesy from Sara Davis wildcatgirl83@gmail.com)
Danny Blanks teamed with Shane Andrews in 2011 and finished the year runners up for the ACO World Doubles Championship title losing to Eric Zocklein and Chase Lackey.
Flash forward one year later. Blanks and Andrews are world champions.
Blanks and Andrews returned to American Cornhole Organization World Championships VII in Tunica, Mississippi. Only this time they won the world titles over ACO Team of the Year Jay Dotson and Brandon Hill and staked their claim as the best team in the sport.
“Feels great knowing we brought the title back to the Carolinas,” said Blanks, a Fort Mill resident whose partner is Andrews, a Bessemer City, N.C., resident.
Blanks had different expectations entering this year’s premiere event due to taking off almost six months of personal time away from the game to spend more time with his family after the birth of his son.
“To be honest, I wasn’t expecting to throw as well as I did,” he said.
One could see tiny bits of rust in his game in singles competition. He finished top ten in two ACO Majors in 2012. He finished 17th in the King of Cornhole VII.
“Just wish I could have took the singles also but had a great time,” Blanks said. “I believe the four months I took off hurt me, but I practiced the week before, so no excuses. I will try to bring it home to Fort Mill next year and win some majors for us this year.”