The Tribe took a big chance on hiring me at the last minute, and I wanted to earn their respect.” I only wanted to provide the best service possible for such a prestigious event. “In the past 10 years, I’ve run about 1,500 tournaments,” Howell said. For the Soboba Switch tournament, he served as director and provided the Pitch Bags. Howell, who began organizing cornhole tournaments locally in 2013, said he participates or organizes about 100 events annually. The tournament was run with a software called Scoreholio. His company, Left Coast Cornhole, is an affiliate of the ACO. Howell is a certified official, a former professional player and a broadcaster. This year’s golf tournament director Jason Cozart, who is also the assistant general manager of the Soboba Casino Resort, said he was fortunate to have recently met William Howell, co-owner of Pitch Bags and part of the American Cornhole Organization and the West Coast Conference Commissioner. Thanks to some great teamwork, the Soboba Switch Cornhole Tournament was created as an indoor alternative. Despite rainfall rendering the Soboba Springs Golf Course unusable for the 11th annual Soboba Charity Golf Tournament, most players who had signed up to support the event were not disappointed.
