Twin Lakes resident Art Schorn is on a streak. He won the Flying Lea Championship in late August at Bancroft Bay Park in Albert Lea, and he won the Big Freeze Ice Bowl on Saturday at Frank Hall Park on the shore — and on the ice — of Albert Lea Lake.

Ice Bowl is a trademarked term. Any disc golf event that uses it must qualify primarily by either raising funds or food for local food shelves. It is basically the sport’s nationwide effort to give back to the communities that build courses.

But the Big Freeze Ice Bowl was unlike most others. First, it was a temporary nine-hole course built just for that day with portable disc golf baskets. Second, three of the holes required players to throw on the lake ice. One of them, Hole 5, was especially challenging. The players threw from a trail on the shore to a basket on the ice. The brisk north wind lifted the discs onto their sides and rolled them back to shore, much to the wide-eyed disbelief of the players. They struggled to find the right disc to chuck low on the surface. Players also discovered that a towel is useful for gaining footing when throwing on ice.

Two players tied for second, which required a sudden-death tiebreaker. One of the youngest players, 13-year-old Clay Ebertowski of Rochester, came out with the second-place trophy, leaving Andy Richardson of Albert Lea in third.

Jared Johnson of Albert Lea also won a sudden-death tiebreaker over Matt Sime of Alden to take home the fourth-place trophy.

The entry fee was a nonperishable food item. If players brought five, they earned two mulligans. The disc golfers ended up bringing 250 pounds of food. Brian Gustafson of Owatonna won a trophy for bringing the most food items.

The tournament was sponsored by Nancy VanderWaerdt State Farm Insurance and Albert Lea Medical Center.

Big Freeze Ice Bowl
R1, R2: Frank Hall Park,
temporary 9-hole course, par 27
Player    R1    R2    Total    +/-    Payout
1    Art Schorn    30    32    62    +8    $100
2    Clay Ebertowski    35    28    63    +9    $75
3    Andy Richardson    34    29    63    +9    $50
4    Jared Johnson    33    31    64    +10    $25
5    Matt Sime    32    32    64    +10
6    Luke Boyer    36    29    65    +11
7    Brian Gustafson    37    30    67    +13
8    Buck Monson    35    33    68    +14
8    Deric Moore    35    33    68    +14
8    Lance Wallis    36    32    68    +14
11    Brian Wells    36    33    69    +15
12    Mike Cosens    39    32    71    +17
12    Ryan Lysne    36    35    71    +17
14    Jonathon Koppa    41    31    72    +18
15    Jay Schmitt    37    37    74    +20
15    Tim Engstrom    36    38    74    +20
17    Joe Knutson    42    34    76    +22
18    Duncan Mackie    44    41    85    +31
18    Jamison Burkart    44    41    85    +31
20    Farrah Steinke    47    41    88    +34
21    Brady Bell    48    43    91    +37
22    Tyrell Towle    48    47    95    +41
23    Jesse    37    63    100    +46
24    Jordan Henry    38    63    101    +47
25    Robert Suniga    39    63    102    +48
26    Jeshua Erickson    40    63    103    +49
27    Jason    44    63    107    +53
28    Derek    47    63    110    +56
29    Heidi Schwanz    58    63    121    +67
30    Adam Wyant    63    63    126    +72
30    Cherie Wyant    63    63    126    +72
30    Nate Brackey    63    63    126    +72
(63 is a default score for players who did not appear for the round.)

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