Eh, they play that game in Iowa too. Except I forget what it's called there.

My Dad spends a lot of time at a state park in Iowa. A lot of people there play this game where you throw a tennis ball that's on a rope, and you have to get it on one of three bars. The contraption kinds looks like a laundry holder, and you're supposed to throw the ball and get the rope wrapped around one of the bars for various points. But I forget what they call it. That's the only place I've seen it, but I'm sure it's not unique to them.