2025 Cascade Challenge | FPO R1F9 | Handley, Gannon, Hansen, Mertsch | Jomez Disc Golf
Catch the excitement of the 2025 Cascade Challenge at Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course, an Elite Series event in the Pacific Northwest. Madison Walker and Erikica Stingcom bring their expertise to the course, alongside host Joe Gomez, as they navigate the challenging holes and interview top players. The focus is on Deian Kerry, champion of the 2024 Cascade Challenge, and Ella Hans, a local from Seattle with a strong game. As they tackle the course, they discuss Cat Merc's past victories and her chances of repeating her success in this event. From the tricky gap shot on Hole One to the more demanding field holes, the team provides insightful commentary and analysis. With Hold My Bag sponsoring Joe Gomez' fantasy disc golf game, viewers can join in on the action and compete for prizes at each event.
Watch top pros Handley, Gannon, Hansen, & Mertsch compete in R1 of the 2025 Cascade Challenge! Expert play & fierce competition await.
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Give it up for Cat Merc and your champion of the 2024 Cascade Challenge, Deian Kerry. We are up and roll it. Hello and welcome to the 2025 Cascade Challenge presented by Disc. It's our first time out here at an Elite Series event at Shelton Springs Disc Golf Course. I'm Madison Walker. I'm Erikica Stingcom. We're the two hot geese. It is so pretty out here in the Pacific Northwest. And and honk. Oh, honk. Whoa. Wow. You're supposed to honk on this one. It's going to be a good day, everybody. Real quick before we get into it though, Joe Gomez has a sponsor this week. It's called Hold My Bag. They just launched the biggest fantasy disc golf game on the market. They're free. There's paid contests. And you'll be competing for huge prizes or cash at each event. Sign up before the next event at holdmybagdg.com. That's holdmybagdg.com. Thanks again for sponsoring Jomez this week. You guys rule. Uh but yeah, let's get into this tournament. Was a drizzly drizzly day out there. Very Pacific Northwest of uh Sure was this area for sure. Yeah, but it's also a very Pacific Northwest course. Just wait until we get out of these field holes. Hole one is a nice friendly starter hole. Besides the fact that the gap is less than 10 ft, uh you can go a wide hiser route as well, but it's not as easy to get up and down because it is such a severe left finish to get to the screen. There's out of bounds obviously as you see all the way down the right side and deep of the basket. Cat Merch, of course, winning this event when it was a silver series in 2023. Uh, we've seen a lot of cat merch, but she hasn't had a big win since Jonesboro of that same year, 2023. Let's see what she can do today. Looks like she is going to attack the course today like a cheetah. From Seattle, Washington, Ella Hans. Ella looking less speedy and graceful than Cat for some reason. Ella, uh, I don't know if she's a super local to the course, but definitely sub local. She's in from the Seattle area. She's played here a bunch. She also helped make sure the FO layout was nice and ready for our field. And it's a very fun...
