2025 CASCADE CHALLENGE

2025 PDGA Event Page
2025 Caddie Book

MPO Champion: Anthony Barela, -20 overall
MPO HOT Round: Anthony Barela & Simon Lizotte, -9 R3, 1073 Rated

FPO Champion: Missy Gannon, -13 overall
FPO HOT Round: Missy Gannon, -10 R3, 1035 Rated

2024 CASCADE CHALLENGE

2024 PDGA Event Page

MPO Champion: Niklas Anttila, -28 overall, beating the field by 10 strokes!
MPO HOT Round: Niklas Anttila, -14 R1; 1097 Rated, TOP 5 MPO rated round on tour to date.

FPO Champion: Deann Carey, -12 overall
FPO HOT Round: Deann Carey, -10 R2; 1036 Rated, TOP 3 FPO rated round on tour to date.

2023 CASCADE CHALLENGE

2023 PDGA Event Page

MPO Champion: Ricky Wysocki, -29 overall
MPO HOT Round: James Conrad, -14 R1; 1096 Rated, TOP 10 rated round on tour to date.

FPO Champion: Kat Mertsch, -11 overall
FPO HOT Round: Kat Mertsch, -5 R3

2025 MEDIA

Assorted Player and Production Video Content from 2025 can be found on these YouTube channels:

• KMAS & Explore Hood Canal did a local new feature on the tournament and its community benefits.

• Simon Lizotte Vlogs: Practice Rounds, Round 1 Recap, Round 2 Recap, Final Round

• Gannon Buhr wonders if Shelton Springs is the hardest course on tour.

• Broderic put together a string of practice rounds while preparing for the Monday qualifier, setting a baseline for his play, playing the course with a 1-speed disc, and taking a run with the Chanimal and Ron the Whip. Broderic walks us through the results of the Monday qualifier.

• JomezPro's All Birdies No Bogeys podcast featured an interview with Tournament Director, Jeff Korns, previewing the Cascade Challenge.

• Big Jerm & Uli play a doubles Jomez Practice Round & Back 9.

• The Crush Boys & Sarah Hokom play through the MVP Practice Round on all MPO & FPO pads.

• Ella Hansen and Holyn Handley put together an FPO Practice Round Front 9 & Back 9.

• Anthony Bodanza wonders if Shelton Springs is the Best Course on Tour?! Bodanza plays Worst Shot Doubles at Shelton Springs. After Round 1, Anthony wonders if the pro tour is for him, and then he shoots 1000 Rated in Round 2. In Round 3, he plays his Best Ever Round!

• Ricky Wysocki brings us along on a practice round with his little brother, who is playing his first ever DGPT Event at Cascade Challenge. Front 9 and Back 9.

• Brodie & Uli give a Cascade Challenge preview on the Tour Life Podcast.

• Connor O'Reilly & Corey Ellis bring us along on a practice round & Back 9.

• Ezra & Goose wonder if this is the New Hardest Course on Tour? Front 9 & Back 9

• Connor O'Reilly & Cole Redalen play a Team OTB Matchplay round at Shelton Springs.

• AB & Uli vs Ezra & Goose Doubles Battle at Shelton Springs - FRONT 9 & BACK 9

• Luke Humphries & Go Throw do a Live Show at Shelton Springs with pros practicing for the Cascade Challenge.

• Gannon Buhr gives a backhand clinic in the player parking lot in Shelton.

• Grip Locked podcast previews the Cascade Challenge.

• Cascade Challenge's OTB Fantasy Podcast.

• DGPT Match Play Group C took place at the Cascade Challenge. Highlights.

• Disc Golf Network Round 1 Full Coverage: MPO & FPO // Highlights: MPO & FPO; Round 2 Highlights: MPO & FPO; Round 3 Highlights: MPO & FPO

• JomezPro Post-Produced Coverage:

  • Round 1, MPO F9 & B9, FPO F9 & B9

  • Round 2, MPO F9 & B9, FPO F9 & B9

  • Round 3, MPO F9 & B9, FPO F9 & B9

  • All Slomez's and All Follow Flights

• JomezPro's All Birdies No Bogeys Podcast recap the Cascade Challenge and Shelton Springs in detail.

• Connor O'Reilly vlogs his PNW experience at the Cascade Challenge.

• Eagle McMahon talks through his experience in Shelton.

• DGPT presents the TOP 5 FPO & TOP 10 MPO Shots at the Cascade Challenge, as well as the shot-by-shot battle between Simon & AB, and Missy's Course Record round... and craziest shots!

• Disc Golf World recaps the Cascade Challenge.

• Ultiworld Disc Golf discuss the Top 5 Storylines from the Cascade Challenge.

• Courtesy Violation Disc Golf Podcast recaps the Cascade Challenge... and wants to see it be a Wooded Major?!

• Disc Golf Show Podcast recaps the Cascade Challenge and the Shelton Springs year-round layout.

• Justin & Ryan attended the Shelton City Council Meeting on May 20, 2025 on behalf of MCDG to express our sincere appreciation to the council and city staff for their support of Shelton Springs. (Public Comments here)

• DGPT Live Stream of Hole 1 on Championship Sunday!

2024 MEDIA

Assorted Player and Production Video Content from 2024 can be found on these YouTube channels:

• The Disc Golf Guy, Terry Miller, has post-round coverage for MPO & FPO lead card:

  • MPO Round 1, Front 9 & Back 9

  • MPO Round 2, Front 9 & Back 9

  • MPO Round 3, Front 9 & Back 9

  • FPO Round 1

  • FPO Round 2

  • FPO Round 3

• Aaron Gossage & Adam Hammes take us through a practice round. Front 9 & Back 9

• USA vs FINs Doubles Battle!! (Gossage & Hammes vs Anttila & Hyytiäinen) Front 9 & Back 9

• Anthony Bodanza of "Bodanza Disc Golf" walks us through his Practice Round and his Tournament Coverage, giving a shout-out to MCDG's own, Diverse Disc Dyes.

• Connor O'Reilly & Nikko Locastro practice round. Front 9

• Eagle McMahon takes a vacation on the Olympic Peninsula during Cascade Challenge week.

• Adam Hammes, the Goose, and the Fins enjoy life in the Pacific Northwest in this vlog.

• Noah Fiveash, in Road Back to 1000, talks his way around the practice basket at Shelton Springs.

2023 MEDIA

Assorted Player and Production Video Content from 2023 can be found on these YouTube channels:

• Central Coast Disc Golf - post-produced MPO & FPO coverage

• Disc Golf Pro Tour - live Round 1 coverage and MPO & FPO highlights (all three rounds behind a DGN paywall)

• Connor O'Reilly - Practice Round with Chandler Fry & Back 9

• Drew Gibson - Practice Round with Paul Ulibarri and Drew & Andrew Miranda Shoot 18 Down

• Tour Life Podcast - Brief Course Preview & Event Recap

• Eagle McMahon's Event Recap

• Casey White plays the beautiful Lucky Mud and reviews the Cascade Challenge

"Shelton Springs is an area favorite, located less than 90 miles from downtown Seattle and features three layouts that will be used to create a new competition layout for the tournament this spring. The course features a few open holes but primarily consists of tight lines carved through an old-growth evergreen forest with plenty of gaps off the tee – a quintessential Pacific Northwest disc golf course. The event will have strong support from Mason County Disc Golf Club, which manages the course and has close connections with the local community." Disc Golf Pro Tour News Release, February 11, 2023