Wintercade was a Huge Success
The 15th annual Wintercade Ice Fishing Contest in Litchfield a couple of weeks ago was a huge success. It’s estimated that the event raised about $20,000.
Daniel Lease says over $172,000 was raised over the first 14 years of the event and half of the funds each year go to veteran’s organizations. He says the committee will meet soon to determine which organizations will benefit from this year’s Wintercade.
Lease says there were so many groups who helped to make the event possible, and they appreciate all of the donations they received for Wintercade. He says the winners of the top prizes and the winners in the fishing categories are listed on the Wintercade Facebook page.
The grand prize winner of the Farm Rite Bobcat UV34 UTV was Tim Koebnick of Litchfield. Scott Moeller of Chokio won the 1st place cash prize of $2,000. Donald Holtz of Hutchinson won the 2nd place cash prize of $1,500, and Beverly Vorbeck of Watkins won the 3rd place cash prize of $1,000. The 4th through 14th place cash prize winners of $100 each were Dillon Anderson, Lonny Bach, Lori Tierney, Mark Kruse, Savanna Pater, Barry White, Bruce Johnson, Ross Kaping, Gregg Schilling, Norm Malecek and Blake Koch. Leslie Young was the 15th place winner of $500.
The fish prize winners included $300 for Ryan Schwartz, $200 for Aaron Eckroad and $100 for Gunner Iverson in the bluegill category; $300 for Jeremy Settergren, $200 for John Spreiter and $100 for Phillip Baalson in the crappie category; $300 for Mary Krokstrom, $200 for Jesse Narr and $100 for Carter Wattenhofer in the northern category; $300 for Colleen Kotila, $200 for Phillip DeSchepper and $100 for Jesse Narr in the walleye/bass category; and the $50 perch prize winner was Ethan Geislinger.
Other notable prize winners included Leslie Young of Litchfield, Jeremiah Manwarren of Jackson and Sue Cron of Darwin who won the veterans awards; Cammy Moses who won the Eskimo fish house from Kadyl Trucking; Jaxson Piepenburg who won the Wild tickets from Hamm Seeds; and Ryan Wreede who won the $300 gift card from Scheel’s.
