The Manitowoc County Fish & Game Protective Association held its 46th Annual Sportsman’s Banquet last week and gave away over $50,000 in prizes to local outdoor enthusiasts.
Roughly 575 people were in attendance at City Limits Bar and Banquet Hall, where six major prizes were awarded, thanks to donations from sponsors.
The Grand Prize of a Browning X-Bolt White Gold 270 Leopold, which was donated by Pozorski Hauling & Recycling, went to Jim Stadler of Reedsville.
Receiving the Committee Select Prize, a Browning X-Bolt Speed Dark Maple Bolt Action Rifle donated by Cleveland Fish and Game, was Mark Petska of Maribel, while Matthew Fidler of Maribel took home the President’s Select Prize, a Christianson Arms Evoke 243 rifle donated by the Maribel Sportsman’s Club.
Also taking home prizes were Michael Fetting of Reedsville, who won the Vice -President Select Prize of a Mossberg Gold Reserve donated by JUST Orthodontics, Aaron Webb of Manitowoc, who received the Chairman Select Prize of a Stoeger P3020 Camo 20 gauge donated by Grosshusch Lake Farms, and Stacie Sippel of Manitowoc, who won the Co-Chairman Select Prize, a Benelli Cam 12 gauge donated by Greenstone Farm Credit.
The Manitowoc County Fish & Game Protective Association thanked all of the “merchants, business places and individuals who donated prizes for this event. We ask all winners to please send a thank you to all those donors and be sure to patronize all businesses that donated to the event.”
