State Competion Award History
1987 “Buffalo Dreamer”
Larry and Steve Wetherholt, and Jon Oliver Richards of Decatur
1988 “Arctic Fun”
Gene Toepfer of Belvidere, Gordon Long and Scott Erickson of Rockford
1989 “Dolphins at Play”
Gene Toepfer of Belvidere, Gordon Long and Scott Erickson of Rockford
1990 “Fall of the Great Wall”
H. Ward Sterett of Roscoe, Gary Gessner of Loves Park, and Daniel McAllister of Belvidere
1991 “Don’t Tread on Me”
Stephen Appell of Cherry Valley, Peter Matysik of Roscoe, and Chuck Thorne of Rockford
1992 “Mother Bear and Cubs”
Jerry DeVries, Greg Johnson, and Gordon Long of Rockford
1993 “Lion and the Mice”
Fred Gardner of Caledonia, Jody Houser of Rockford and Gary Miles of Stillman Valley (also won Nationals in 1994 with re-creation of the same piece)
1994 “Eagle Guardian”
Lynden Bute, Kevin Carlson and Mark Oltman of Sycamore
1995 “Folk Hero – John Henry”
Steve and John Skupien of Rockford and David Skupien of Roscoe
1996 “Ice Fisherman”
Lynden Bute, Kevin Carlson and Mark Oltman of Sycamore
1997 “Keokuk”
David, John and Steve Skupien of Rockford
1998 “Monkey Business”
Fred Gardner of Caledonia, Will Beard of Rockford, and Paul Larsen of Belvidere
1999 “Road to Enlightenment”
Randy Tackett, Bill Brown and George Harnish of Rockford
2000 “Mother’s Day”
Gary Simon, Tom Guirl, and Ed Marx of Belvidere
2001 “Bird Watcher”
Fred Gardner of Caledonia, Will Beard of Rockford and Paul Larsen of Belvidere
2002 “Call of the Wild"
Randy Tacket, William Brown, and George Harnish of Rockford
2003
Competition cancelled due to insufficient snowfall.
2004 "Progress"
Svenhard and Bjorn Skupien of Rockford, and Thorfinn Skupien of Roscoe
2005 "Early Snow Sculpting"(Pictured in upper-left corner)
Fred Gardner of Caledonia, Will Beard of Rockford, and Paul Larson of Belvidere
2006 “Horsea”
Ted Bihlmaier, Dawn Bihlmaier, and Derrick Greenlee
2007: “The Crusher”
Bjorn, Svenhard, and Thorfin Skupien of Rockford
