Feature - 1st place - Brooklynn Blower reaches for a kite as it comes close to the ground at the Groveport Recreation Center. Blower had been flying the kite with her mother Rachael Berne and family friend Brad Kitts when she got tired of just standing there, so she started running after the kite and trying to grab it from the sky each time it dropped close enough. (Neal C. Lauron / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Victoria LaPlante (right) and her friend Taylor Panzarella pose for a picture for her mother underneath a digital projection of a tree at the Cleveland Clinic. Prom attendees were treated to a catered affair at the clinic before heading to the Ritz Carlton. The prom is sponsored by The Unforgettable Prom Foundation, Inc., a non-profit that provides memorable nights to kids with cancer. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - 3rd place - Five "pre-ballet class" students - from left, Alexa Delarosa, Lucy Tarpy, Avery Forbes, Ann Breninghouse, and Angel DeVor, - strike the perfect pose as they check themselves in a mirror Friday at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood. Melanie Szucs, the center's associate director of dance education, said the girls start to learn confidence through dancing even at a young age. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 1st place - Krystal Diaz and her daughter Kayleigh, 3, of Dayton look out the window while waiting on Richard Diaz of the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines to return home after a successful seven month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at the Marine Reserve Center in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - On the three year anniversary of the fire that claimed the lives of Billi, Ami and Caleb Romans, Billi's friend Cathy Snider visits their grave at Pleasant Cemetery in Mt. Sterling. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Sammy Littleton II (left) pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated murder and three counts of gross abuse of a corpse during his arraignment in Logan County Common Pleas court. Here, Littleton sits while his attorneys Randall Porter (middle) and Marc S. Triplett (right) converse. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Scioto Darby Elementary Percussionists Chandler Leeka (left) and Tanish Gandhi (center) use their arms to form a "H" (the second letter in the O H I O chant) during "Hang On Sloopy" as they practice for their Spring Fling concert in the school's gym under the direction of Head Band Leader Joe Burke. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Artist Chris Pekoc. Artist Chris Pekoc works in his basement studio at the massive table he constructed, with his two sewing machines on either side in the Tremont neighborhood. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Portrait - 3rd place - Ohio State gymnast Brandon Wynn, the reigning NCAA and Big Ten Champion works out on the rings. (Jeff Hinckley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - A two story farmhouse on South River Road in Clifton caught fire according to Hustead Volunteer Firemen Association. The fire started in the back of the house and engulfed the home by the time firefighters arrived, said Lt. Heath Friessen. Five townships responded to the fire. No one was in the home at the time of the fire. (Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - Firefighters respond to an multi family apartment complex fire on Hilliard Park Blvd off of Roberts Road in Hilliard. There were no reported injuries. Neighbors knocked on doors to alert the occupants to the fire. (Neal C. Lauron / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd place - (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Central Crossing high jumper Kendal Witherup steadies the bar with her eyes after clearing 4-foot 6-inches during the track meet at Worthington Kilbourne. (Adam Cairns / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports - 2nd place - Jeff Tiffner of Kenton Ridge dives for a fly ball in center field during a game at Bellefontaine. Kenton Ridge won the game 3-2. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 3rd place - New Albany's (3) Lyndsie Cummans, (7) Emily Newman, and (16)Elaina Enich begin to celebrate after Newman's goal defeated Upper Arlington 11-12 in overtime. The Eagles trailed most of the game, but tied it up with 10.1 seconds left. Also pictured are Upper Arlington's (22) Molly Groza, and (15)Maggie Morrison. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Story - 1st place - Ohio State's Jeff Treleaven goes to the air in the Parallel Bars during the 2011 National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships at St. John Arena. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - The Cheer Center Shining Stars Hannah Wackernagle holds up her trophy as teammate Mckinley Bailey admires his award after they participated in a cheer competition at the Convention Center. (Neal C. Lauron / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Civil War reenactors are joined by culture reanactors who got into the fun at the Ohio Statehouse lawn to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. (Jeff Hinckley / The Columbus Dispatch)
