Feature - 1st place - Ishmael Ewing, a Junior at The Ohio State University studying Agriculture Science Education, tosses the hose while he waters the plants at Franklinton Gardens. Ewing started the job two weeks ago, he was hired as a part time education contractor at the non-profit. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - A Kent State student goes for an afternoon walk past Daffodil Hill near Taylor Hall in Kent. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 3rd place - Rowen Underwood, 4, looks at the catfish he caught as his grandpa, Jeff Underwood holds it for him during a fishing day at Pearson Lake in Pearson Metropark in Oregon. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Coraline De Saint Victor, 5, tries on her father Colin De Saint Victor’s hat after he is promoted to Captain in the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department at One Government Center in Toledo. Mr. De Saint Victor’s wife Kadie (left) watches the fun. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Jacob Aram Kahaian kisses a cross held by Father Hratch Sargsyan during a prayer ceremony commemorating the Armenian genocide, in which 1.5 million people died 107 years ago, at the James Episcopal Church. (Brooke LaValley / Brooke LaValley-The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Arlene Agnes (left) holds hands with Tiffany McMorris during a prayer service for victims of gun violence at Epworth United Methodist Church in Toledo. The two are praying for their relative Christoper Kinnebrew who was fatally shot. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - University of Toledo freshman Abhi Shek laughs while being fending off colored powder during the Holi Toledo Festival on the Memorial Fieldhouse lawn at the University of Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Chris McCrea and his wife Michelle McCrea of Adrian, Michigan, explore the Toledo Tattoo Festival at the Glass City Convention Center in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Repair supervisor Henry Scott works on replacing a bent blade in a lawnmower at the ModCon Living Tool Library. (Brooke LaValley / Brooke LaValley-The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - From left, Springfield’s Cam Eckhart, Mady Yackee, Taylor Yackee and Camryn Hall hug in celebration of their 5-4 victory over Anthony Wayne in a high school softball game at Blue Devil Fields in Holland, Ohio. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Fans brave the rain as they watch the 4x100 meter relay during Whitmer's Nancy Erme Relays track and field meet at Whitmer High School in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / REBECCA BENSON)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - FC Cincinnati players celebrates the lone goal by 15 Yerson Mosquera during the first half of action against Inter Miami at TQL Stadium. FC Cincinnati defeated Miami 1-0. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Spot News - 1st place - An oil well head is seen on fire at the CHK Jamar Pad owned and maintained by Encino Energy in North Township, Harrison County. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 2nd place - A Toledo firefighter gets hosed down as gas pours out of a fuel truck on Washington Street between North St. Clair and South Summit in downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - A storm rolls in while Marine 1 adds a crew member as a search for a missing person continues in the Maumee River in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Toledo’s Brett McKenzie (left) and Keoni Texeira both eye the puck during an ECHL hockey game between the Toledo Walleye and the Indy Fuel at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - FC Cincinnati Goalkeeper Roman Celantano deflects a ball while colliding with Shanyder Borgelin of Inter Miami during the final minutes of the match at TQL stadiium. FC Cincinnati defeated Miami 1-0. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 3rd place - Dayton's Zoe Chappelle clears the hurdle into the water feature on her way to winning the 3000 meter steeplechase event at the Oliver Nikoloff invitational. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Story - 1st place - Toledo resident Sophia Billman, 16, sprays her helmet while catching her breath after a sparring session at the Believe Center in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Demonstrators take to Wilbeth Road to make their frustration known near the site where Jayland Walker was shot and killed by Akron Police last summer as they protest the grand jury’s decision to not criminally charge the eight police officers in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 3rd place - Toledo resident Ty’liyah Walker, 5, puts her shoe back on after slipping out of it while entering the venue during “THE ORIGINAL'' CityWide Preschool Prom at Glass City Center in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
