Feature - 1st place - Children follow the lead of Timothy Lynch during a Creative Movement 2 class he teaches at BalletMet in Columbus. The class is for 5 year olds. The children do simple and fun movements during the 45 minute class which helps develop their coordination. Lynch is the director of BalletMet's academy and was on the move with the children for most of the class. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Josh Gallant an employee of CGS Imaging installs the image of Washington Capital's Alexander Ovechkin on the west side of Nationwide Arena as preparations for the NHL All Star game continue in the Arena District. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Feature - 3rd place - Sledders enjoy a snow day at Outhwait Reservoir, Bucyrus, Ohio. (Mitchell Pe Masilun / The (Mansfield) News Journal)
General News - 1st place - Kimberly Marshall and the rest of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Gospel Choir perform during the Dublin Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Celebration at Dublin Coffman High School. The theme of this years event was "If I Can Help Somebody". (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
General News - 2nd place - Barb Jones, a Nursery Keeper at The Columbus Zoo, helps to comfort Kamina, a female 4 1/2 month old Western Lowland Gorilla at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Sara Speller a senior at Mifflin High School, plays the guitar to entertain the crowd at the Columbus City Schools State of the District Address meeting at the Center for Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Mary Kirstein (left) and Claudia Anderson (right) and their daughter Lela Kirstein sit in their below ground shelter in their garage at their house in Hilliard. The below ground shelter was mostly paid for by a Ohio EMA grants through the Ohio Safe Room Rebate Program. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Maurine Furney takes a sharp look at her cards as she plays euchre with family members in her Temperance apartment. At 102 years old Furney still hosts regular card games with family and friends. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Edmund Sargus has become the head judge of the Southern District of Ohio. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 1st place - Ohio State offensive lineman Logan Gaskey (61) plays in the confetti following the College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Liam Coe, 9, of Cochrane, Ontario, gets attacked by Fin the Whale, the mascot of the Vancouver Canucks, as he tries an accuracy game during the NHL All-Star Fan Fair at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Fans in the front row of the Louisville student section impersonated ESPN courtside personnel during their home game against Carrollton. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Spot News - 1st place - Members of the Springfield Fire Division battle a five alarm fire at Tri-State Pallet in downtown Springfield. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - Mike Jarvis, Ohio state parks regional manager (left) and Sgt. Jon McCoy, Zanesville Police Department (right) pull a second boy from a crevice in the ice along the Muskingum River near the Y Bridge after two boys fell into the 5-foot deep hole at Canal Park in Zanesville. Both boys were transported to Good Samaritan hospital, but with no apparent injuries. (Shane Flanigan / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Spot News - 3rd place - Authorities used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse thousands of students and fans on North High Street who were celebrating the Buckeyes' win over Oregon along the Ohio State University campus in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st place - Ohio State running back Jalin Marshall (17) gets tackled by Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland (19) during the 3rd quarter of the Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on January 1. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place - Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple (13) breaks up a pass for Alabama wide receiver DeAndrew White (2) during the fourth quarter in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott (15) leaps over Alabama defensive back Landon Collins (26) on his way to a 54-yard run in the first quarter of the Sugar Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM - Northwestern guard Maggie Lyon (25) was accidentally hit in the face by Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell (3) while the two struggled over a loose ball with Northwestern guard Ashley Deary at Value City Arena in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM - Ashland's Trey Smith goes for a layup during their game against Mansfield Senior. (Mitchell Pe Masilun / Mansfield News Journal)
Story - 1st place - Weeblos cheer on their pinewood derby cars at Granville Intermediate School. (Jessica Phelps / The Advocate)
SStory - 2nd place - Ohio State defensive lineman Chris Carter (72) tastes a piece of confetti following their 42-20 win over Oregon in the College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott (15) and head coach Urban Meyer hold up the Sugar Bowl trophy after beating Alabama in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
