Feature - 1st place - Richard Bensman sleds with his daughters, Paige, 5, and Cora, 10, (top left) at Ottawa Park in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Cameron Costello dances to his favorite music as hospital staff perform a clap-out in the Regional Burn Center at Akron Children’s Hospital. Costello was burned in a house fire in Canton. He is a Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School graduate. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 3rd place - Lexington, Ky. resident Lily Newcomb grooms 7-month-old Persian Diana before judging during the Cat Fanciers' Association Cat Show at Monroe County Community College in Monroe, Michigan. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Ká Vah Rose, 9, and Rhyleigh Woodward, 9, jump on a trampoline at Selfie WRLD in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Newly sworn in Columbus Police Officer Prakash Poudyel is swarmed by his nieces, nephews and other family members following the James G. Jackson Columbus Police Academy graduation ceremony. Poudyel is the first in his Nepali family to be an officer. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Corey Parker of Toledo kisses his daughter Ashlynn, 3, as “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is played by Mike Willams during the 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast at The Pinnacle in Maumee. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine makes an Inaugural address during a ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - HM - The class salutes for the national anthem during the 69th Toledo Police Academy class graduation at Owens Community College’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts in Perrysburg. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Bill and Debbie Goode sit for a portrait in their home. Debbie was diagnosed with Alzheimers Disease six years ago, Bill is her primary caretaker. Debbie takes painting classes through the Alzheimer's Association and collects pennies and other coins. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Comedian “Queen” Cookie Belcher dances while talking about her retirement from comedy. Her final performance is tonight at the Funny Bone. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Michael Brindley, Pastor of Organic Church in Uhrichsville, poses in an exact replica of the peacock jumpsuit worn by Elvis Presley. Brindley puts on Elvis shows, and from time to time interjects faith teachings into those shows. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Portrait - HM - Jasmine Wooten sits with her two children Arius Wooten, 8, (left) and Naomi Wooten, 11, on her bed in their home on the East Side of Columbus. Jasmine is an artist, her work hangs on the wall behind her. Emergency SNAP benefits helped to feed her family during the Covid-19 Epidemic. She is a single mom who recently earned her Masters Degree in Social Work from The Ohio State University. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Custodian Cindy Lewis (bottom left) removes bottles from stands while Findlay Trojans guard Jake Bishop returns to a quiet gym to shoot free throws after failing to convert opportunities late in a 51-46 loss to the Whitmer Panthers in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference boys basketball game at Findlay High School. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt (29) celebrates after intercepting a pass to seal a Bengals win in the fourth quarter against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bengals won 27-10 to advance to the AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Notre Dame Academy's bench erupts over two points against West Branch during the 20th Annual Classic in the Country at Hiland High School. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - HM - Fans react to a call during a game against Bowling Green and Anthony Wayne High School at Bowling Green High School. Anthony Wayne won 62-58. (J.D. Pooley / Sentinel-Tribune )
Spot News - 1st place - The Buffalo Bills gather as an ambulance parks on the field while CPR is administered to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) after a play in the first quarter of a game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 2nd place - A motorist is placed under arrest by an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper after crashing into a fire hydrant at 1637 E High Ave. and 17th Street NE, in New Philadelphia. Several reports from other motorists were taken by central dispatch for a reckless driver matching the description of the crashed car. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 3rd place - South Limestone Street was blocked while the Springfield Fire Division extinguished a fully involved car fire in one of the southbound lanes. The driver escaped without injury. He said the van just lost power so he stopped and it caught fire. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates III (30) hangs onto the foot of Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely (80) after a catch in the fourth quarter at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd place - Two referees fall to the ice trying to break up a fight between Toledo’s Sam Craggs and Kalamazoo’s Justin Murray during an ECHL hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - 3rd place - Bowling Green State University guard Lexi Fleming screams in pain after being injured during the first half of a game against Kent State in Bowling Green. (J.D. Pooley / Sentinel-Tribune )
Sports - HM - Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer (21) and cornerback Tre'Davious White (27) collide over Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) as they cover a deep pass in the fourth quarter of a divisional playoff game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bengals won 27-10 to advance to the AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - HM - Waite Indians wrestler Phoenix Contos (bottom) throws Perrysburg Yellow Jackets wrestler Ryan Avalos to gain an advantage for a takedown in a winning effort during the 126-pound championship match of the Perrysburg Invitational Wrestling tournament at Perrysburg High School. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, of the Diocese of Toledo, processes out of the sanctuary after the opening prayer before the March for Life held by St. Joseph Catholic Church in Maumee. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Nelson Panning removes a bird from Hammer the dog's mouth at the Henry Wood Sportsman’s Alliance pheasant hunt for veterans and first responders in conjunction with the Henry County Pheasants Forever in Grand Rapids, Ohio. (Phillip L. Kaplan / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Mohamed Hashim, originally from Sudan, celebrates becoming a U.S. Citizen by taking a selfie with his wife Ihsan, daughter Jenan, 4, and son Ayman, 8, after a Naturalization Ceremony at the Toledo Club in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
