Feature - 1st place - A man competes in the Men's Leg Competition during the third day of the First Town Days Festival in New Philadelphia's Tuscora Park. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 2nd place - Carleigh Pearson, 9, of Maumee, waves to one of the dogs after it jumped into the water during the Ultimate Air Dogs competition at the Lucas County Fair. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Ella Probst of Green, 15, rests next to her derby car before her super stock race during the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - HM - Brody Roque, 4, watches as Kate Roque, 6, reacts to using a sparkler before the firework show in an early celebration of Independence Day at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Owner Tom Henry gives Mike Wander a haircut at Westerville Barber Shop. The shop turns 61 years old in August with Henry owning the shop since 2011. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
General News - 1st place - Independence Day fireworks go off over the Maumee River. Photo taken from The Heights restaurant on top of the Renaissance Hotel in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Ingrid Ann Marie Peters dances after becoming an American citizen during the Naturalization Ceremony at Sauder Village in Archbold. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Betty Lisi Mario (left) high fives Cecilia Mata after reciting the Oath of Citizenship during a Naturalization Ceremony at Sauder Village in Archbold. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Olentangy Orange baseball player Josh Leisure is the 2021 baseball all-metro players of the year. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - West Creek resident Michelle Yoder poses for a portrait with her 1964 Shasta Camper named Ethel May, during the car show on the fourth day of New Philadelphia's First Town Day Festival. She is a member of the "Trailorettes," a traveling camper group – most of whom " ... use their campers all the time," according to Yoder. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Portrait - 3rd place - Joe Blystone (center) a Republican running for governor, speaks to his supporters during a campaign event at The Chandelier Community Center in Tiffin. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - The Bailey section erupts after a goal by Luciano Acosta of FC Cincinnati during the second half of against Atlanta United at TQL Stadium. The teams played to a 1-1 draw. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Luciano Acosta and Joseph Gyau celebrate a goal against Atlanta United during the second half at TQL Stadium. The teams played to a 1-1 draw. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Columbus Crew fan Christopher Klopfer (center) celebrates after the Crew's second goal against New England Revolution in their first MLS game at Lower.com Field in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - A memorial starts to form after news of the death of fallen Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Kivlenieks said a fireworks mortar shell hit him in the chest during an incident that killed him in Novi, Michigan. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place - The Oregon Fire Department water rescue team picks up a ball tied to a cinderblock after a swimmer reported touching something resembling a body while in the water in Inland Lake at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - James Hooks, Jr., operating the crane on the truck, lifts logs into a truck as he and others with the city forestry department clear a tree that fell and damaged a home at Wyndale Road in West Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Toledo’s Aderlin Rodriguez dodges the broken bat of Columbus’ Gabriel Arias as it flies by third base during a game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - St. Henry's Jaden Lange gets his finger tips on a pass in the end zone as New Bremen's Gavin Pleiman knocks it down during a 7-7 scrimmage at the Wally Post Athletic Complex in St. Henry (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 3rd place - Carmen's Crew Shannon Scott (3) steals the ball from The Money Team’s Jordan Crawford (1) in the first quarter of their game during the Columbus Regional of the 2021 The Basketball Tournament at Covelli Center in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM - Toledo’s Robbie Ross, Jr., delivers a pitch during a Triple-A East game against the Columbus Clippers at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Kylee Wongrowski, owner of the Luckey Road Lavender Farm, participates in the Sunset Lavender Yoga event at the Luckey Road Lavender Farm in Pemberville. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Marlene Ridgway shows a books detailing notes about subsequent years of frying waffles during the annual St. Mary's Festival, in Dennison. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 3rd place - Columbus Crew gets ready to take on New England Revolution in their first MLS game at Lower.com Field in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
