Feature - 1st place - Goshen, Indiana resident Atticus Beech-King crawls through the mouth of a T-rex during to “Dinosaur Takeover” at African Safari Wildlife Park in Port Clinton. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Clad in gorilla costumes, Ann Greve, of Elk Rapids, Michigan (left) and John Vesbit, of Ann Arbor browse their phones as they wait to surprise Dominic, Ann’s son and John’s brother, for his birthday at the National Museum of the Great Lakes in East Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Dozens of sailboats that participated in the Mills Race docked at Put-In-Bay. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Lance James salutes an estimated 10,000 American flags as they burn during the annual flag retirement ceremony at American Legion Post 286 in New Carlisle. People and businesses from around the country send their worn out flags to the American Legion Post so they can be disposed of properly on Flag Day. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 2nd place - Kevin Burley of Point Place looks through a mayfly covered window while waiting for his order to be filled at McDonald’s in Point Place. Mr. Burley says the mayflies don’t bother him a bit. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Toledo resident Tiera Litz, a Toledo Federation of Teachers member, receives a peck from daughter Raegan Damron, 3, while reading the inside cover of a book during a book giveaway as part of the American Federation of Teachers Reading Opens the World campaign hosted by Metroparks Toledo and TFT at Glass City Metropark in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
General News - HM - Mayflies inundate a gas pump at the Sunoco in Luna Pier, Michigan. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Illustration - 1st place - The Polpo with spagna beans, kale, roasted tomato and charred lemon at Speck Italian Eatery. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd place - The Guardians show off new food concepts including crab rangoon nachos during a press event at Progressive Field, in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Illustration - 3rd place - Hugo Spritz in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Christian Mulinix, 9, leans on his grandmother Kathy Pawlowski as they listen to Kerry Patrick Clark & Robbie Clark perform at the Toledo Library. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Dr. Catherine Romanos sits in a room at the Womens Med Center in Kettering. Dr. Romanos is one of the last doctors in Ohio who provides abortion care. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Owner Josh Wagy at Farnsworth Cocktail Bar in Waterville. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Ontario pitcher Peyton Dzugan hides his face in his jersey as the Kenston Bombers celebrate winning the OHSAA Division II state championship baseball game at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Whiteford’s Patrina Marsh and Jillian Webb walk back to the dugout after Standish-Sterling’s walk-off win in the D-3 MHSAA state championship softball game at MSU’s Secchia Stadium in East Lansing. Whiteford fell to Standish-Sterling, 1-0. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Duck Krantz leads Strasburg's fans in a cheer during the OHSAA Division IV state softball championship game against Hopewell-Loudon at Firestone Stadium in Akron. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - HM - Whiteford’s Patrina Marsh and Addeson Cousino hug after falling 1-0 to Standish-Sterling in the D-3 MHSAA state championship softball game at MSU’s Secchia Stadium in East Lansing. Whiteford fell to Standish-Sterling, 1-0. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - The smoke from an industrial fire at USA Trucking on Leffel Lane parts long enough to reveal a member of the Springfield Fire Division, on top of an aerial truck ladder, spraying water on the fire. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - Malachi Ruiz, 3, plays on his fire truck toy while outside his home as firefighters battle a nearby residential fire at Valleywood Drive and Nevada Street in East Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - A firefighter hands Whiskers, a 3-year-old cat, to Rosa Gomez after rescuing the feline from a fire at a residence at Valleywood Drive and Nevada Street in East Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Tallmadge right fielder Leila Staszak (right) hangs onto a ball hit by Canfield batter Faith Morell as she collides with second baseman Emma Garbinsky to end the sixth inning of the OHSAA Division II state championship softball game at Firestone Stadium in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 2nd place - Russia baserunner Ross Fiessinger, (left) scores a run past Hiland pitcher Will Schlabach during the fourth inning of the OHSAA Division IV state championship game at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place - Whiteford’s catcher Kaydence Sheldon misses a pop fly during the high school softball regional semi-final game at Onsted High School in Onsted, Michigan. (Rebecca Benson / REBECCA BENSON)
Sports - HM - Toledo’s Joe Rizzo breaks his bat as he hits the ball during an International league baseball game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / REBECCA BENSON)
