Feature - 1st placeJulia Walker, of Columbus, twirls her flag on the campus of Columbus State Community College. Julia who was a member of the Olentangy High School color guard when in high school she says she find practice to be a great stress reliever. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd placeFive year-old Olyvia Piper decides to play on the playground at Fryer Park rather than joining her older brother Cole Matthews on the sled hill. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Feature - 3rd placeZion Fitzgerald plays two-hand touch football with his brother and neighborhood friends on their dead-end street in Reynoldsburg. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HMDon Lamonica takes bologna off a rail, that the meat hung from while being smoked, prior to being packaged at Troyer's Trail Bologna factory in Trail. The company is celebrating its 100th anniversary. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Feature - HMTracy Luoma, an exhibits technician at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, puts the final touches on the museum's latest exhibit "Megalodon: Largest Shark That Ever Lived" and "Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z" at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The exhibit opens tomorrow on March 16. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 1st placeCarol Beasley sobs as the jury recommends the death penalty for her son, convicted Craigslist murderer Richard Beasley (seated), in Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron. (Michael Chritton / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 2nd placeOhio State University medical student Carmin Powell embraces her mother Paula Powell as aunt Linda Hunt (left) and her friend Akilah Davis (right) realize Carmin is going into pediatrics at her first choice of Stanford during the Match Day ceremony in Mershon Auditorium. Match Day is the annual event where medical students across the nation find out where they will go for their residency. More than 52,000 applicants are vying for about 26,000 positions across America and many will not land a job in their top three choices. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd placeBenjamin Zarczynski, of Williamsfield, salutes during a gravesite service for his father Edward Zarzynski at Hayes Cemetery in Wayne Township. At right is Benjamin's mother Brittney Zarczynski. Edward, 27, died of a massive heart attack in his home. He was an assistant fire chief with the Wayne Volunteer Fire Department. (William A. West / West News Service)
General News - HMTears of joy well up in the eyes of Dr. Samina Hasan, Waterville, during Friday prayer services at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. Friday's services were an emotional return to the mosque since an arson attack last September. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
General News - HMRicky Schlotzhauer squints into the sunlight while others help to support the cross during a stop on the Multi-Denominational Stations of the Cross event at the Johnstown Village offices. The stations of the cross involves community members carrying a large cross to remember the experience of Jesus walking to his crucifixion. The tour included several area churches, the local firehouse and a spot on the town hall square. Each stop included singing, prayer and time for reflection. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st placeAn ebi mango roll at Mr. Sushi on North Hamilton Road in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd placeThis is a close up of the base strings of a Steinway & Sons "Model A" grand piano at Mattlin-Hyde in Lyndhurst. The piano company, with Cleveland roots that date back 100 years, is liquidating it's pianos because the building was sold. Owner Ted Good, which owns Steinway-Hall in Akron piano company, said he hopes to eventually open another Cleveland store. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Illustration - 3rd placeEaster Brunch favorites including french toast, deviled eggs with bacon and a mimosa. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Portrait - 1st placeOhio State law student Jenna Grassbaugh holds the flag that draped her husband's coffin after he was killed in Iraq in 2007, 10 months after they were married. She is using the life insurance money to start a clinic to help returning veterans with legal and other services. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeAbdinur Daljir at his shop at the Global Mall in Columbus. He was part of the Somalian music group that was popular in the 1980's. A German label has re-relaesed one of their albums and its gaining a following. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placeSummer Inman's parents Mike (left) and Debbie Cook are now raising her children with the help of their son Joey (middle) at their home in Logan. In the photos on the right are Summer's children Alex (top), Kaley (left) and Alanna. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMJohn Benner, owner of the Tactical Defense Institute, speaks to visitors during a gun range shooting session at the Tactical Defense Institute Headquarters in West Union. The Buckeye Firearm Foundation paid $30,000.00 to to host a an active shooter training session for 24 Ohio school workers. During the sessions school workers learned how to shoot a firearm, gun safety guidelines, first aid in the event of a shooting and role play on how to subdue an attacker. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMAndrew Shackleford a wrestler at Thomas Worthington HIgh School is Athlete of the Week. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeBishop Watterson players celebrate their championship over St. Vincent St. Mary as coaches and fans begin to appear in the locker room after their championship game at Value City Arena (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeChaminade-Julienne basketball players Erinn Bailey (23), Krista White (11), Brittaney Jefferson (3) and JaCole Tabor (22) celebrate a 47-45 win over Carroll in overtime during Friday's Division II regional final basketball game. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeTyler Warner, of Uhrichsville Claymont, reacts to winning a state title at 106 lbs. over Seth Beard, of Napoleon, during the Ohio high school wrestling championships. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports Feature - HMColumbus Blue Jackets center Vinny Prospal (22) and center Ryan Johansen (19) celebrate Prospal's goal during the first period of the NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeWinona Fire department and Damascus Fire/EMS tend to 41-year-old Tracie Taylor, of Salem, following a head-on crash on Depot Road. Taylor, driving a red Ford Taurus, was southbound and went left-of-center, striking Amanda Gutierrez, who was driving a silver Chrysler Voyager north on Depot Road. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd placeColumbus firefighters work to extinguish a garage fire behind a Chicago Avenue home in Franklinton. According to Columbus Fire the home appears vacant and the garage collapsed when the first crews arrived. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 3rd placeA Rome firefighter looks back as he prepares to battle a barn fire Monday at 3452 Mill Road in Cherry Valley Township. Andover and Dorset also responded to the scene. (William A. West / West News Service)
Sports - 1st placeAkron big man Zeke Marshall takes a loose ball in the face during the second half against Ohio in the Mid-American Conference Championship game at Quicken Loans Arena. The Zips won the game 65-46. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 2nd placeBen Pakulski flexes everything from head to toe during the 2013 Arnold Classic at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Columbus on March 2. Pakulski was given the Most Muscular Award, but finished runner-up to Dexter Jackson for the overall title. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeCleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson (right) protects the ball in the fourth quarter during their game against the Indiana Pacers at Quicken Loans Arena. Indiana won 111-90. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Story - 1st placeStudents are held at Air Soft gunpoint during a role playing exercise at the Tactical Defense Institute Headquarters in West Union. The Buckeye Firearm Foundation paid $30,000.00 to to host a an active shooter training session for 24 Ohio school workers. During the sessions school workers learned how to shoot a firearm, gun safety guidelines, first aid in the event of a shooting and role play on how to subdue an attacker. In this scenario, students were asked to re-enact various scenarios that related to real-life school shootings. Air Soft guns were used in place of real weapons. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeChristina stretches out while Sunnie Rizzolo balances on the arm of a couch taking boudoir photographs. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch )
Story - 3rd placeWrestlers enter the stadium before the championship finals of the OHSAA State Wrestling Tournament at Value City Arena in Columbus High school wrestlers from all over Ohio converged on Columbus for three days and 1,260 matches to find out who would win the state championship in their division. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
