Feature - 1st place - Mariah Hendrix reacts after spelling 'tremble' correctly in the third grade spelling bee at Sandusky High School. (Angela Wilhelm / Sandusky Register)
Feature - 2nd place - A juvenile red-tailed hawk chases a young gray squirrel onto the ground as it falls from a black walnut at Fred Beekman Park in Columbus. The hawk stalked the squirrel through the branches of the tree for more than an hour before the squirrel's fatal mistake landed it in the raptor's grasp. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Christian Evans of Washington D.C. takes his friend Eric Ciappio of New Jersey's picture as the two of them take the Intro To Pole Fitness class during the Arnold Sports Festival at the Columbus Convention Center. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Feature - HM - A pedestrian dashes through the heavy snow as he crosses Limestone Street in downtown Springfield with an umbrella. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HM - Welly, a Golden Retriever owned by Ginny Painter, and Baylee, a Goldendoodle owned by Alex Keylor, both of Victorian Village, didn't mind a brief snow squall while sharing a stick in Goodale Park, (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - A helicopter brings spools of power line to AEP workers atop transmission towers and also carries the workers from tower to tower as they begin to hang 9.8 miles of line as seen from Glacier Ridge Metro Park. AEP plans for the project to last through June, working six days a week. It will include parts of Dublin, Washington Township, Jerome Township, Concord Township and Liberty Township. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Frank Hertel starts to break down while giving his last statement to the judge while being sentenced for raping and molesting his daughter at Delaware County Courthouse. His daughter, Heather Orr, tracked him down in Germany along his wife and son before he could be prosecuted and brought to justice. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - Matt Wiencek shotguns a beer on the front steps of a Palmer Street residence in Athens. (Isaac Hale / Ohio University)
General News - HM - Ramiro Arreola, cousin of Elmore police officer Jose "Andy" Chavez, is overcome with emotion as he walks away from the podium at the slain officer's funeral at Woodmore High School in Elmore. Arreola was with Chavez at Last Call Bar in Fremont when a gunman opened fire, killing the officer and two other men. (Angela Wilhelm / Sandusky Register)
Illustration - 1st place - Mash potatoes, a good comfort food. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
aIllustration - 2nd place - Enchilada Stack at Columbus Brewing Company. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Sophomore Reilly Sapp of Olentangy High School has been identified by her district as being artistically gifted with her art work. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
aPortrait - 2nd place - Columbus Clippers usher Harold Winters has been collecting baseball and other baseball memorabilia throughout his 28 years as a usher. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - Performance artist and actor Robert Post celebrates 40 years in show business in March with a show at the Lincoln theater. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HM - Canal Winchester resident and WWII veteran Dick Weiser is seen here in a photo of himself when he was an air cadet with the Army Air Corp. Weiser will go to Washington D.C. on April 5 with Honor Flight. (Lorrie Cecil / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Portrait - HM - Cody Wick works on a project in the IT department at Ohio Stamping in Springfield. Wick was a former student in the Springfield High School internship program and now works for the company he interned for. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Casey Sparkman of Massilon Perry reacts after defeating Perrysburg wrestler J.P. Newton in their Division I 152-pound match during the championship semi-final round of the 77th annual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
SSports Feature - 2nd place - St. Edward basketball players celebrate a 62-58 overtime win over Upper Arlington in their Division I state championship game at the OHSAA state basketball tournament in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) is introduced during the starting lineups prior the NHL game at Nationwide Arena against the Detroit Red Wings in Columbus . (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HM - Philadelphia Union forward Aaron Wheeler (12) and Columbus Crew forward/midfielder Dominic Oduro (8) lay on the field after colliding in mid-air chasing a header during the second half of their MLS soccer game at Crew Stadium in Columbus. The Columbus Crew won its home-opener against the Philadelphia Union, 2-1. (Sam Greene / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st place - Tim Newell of Delaware checks out the wreckage where a train carrying corn derailed on tracks north of Delaware. The derailment occurred shortly after 2 p.m. along tracks in the area of Rt. 42 and Horseshoe Road near the Delaware County sheriff's office. Thirty-four rail cars left the track. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd place - Salineville firefighters along with men from Franklin Township kept flames from spreading after the decision was made to let a fire at a vacant Water Street house burn. Salineville Chief Jeff Lewis said his department was called to a fire at the same location about a year ago,and according to Lewis the utilities to the home had been disconnected which he said places the cause of the fire under suspicion. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 3rd place - A 47-year-old Fairfield Township woman was seriously injured in an ATV accident near her home. Karen E. Painter of Roberts Road, Leetonia, was flown to St. Elizabeth’s in Youngstown with serious head injuries after the accident at Roberts and Lodge Road. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - HM - Pedestrians battle the wind and flurries as the walk through downtown Columbus on March 12. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 1st place - Michigan State guard Travis Trice (20) grabs the ball as Ohio State guard Aaron Craft (4) tries to dive for it in the second half of their game at Value City Arena in Columbus. The Buckeyes defeated the Michigan State 69 - 67. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd place - Jeff Thomas attempts to shoot the ball as Thurgood Marshall's Dwayne Chastain gets caught in his shot during the Division II state championship semi-final game in Columbus. (Angela Wilhelm / Sandusky Register)
Sports - 3rd place - From left, Shawn Rhoden, Dennis Wolf and Victor Martinez flex their abs during the finals of the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition at Veterans Memorial in Columbus. Wolf was named the winner of the competition. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM - Oregon Clay wrestler Richie Screptock (top) has Walsh Jesuit's Nolan Whitely in pain in their Divison I 132-pound match during the championship semi-final round of the 77th annual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 1st place - Rich Synowiec swims beneath 20 inches of Lake Erie ice during a dive in Colchester, Ontario. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Brian Burton of Macomb, Mich. (top left) gives posing advice to Alberto Vega of Chihuahua, Mexico as he prepares to have his picture taken by the bronze statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger prior to the finals of the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition at Veterans Memorial. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Ohio State guard Aaron Craft (4) walks off the court after failing to get a last second shot off against Michigan Wolverines in the third round of the Big Ten Tournament at Banker's Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
