Feature - 1st place Guests watch as 16-month-old female polar bear Neva stands on a glass viewing area at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place A pedestrian makes his way past the "Toledo Ohio" mural in the frigid temperatures on Monroe Street at 16th Street in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place Vernal pools are small wooded wetlands that flood very briefly when winter snow melt and spring rain rolls through. They may be ephemeral, but for a short season they teem with life. Retired zoologist Wendell Patton looks for aquatic life in a vernal pool at Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM A statue of St. Patrick eyes Mark Sullivan of Akron at St. Patricks Church before the parade in Columbus. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place Evelia Morales holds on tightly to the remains of her son, Andrew Morales, as she and her husband, Fernando Morales (right) and son, Luis Morales, make their way past rows of Dublin Coffman students and faculty after a vigil held in Andrew's honor at Dublin Coffman High School. Andrew died unexpectedly during a symphonic band practice March 5. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
General News - 2nd place Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a shot of Austrian schnapps with Gov. John Kasich and legislative leaders to celebrate passing a congressional redistricting measure during a press conference in the State Room at the Statehouse in Columbus. The former Republican California governor has advocated for reforms that end gerrymandering of political districts. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place A gun rights rally attendee does video of the speeches while standing near the state symbol of Ohio during a gun rights rally at the Ohio Statehouse. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - HM Ravenna High School and Brown Middle School participated in National WalkOut Day with assemblies. Middle school students walk to the gym for the assembly. (Lisa Scalfaro / Record-Courier)
Illustration - 1st place The Miller, the signature 3/4 pound burger, topped with lettuce, tomato, onion straws, bacon, Swiss cheese, cheddar, garlic sauce and slaw on a rosemary potato bun at Matt the Miller's Tavern in Kenwood. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Illustration - 2nd place An order of rotisserie chicken at Revolution Rotisserie & Bar in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Illustration - 3rd place The Silpanco dish at Andes Bar & Grill on S. Fourth St in Columbus. The bar features South American cuisine and cocktails from the Andes region. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - HM Sicilian pizza at Ten Pin Alley in Hilliard. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - HMA Scrod plaki with sautéed onion, roasted roma tomato and spinach on a bed of rice at Wise Guys in Akron's North Hill neighborhood. (Leah Klafczynski / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 1st place Company dancers Kristie Latham (left) and Marty Roosaare pose for a portrait at BalletMet in Columbus. The pair will perform in "Interplay" by Jerome Robbins as part of "Tour de Force: A Collection of Short Ballets" from March 16 through March 24, 2018 at the Davidson Theatre in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place Nick Siers (left) and Martin Kestne of The Columbus Police and Fire Pipes and Drums poses for a photo at the Columbus Police Academy. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place Trinity Hinton (a.k.a "Trinity"), Ken Smith (a.k.a "Hatteras Jack") and Stephen Hinton (a.k.a. "Captain Blade") are a group of pirates who do fundraising for local groups. The group, known as "Pirates of the Rusty Cutlass," are shown in the Hinton's home in Canton. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
Portrait - HM Bexley wrestler Eliot Clark heads into the state tournament with an undefeated 43-0 record. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - HMA Bear's Vintage Metalworks is a specialty parts store in Ravenna with an expanded Motorcycle and Memorabilia Museum. Bear displays the Steampunk Lamps, Vintage Industrial Art, he builds. (Lisa Scalfaro / Record-Courier)
Sports - 1st place Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper (34) slides to break up a double play as Cincinnati Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett (3) throws to first base in the first inning of the Opening Day game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd place Xavier Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones (0) battles for a rebound against Florida State Seminoles forward Mfiondu Kabengele (25) in the second half of the second-round West Region NCAA tournament game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Xavier lost 75-70. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 3rd place Africentric's Nyam Thornton (right) dives for the ball against Versailles Kami McEldoweney in the Division III state championship game at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HM Ohio State diver Quinlan DeVal completes an inward 3-1/2 dive on the 3-meter springboard during the NCAA Zone C diving meet at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HMA Columbus Crew SC defender Lalas Abubakar (17) tries to score off a corner kick while D.C. United goalkeeper David Ousted (1) knocks the ball away in the first half of their MLS soccer game at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place William Bonac steps out on stage for the Arnold Classic in the Battelle Grand Ballroom inside the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Bonac won the event for the first time. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd place Penn State’s Bo Nickel celebrates by jumping into the arms of coach Cael Sanderson after pinning Ohio State’s Myles Martin (184) in the 184 finals and winning the team title during the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place Cincinnati Bearcats guard Jarron Cumberland (center) celebrates an early lead in the first half of a second round NCAA game against the Nevada Wolf Pack at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - HM University of Toledo players celebrate defeating Eastern Michigan 64-63 in a MAC Tournament semifinal basketball game at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HMA Cincinnati Bearcats forward Kyle Washington (24) walks off the court as the Nevada Wolf Pack celebrates on the floor after the final buzzer of their NCAA second round game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The second-seeded Bearcats were eliminated from the tournament by the Wolf Pack with a 75-73 loss. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place Haden Gostey, 23, of Lisbon is tended to by EMT ambulance personnel and Perry Township firefighters at the scene of a head-on collision on the US Route 62 bypass. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 2nd place Members of the Springfield Fire Division wade out into rapids at the white water recreation area along Buck Creek to recover a car. The driver of the car was rescued earlier by the fire department after driving into the river. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd place About a dozen Leetonia firefighters and EMS personnel responded to a chimney fire at the Ben Cope residence. The fire was contained within the chimney flue and there were no injuries to the family of five or the firefighters. Leetonia firefighter Dan Joy drops a device down the chimney flue to clear any blockage as firefighter Dallas Wright steadies the ladder on the roof of the home. (Patrica Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Story - 1st place Ohio State's Kyle Snyder waits to be introduced for his final home match against Iowa at Value City Arena in Columbus. Entering his senior year Snyder is already the world's best pound-for pound wrestler and one of the most accomplished NCAA wrestlers of all time. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place Andrew Hall, first year graduate student at Ohio University, takes a break from crawling through the narrow spaces inside of Rapps Cave at the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies in Frankford, West Virginia. (Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio University)
Story - 3rd place Notre Dame guard Arike Ogunbowale (24) celebrates hitting a shot to take the lead near the end of the fourth quarter of the NCAA Final Four game against the Connecticut Huskies at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HM Students and other protestors walk across the Rich St. bridge to Genoa Park for the March For Our Lives rally. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - HMA Penn State’s Bo Nickel celebrates by jumping into the arms of coach Cael Sanderson after pinning Ohio State’s Myles Martin (184) in the 184 finals and winning the team title over Ohio State during the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
