Feature - 1st place - Josh Matanick and his son Simon, 2, sit in an electric toy car and watch as Toledo Fire and Rescue battle an apartment fire on the 5900 block Cresthaven Lane. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Katherine Flanagan, 3, rides into the wind as she rocks on Clifford the Big Red Dog on the playground at Arbor Ridge Park in Powell. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd place - Diana Murphy, with Voice For Horses Rescue Network, feeds her rescue horses in Bowling Green. The nonprofit rescue needs to find a new home since the property owner sold a portion of the land and has told them they must vacate the land. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Dominique McDonald plays football with his kids Troy Lampkin, 8, and Dominique McDonald, Jr., 10, on Smead Avenue in Toledo. Mr. McDonald’s daughter Monique McDonald, 5, watches from atop a car. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - HM - He's only playing flag football right now, but Desmand Chapman Jr. still gets to tackle dad, Six-year-old Desmand Jr. is more commonly called D.J. Dad said he works with D.J. every day. D.J. does several football drills with his dad, including running with a parachute for resistance to build power in his legs. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - John Muschkat, North Lawrence Fire Department assistant chief, embraces Florence Baker before her husband Robert Baker, a retired North Lawrence fire fighter, was released from Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital in Canton. Baker is one of two remaining founding members of the fire department. He was taken home in a fire department vehicle with a procession of other trucks following him. (Scott Heckel / The Canton Repository)
General News - 2nd place - Julia Labay Darrah, curator of the Blair Museum of Lithophanes, looks at some of the lithophanes on display at Schedel Arboretum & Gardens in Elmore. The Blair Museum of Lithophanes is making a strong comeback after hanging by a thread when Toledo Metroparks evicted the collection from its home at the Toledo Botanical Gardens. The full and permanent exhibit opens April 1 in its new home. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Community groups and interfaith leaders gathered to hold a rally protesting the violence done to Asian Americans at Bicentennial Park in Columbus. Participants condemned the murders of eight people killed in Atlanta and other instances of hatred towards Asian Americans. Abby Bogard, 12, left, hugs her mom, Nancy Pyon, after Abby's emotional speech to the crowd about the discrimination she faced by being both African American and Korean American. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st place - Jelly Bean Vodka. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 2nd place - A few lights on in the Huntington Center building in downtown Columbus. When will companies in downtown starting allowing their employees back in office full time. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd place - TownHall opens Tuesday at 792 N. High Street in the Short North District of Columbus. The "clean eating" menu features 100% non-GMO fare, all-organic produce and options to accommodate nearly every diet, from plant-based vegan and low-glycemic, to gluten-free, low-carb, or dairy free, to Keto and Paleo. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st place - Demetrius "Dee" Davis, the eight-year-old CEO of Our Brown Boy Joy, grins as he peeks over an arm load of his company's "My Friend" dolls. The 18-inch plush dolls were created in his likeness, with his black curly hair, a white and tan Timberland boots. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 2nd place - Madeline Douglas helped brew the Lady Peiskos beer for Combustion Brewery & Taproom in Pickerington where she posed for a portrait. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd place - After being unable to wrestle at district last season, Celina's Landon Engle will be the first Bulldog wrestler to compete at the state tournament in a decade when he takes the mat starting Saturday at Marengo Highland High School. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Olentangy Berlin's Caiden Hooks, left, shares a moment with his father and Berlin assistant coach, Jamie Hooks, before his 160-pound consolation match against Vandalia Butler's Matt Motter at the OHSAA Division I state wrestling tournament at Hilliard Darby High School. Caiden, 17, who has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, was diagnosed at 19 months old with bilateral retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer that resulted in both eyes being removed in 2007. Hooks rallied from a 13-7 deficit in the third period to defeat Motter via pinfall. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Reynoldsburg's Imarianah Russell sits alone on the court as Dublin Coffman players celebrate a 60-57 win behind her in a Division I regional semifinal game at Westerville South High School. Russell spent her first two varsity seasons at Dublin Coffman before joining the Raiders for the 2020-21 season. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Twinsburg's Aidan Corrigan flexes his muscles after beating Moeller's Kurt Thompson in a 170 pound quarterfinal match during the Division I state wrestling tournament at Hilliard Darby High School. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HM - Centerville's Jayson Hayes consoles Westerville Central's Tasos Cook while Central's Quincy Clark reflects on a 43-42 loss to the Elks in the Division I state championship game at University of Dayton's UD Arena. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - HM - Tommy Zula is silhouetted against a crisp evening sky as he hones his jumping skills at the Lebanon Bike Park. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Spot News - 1st place - A firefighter walks across the lawn as area firefighters battle an apartment fire on the 5900 block Cresthaven Lane. The fire began in the attic and quickly spread throughout the rest of the apartment building due to high winds. Residents were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - Toledo Fire and Rescue battle an apartment fire on the 5900 block Cresthaven Lane. The fire began in the attic and quickly spread throughout the rest of the apartment building due to high winds. Residents were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - Springfield Township fire crews, along with Mad River Township and City of Springfield, battle a fully involved house fire at 2159 Duquesne Drive. The homeowners, who were home at the time, escaped injury. The home, however, suffered extensive damage with flames burning through most of the roof. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 1st place - STVM's Malaki Branham (left) guards Shawnee's George Mangas during the first half of a Division II state semifinal, game in Dayton. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 2nd place - Bedford’s Sophia Gray battles Dearborn High School’s Natalia Salame (on floor), Malak Alhajj, and Katya Salame for the ball during a Division I MHSAA regional basketball final in Temperance, Michigan. Bedford defeated Dearborn, 46-43. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports - 3rd place - Highland's William Scavuzzo, bottom, flips over Wayne's Braxton Lawson during their 160 pound match in the Division I state wrestling tournament at Hilliard Darby High School. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - HM - Hoban left fielder Thomas Crowe (left) catches a fly ball hit by Cuyahoga Falls' Brady Semick as Parker Falkenstein backs him up during the third inning of a game in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - HM - Jalen Adaway of St. Bonaventure gets a hand to the face as he makes a move around a VCU defender during the Atlantic 10 Championship game at UD Arena in Dayton. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Story - 1st place - Toledo Fire and Rescue battle an apartment fire on the 5900 block Cresthaven Lane. The fire began in the attic and quickly spread throughout the rest of the apartment building due to high winds. Residents were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
