Feature - 1st place - Lukas Grothaus, 6, looks for birds while on a nature walk during a Spring Sprouts Mini-Camp at Wildwood Metropark in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - A group of young men try to collect plastic balls in a basket while sitting on a roll-around during a lifesize game of Hungry, Hungry Hippo at the 4-H Kick-off event in the Clark County Fairgrounds Annex building. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - 3rd place - Professional Cyclist Tommy Zula jumps over a fan during a recent practice session at the new pump track in Huber Heights. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Feature - HM - Brock the alpaca, flaunts his stylish look with his handler Jadyn Klinger of Newville, Pa., during the 18th annual Buckeye Alpaca Show at the Summit County Fairgrounds, in Tallmadge. The duo placed first in this year’s costume contest with their matching clown outfits.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - HM - Bharad Kannan, of Perrysburg, center, dances as people throw colored powder into the air during the Holi festivities at the Hindu Temple of Toledo in Sylvania. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Mohammad Pourshams (right)noriginally from Iran plays with his son Daniel, 3, after becoming a US citizen during a Naturalization Ceremony at St. Rose School in Perrysburg. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Sawson Grodi, 8, cries as she holds her mother, Lana Tabbalat, at a public gathering at The Violence Against Women Memorial Rock in Toledo to honor the lives of domestic abuse victims Ashley Darrington, Nora Pryba, Whitney Wade, and Sarah Schulte. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Jemila Counci and Antonio Jackson hug after learning their residency placements during The University of Toledo’s annual Match Day celebration at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - HM - State officials and guests tour Honda’s new HALO Wind Tunnel in East Liberty. The new wind tunnel is one of the largest and most sophisticated in the world. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Illustration - 1st place - Espresso Mascarpone Grilled Cheese Sandwich. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 2nd place - Mike’s Southwestern Chimichanga at Loma Linda Restaurant in Swanton. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 3rd place - Feta and Mushroom Chicken Breasts for Two. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Akshay Chawan, of Toledo, poses for a photo with colored powder covering his face during the Holi festivities at the Hindu Temple of Toledo in Sylvania. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Alana Ellyn poses in her hand-made period gown at the Toledo Club, where the area’s first-ever Jane Austen Regency Ball will take place. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Entrepreneur Rico Grant poses in the barbershop space at Gallery at Gumbo in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. The gallery is preparing to celebrate its one-year anniversary on April 1. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Northview’s Jeremy McDonald (center) dances as the team sprays him with water after winning the Division I district basketball finals against Whitmer at Central Catholic High School in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary guard Sencire Harris (center) celebrates with the student section after the Irish beat the Gilmour Academy Lancers, 63-35, to win the OHSAA Division II state basketball championship at UD Arena in Dayton. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Cincinnati Country Day's Megan Zimmerman (10) and Elizabeth Zimmerman (12) react to the loss to New Knoxville at the conclusion of the Division IV state seminal game at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - HM - St. Francis players scream in celebration as captain Gordon Hunt (left) holds up their trophy at the regional hockey final at Tam-O-Shanter in Sylvania. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Members of the Japanese team Asian Breeze sit in the dugout as they play a game against Cincinnati Reds’ minor-league players at the baseball team's spring training facility in Goodyear, Ariz. (Kareem Elgazzar / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place - Uhrichsville Police Sgt. Mike Hickman and his son, Uhrichsville Firefighter, Jake, work to resuscitate animals rescued during a residential structure fire at 1119 Trenton Ave., in Uhrichsville. Three animals were reported as deceased, and two were directly rescued, according to police on scene. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 2nd place - Toledo Firefighters give oxygen to a dog who was affected by smoke inhalation during a fire at 966 Gordon Street in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - A woman carries a dog away from the structure fire at 1116 Trenton Ave. in Uhrichsville. Three animals were reported as deceased, and two were directly rescued, according to police on scene. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 1st place - Xavier forward Jack Nunge (24) dunks over Vanderbilt’s Quentin Millora-Brown (42) in the first half of the NIT quarter final game at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd place - Aurora’s Bo DiJulius (bottom) gouges the eye of Howland’s Carter Mock to be disqualified from the Division II district tournament during their 144 pound quarterfinal match at Perry High School. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place - Stow centerfielder Marissa Romano (left) collides with left fielder Casey Marousch as they both attempt to make a play for a fly ball hit by Hoban’s Ellie Hardman during the fourth inning of a softball game in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - HM - Toledo’s Cole Fraser (left) and Allen’s Darian Skeoch exchange punches during an ECHL hockey game between the Toledo Walleye and Allen Americans at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - HM - TCC's Chase Harper is tagged out at third base to the end the inning in New Philadelphia. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 1st place - Cara McIntosh, from Christian Home Educators of Paulding County, listens as Lainey Gardner, from Crestview Middle School wins the championship round during The Blade Northwest Ohio Championship Regional Spelling Bee at the Owens Community College Performing Arts Center in Perrysburg. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - St. Francis De Sales’s Noah Egan (left) consoles Chris Meyer after falling to Gates Mills Gilmour, 2-1, in triple overtime the state hockey championship game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Reynoldsburg's Mya Perry (1) cheers on head coach Jack Purtell with teammates as he receives his championship medal after the Raiders defeated Mason in overtime, 63-56, in the OHSAA Division I state championship game at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
