Feature - 1st placeA track fan braves the elements heading back to his vehicle during a rain delay at the Rock 'em Relays track meet at Lake High School. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 2nd placeStudents at Northtowne Elementary School built a garden they designed. They built planters and also learned about the benefits of gardens and eating fruits and vegetables. They also exercised by jumping rope on the playground, which includes a painted map of the United States. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeA pair of bald eagles have set up residence in Eastern Clark County near Buck Creek State Park. The eagles have built a nest, measuring several feet in diameter, in a farm field and chicks are visible as the parents bring fish back to the nest. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HMElise Hedrick concentraits on her stitch as she learns quilt-making on at Everal Barn and Homestead at Heritage Park, in Westerville. Elise was taking part in the annual Pioneer Day with her classmates from Walnut Creek Elementary School in the Olentangy Local School District. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeCharlene Milan (left) hugs her neighbor Nancy Ruiz, mother of Gina DeJesus, as they celebrate Gina's arrival home. Nancy Ruiz's daughter Gina DeJesus came home yesterday after she was kidnapped and had gone missing for a decade. Three longtime missing women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, were found alive together apparently kidnapped and held for years as prisoners inside a house on Cleveland's near West Side. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - 2nd placeA tearful April Roberts-Gilbert, mother of Ronald Roberts, talks about Akron Police apprehending the man who aledgely murdered Ronald and 3 others on Independence Ave. a month ago. (Phil Masturzo / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 3rd placeRobert Guseman, of Andover, prays during the Memorial Day ceremony at the public square in Andover. (William A. West / )
General News - HMNine-year-old Lexi Blakeman reads “Princess K.I.M.” to Henry the beagle, a TailWaggin’ Tutor at Joshua Dixon Elementary in Columbiana. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Portrait - 1st placeOrganizer Melissa Vogley Woods and other artists are converting abandoned homes into "galleries" for a day. Melissa is photographed from the first floor through a hole in the ceiling as she stands on the second floor, this home is slated for demolition. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeKorean War veteran Clifton Davis poses for a portrait at his home in Worthington. Davis, a native of Delaware, Ohio, served in an infantry regiment and later as a quartermaster in an integrated regiment of the U.S. Army. The Westerville Rotary club will honor Davis during its Field of Heroes event later in May. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Portrait - 3rd placeThere are a lot of winning parts to Southeastern High School's softball team, none more valuable than ace hurler Becca Carpenter. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports Feature - 1st placeSarah Wolfe, from Canton, glides through the cool water of a hand-held sprinkler near mile marker nine along Scranton Road near Starkweather Avenue during the 36th annual Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeColumbus Clippers starting pitcher T.J. House throws the first pitch of the game against Rochester during their AAA baseball game at Huntington Park in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeGlenOak head baseball coach Greg McClellan watches from the dugout during a suspension of play in their Division I district semifinal game with Lake at Thurman Munson Stadium in Canton. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports Feature - HMMarysville Monarchs celebrate their win 7 - 2 over Watkins Memorial in the Division I district final at Ohio Dominican University. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 1st placeMembers of the Springfield Township Fire Department treat the driver of a car that rolled several times in the median of Interstate 70 near the State Route 72 interchange in Clark County. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd placeFirefighters from Moorefield and German Townships battled a blaze at 42 Villa Road near OH-72. All five members of the Sellars family are safe as they were not home at the time the fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 3rd placeLorain firefighters finish breaking down loose materials and putting out hot spots after a first-floor fire in the home at 3259 Lincoln Street in Lorain. No injuries were reported caused by the blaze, but an 8-month-old baby was taken to the hospital to be examined for smoke inhalation. (Sam Greene / The (Lorain) Morning Journal)
Sports - 1st placeTriway's Greg Hamlin (left) and Jordon Miller dive for a ball hit off the bat of Alliance's Hunter Cannon during the third inning of their Division II district semifinal game at Thurman Munson Stadium in Canton. Both were unable to make the catch on the play. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
Sports - 2nd placeMarion-Franklin sophomore Franklin Smith gets a face full of sand as he competes in the long jump event during the City League track and field championships at Whetstone High School. (Eamon Queeney / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd placeDublin Coffman's Jacob Gilbert slides toward second base during Coffman's game against Dublin Scioto during the Dublin Baseball Classic at Dublin Coffman High School. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Story - 1st placeMotherhood means many things to many people. We asked each mother to choose one word that best describes motherhood to them, and then illustrated that word with a single image. Mandy Litzke, mother of 13 children (11 adopted) holds her adopted daughter Ally Litzke, 4, in the living room of her home in Plain City. Ally was adopted from Armenia. "I tell my kids not to let their past dictate their future," Litzke explained, "God allows you to go through circumstances but he wastes nothing." (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeCarolyn Quinn laughs with her brother Pat Quinn in the cereal aisle of the WalMart Store in Zanesville. Carolyn and Pat spend every Saturday together catching up while shopping for clothing, groceries and grabbing lunch at the local Colony Square Mall Food Court. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd placeBarbara Malone winces in pain as an oncology nurse removes the IV port in her upper arm during a home health care visit to Malone's east side home. Barbara Malone has stage four colorectal and liver cancer. Traditional treatment was no longer effective in managing her disease, so doctors at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center offered her the opportunity to participate in Phase 1 clinical trials. The drugs have shrunk the tumors, and so far things are going well. Pain is still a constant companion. (Lynn Ischay / The Plain Dealer)
