Feature - 1st place - A man zips up his coat while walking on Huron Street in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Clara Schwarzkopf, 6, throws leaves in the air as she and other children play in a pile of leaves on an unseasonably warm day at the Toledo Botanical Garden.(Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - A woman walks under a tree at Side Cut Metropark in Maumee.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Eunice Jeon holds an American flag as she sits in her mother Jihye Lee’s lap during the naturalization ceremony at the Bowling Green State University’s Student Union.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Tamora Mahler carries her Thanksgiving dinner to her table at Helping Hands of St. Louis in Toledo. Volunteers prepared hundreds of turkey dinners for those in need. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Anaja Reynolds (left) and her twin sister Alaja pick out their winter coats during Susie’s Coats annual distribution of coats and warm weather essentials at Jones Leadership Academy of Business in Toledo.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Padam Lal Khatiwada and his wife, Devi, lost everything in a fire on Tamarack Blvd. The apartment complex mainly houses refugees. They pose for a photo in a family friends apartment they are living in for time being.(Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Wheeling’s team mocks a Walleye fan after scoring their third goal during the second period an ECHL game at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - An Ohio State student cheers after a Purdue fumble on the kick-off that Buckeyes recovered during the 2nd quarter of their game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.(Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Toledo players celebrate as stuffed animals are thrown onto the ice during the teddy bear toss after the first Walleye goal of the game in an ECHL game against the Indy Fuel at the Huntington Center in Toledo.(Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - A hopper wagon overturned in Celina, dumping corn in the parking lot of the Mercer County Educational Service Center. A farmer reportedly was driving a tractor west on East Market Street when he steered the tractor to avoid hitting a vehicle that had stalled, according to Celina police at the scene.(Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 1st place - Dayton's Elijah Weaver gets flipped into a handstand as Austin Peay’s Elijah Hutchins-Everett attempts a shot. Austin Peay defeated Dayton 87-81 at UD Arena.(Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 2nd place - Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson (5) makes a touchdown catch against Michigan defensive back Vincent Gray (4) during the second quarter of their game at Michigan Stadium at Ann Arbor, Michigan.(Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Akron Hoban defensive back Davion Jennings (left) nearly picks off a pass intended for Nordonia wide receiver Matt Hayes during the second half of a Division II regional semifinal game in Ravenna.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place - Jim Amer, owner of Amer’s West Hill Marathon, puts air in a customer’s tires in Akron. After more than 70 years, Amer’s West Hill Marathon will close up before becoming Van’s Tire as Jim Amer is retiring.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
