Feature - 1st place - Five-year-olds Sam Campbell (left) of Powell and Charlie Skelton of Dublin play in a pile of leaves during the Ohio Wildlife Center's Howloween event in Powell. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - 2nd place - Rymers Cemetery in Elmore. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Toledo resident Gregory Buchanan, 12, adjusts his bedazzled glove backstage before performing “Thriller” by Michael Jackson during a talent show at Maumee Indoor Theatre in Maumee. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Carriene Kusz (left) dances with Quincy Kusz, 2, during the Preschool Dance Party event at King Road Branch Library in Sylvania. (Lizzie Heintz / The Blade)
Feature - HM - A worker is seen through a wrinkly, clear, plastic tarp as he sets up the temporary ice skating rink on the Springfield City Hall Plaza. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 1st place - Ta’Ron Williams, an eighth grader at Sherman Elementary School, does pulls ups at the Marines exhibit during Toledo Public Schools’ annual Career Connect Expo at the Glass City Center in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Maxine Berry, 5, yawns as her mother Kim Berry votes at Fassett Junior High School in Oregon. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Taking a break from Christmas shopping to escape a rainy afternoon, Toledo resident Alex Eaton II, 6, (left) receives a nose rub from father Alex Eaton while circling shops and vendors in the caboose of a train at Franklin Park Mall in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
General News - HM - Perrysburg resident Autumn Lisk, 4, climbs timidly out from underneath mother Michelle Lisk’s scarf as Santa asks what she wants for Christmas while holding the family’s 3-month-old Bernadoodle, Faith, during ‘Paws with Claus’ at The Town Center at Levis Commons in Perrysburg. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
General News - HM - Inmate Jorge Reyesavila celebrates earning his Intensive Outpatient certificate during an Education Recognition Ceremony at Toledo Correctional Institution. The ceremony is for incarcerated adults that have successfully completed programs. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Carl Mazzurco, owner of "A Dog's Day Out" dog sitting business, plays with some pooches in his charge at Middle Grounds Dog Park. (Phillip L. Kaplan / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Pete LuPiba, U.S. Navy yeoman petty officer third class, is one of the 2022 Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame inductees. LuPiba is shown at his Hilliard residence in front of graphics representing different parts of his life including the U.S. Navy seal, the Ohio, California and Hawaii state flags. LuPiba was born in California, where he also signed up to join the Navy, and was raised in Hawaii. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Portrait - 3rd place - Perrysburg senior Connor Walendzak photographed at Steinecker Stadium in Perrysburg is the 2022 All-Blade player of the year . (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Medina midfielder Owen Alber (center) reacts after the ball was called out of bounds before a shot during the second half of a Division I state semifinal soccer game against St. Ignatius in Brunswick. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - A Toledo cheerleader catches a snowflake on his tongue during a MAC football game at the University of Toledo’s Glass Bow. BGSU defeated Toledo, 42-35. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Thomas Worthington's Sophia Borghese (second from left) and Clara Scott (left) celebrate with teammates after a 3-2 overtime win against Watterson in the OHSAA state field hockey championship game at Thomas Worthington High School. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - HM - Dayton's Student section, The Red Scare gets "LOWD" during the player introductions Prior to the Dayton playing SMU at Dayton Arena. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - HM - Michigan’s Mike Sainristil kisses his girlfriend Seliana Carvalho after defeating Ohio State, 45-23 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - An investigator is reflected in the driver’s side, rear door of a Chevrolet Impala while inspecting a number of bullet holes as Toledo Police respond to a shooting near Highland Park. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - Police investigate a crash involving two vehicles near the intersection of Collingwood Boulevard and Islington Street in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - A Mad River Township firefighter carries a chihuahua out of a burning mobile home at the Pleasant Valley Estates Mobile Home Park. Two small dogs were rescued from the fire. The owners were not home at the time of the blaze, which started on the porch and spread to the mobile home. There were no injuries in the blaze but the home suffered extensive damage. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - HM - Police investigate the scene of a shooting on the 900 block of Avondale Avenue in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Ottoville’s Kellen Schlagbaum (left) and Ottawa Hills’ Liam Silk (center) and Harley Talbott head the ball during the Division III soccer regional final in Tiffin. Ottawa Hills defeated Ottoville, 2-1. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - Dayton's Nayo Lear goes over the top of an Illinois State defender during the 3rd quarter of action. The Dayton Flyers fell to Illinois State 70-74 in overtime. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo Rockets wide receiver Devin Maddox (left) catches a pass and spins away for a touchdown while blanketed by Ball State Cardinals safety Trenton Hatfield during the second quarter of a Mid-American Conference divisional matchup at the Glass Bowl in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Dayton's Mustapha Amzil charges to the hoop toppling over Jefferson Monegro from Western Michigan. Amzil was called for an offensive foul and the basket was not counted. Dayton defeated Western Michigan 67-47. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - HM - Toledo Rockets guard Tyler Cochran (23) continues to go after a loose ball from the court as officials sprint to break up the jumbled players in a non-conference game against the Valparaiso Beacons at John F. Savage Arena in Toledo. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Inmate Daquan Brown hugs a family member after being awarded aa Business Operations Certificate during an Education Recognition Ceremony at Toledo Correctional Institution. The ceremony is for incarcerated adults that have successfully completed programs. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Michigan’s Trente Jones waves the Michigan flag after defeating Ohio State, 45-23 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Story - 3rd place - Photographer and activist Natasha-Vincent Gay sets up for a photo shoot at Stonewall Columbus in May. Gay came out as transgender fluid in 2018. Their show of 74 portraits make up, “The Trans Project” opening Saturday, Nov. 19th at Stonewall. November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which began nationally in 1999. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
