Feature - 1st place"It takes a lot of practice and hand-eye coordination," says Lakewood Catholic Academy six grader Andrew Zuchold, 12, as he hones his juggling technique using clubs with the Lakewood Catholic Academy Juggling Club. (Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
Feature - 2nd placeJacob Frye, assistant pool manager at the Groveport Aquatic Center, stacks pool lounges as the pool shuts down for the season. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 3rd placeWittenberg fans watch from "The Hill" as the sun set over the Tigers' game against DePauw at Edwards-Maurer Field. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Feature - HMMax Wing, a seventh grader at The Wellington School, participates on the ropes course in a team-building field trip at Camp Lazarus in Delaware. The class spent the day doing different team-building events that featured risk-taking, failure and problem solving. The annual trip prepares the seventh graders with team skills that will help them during a trip next month to Washington, D.C. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HMSister Mary Jacinta addresses the boys of the class as they line up in the hallway to prepare for "Music" during her Kindergarten class at the St. Michael's School in Worthington. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st placeJamie Rhoads, originally from Canton and now living in Akron (top) embraces his grandfather John Hale Jr., of Zanesville, after Hale's Honor Flight returned to the Akron Canton Regional Airport. Both are veterans of the U.S. Navy. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
General News - 2nd placeFaith Rodenberger, 21-months-old, gets to know her father, Sgt. Jason Rodenberger, of Marion as he arrives at Rickenbacker Airbase with 240 other National Guardsmen who have deployed to Afghanistan for the past year. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
General News - 3rd placeDamon Oney, of Raleigh, North Carolina (center) high-fives two Apple employees after purchasing a new iPhone 5 at the Apple store in Crocker Park in Westlake. ( Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer)
General News - HMJessica Hughes, of Hilliard, shields her three kids, including Julia, 3, Aidan, 8, and Evan, 6, from the rush of people rushing to shake hands with President Barack Obama after he spoke at a campaign rally in Schiller Park in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus . (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 1st placeThe Biodynamic burger at Till restaurant. (Fred Squillante / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 2nd placeUncooked noodles frame a pasta dish on the art of cooking perfect pasta. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Illustration - 3rd placeA rasberry flavored "mocktail" or non alcholic adult beverage. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 1st placeDaniel Webb stands with some of the more than 150 trees that were cut down by loggers without his permission on his property in Perry county. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd placeLes Wexner smiles for a portrait in his conference room at the Limited Brands World Headquarters in Columbus. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 3rd placePhotographer Annie Leibovitz poses for a portrait while sitting in the "Pilgrimage" section of her exhibition titled "Annie Leibovitz" at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus. Leibovitz is seated next to a photo taken in Ohio titled "Annie Oakley's Heart Target", an object which is housed in Ohio. (Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 1st placeColumbus Crew midfielder Federico Higuain (33) drops to the ground after missing a shot on goal against Chivas USA during the first half of their MLS soccer game at Crew Stadium in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 2nd placeThe Pickerington North Panthers take to the field in their game with Fremont Ross. (Tim Revell / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Sports Feature - 3rd placeSouth High School's Ellis Williams who is 6'8 and 260 pounds passes out on a hill after running in a cross county race at Canal Winchester High School. The whole cross country team is made up of basketball players trying to stay in shape in the fall. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - HMGetting his head on the ball is Blake Snyder (12) of Groveport in a match against Gahanna. (Tim Revell / ThisWeek Newspapers)
Spot News - 1st placeIt was unclear why a cab driver with two passengers crashed into the newly opened Flaxella Deli at East Long and Third in Columbus sending the cab driver, it's two occupants and one other in the restaurant to the hospital. (Tom Dodge / The Columbus Dispatch)
Spot News - 2nd placeThe driver of a Pontiac sedan (right) is comforted following a two-vehicle crash in Ashtabula. The boy is the driver's son. (William A. West / Wwest News Service)
Spot News - 3rd placeA bear runs across the parking lot of Rockside Park Towers complex in Bedford Heights. (Lisa Scalfaro / Record Courier)
Sports - 1st placeOhio State wide receiver Devin Smith (15) makes a one handed touchdown catch with Miami Redhawks cornerback Dayonne Nunley defending on the play. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 2nd placeWittenberg quarterback Reed Florence puts on a happy face while running along the sideline en route to scoring a touchdown during the Tigers' game against DePauw at Edwards-Maurer Field. (Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-Sun)
Sports - 3rd placeColumbus Academy's Aron Aziz leads a pack of runners at the Canal Winchester Invitational at Canal Winchester High School. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - HMWest Liberty-Salem's Landon Hormann catches a touchdown pass while being covered by Southeastern's Ben Miller. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Story - 1st placeOhio State head football coach Urban Meyer walks through the Woody Hayes Athletic Complex to meet some players. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd placeA bear on the run makes it's way down a second tree, onto the third in Bedford Heights. (Lisa Scalfaro / Record Courier)
