Feature - 1st place - A large wave crashes into the pier as Tim Nadolny walks on the pier with his 17-year-old son, Timmy from Erie, Mich., on a rainy and windy day along Lake Erie in Luna Pier, Michigan. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Judge Mike Murphy (left) examines Grace Davis’ turkey during the market turkey competition during The Fulton County Fair at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. (Amy E. Voigt / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Sermin Dabjan and her husband Badi Dabjan of Bloomfield, Michigan, take a fall walk with their son Beibars, 2, at Walbridge Park in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Garaway High School students Chelsie Campbell (foreground) and Kaley Simers work to remove algae from the pond at Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia. The pair was working in unison along with more than 30 other students in Buckeye Career Center's natural resources management program. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - 2nd place - A couple holds hands as they take in the 2,976 candles on display at the Tallmadge Circle on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Sept. 11, 2021, in Tallmadge. Every year the Tallmadge Fire Department lights a candle for every single person who died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Flight 93. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - 3rd place - From left, John Stumbo, Christian Missionary Alliance president, Andrew Bowsher, City of Reynoldsburg director of development, and Reynoldsburg Mayor Joe Begeny, throw the first tomatoes at the wall of the old K-Mart building on Brice Road as part of a "Demo Day" celebration at to kick off the demolition of the building and the beginning of a project that will bring the CMA, a nonprofit evangelical Protestant religious organization, headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Reynoldsburg. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Illustration - 1st place - For Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month, the Ohio Hispanic Coalition is partnering with Land-Grant Brewing to create a new beer, Las Pilas. (Kyle Robertson / c)
Illustration - 2nd place - Patriotic Ice Cream Sandwiches. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 3rd place - Peach Slab Pie. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Andrea Carey and her 18-month-old son, Bennett, pose for a portrait outside their home in Sylvania. A picture of Bennett will be featured in a video by the National Down Syndrome Society that will be displayed in New York City’s Time Square on Sept. 18, the day of NYC’s 2021 Buddy Walk. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Tia Gannon, School Rocks Party Box founder and director, sits amongst donated school supplies to be delivered to school children in need as part of her nonprofit's mission. She is shown at her Dublin home where she and other group members and volunteers package the school supply packets. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Portrait - 3rd place - Artist Tim Carmany is shown next to the mural he created outside of George's Lounge in Canton. He also got assistance from three other artists who specialize in tag art or street grafitti-style artwork. (Scott Heckel / )
Sports Feature - 1st place - Akron RubberDucks catcher Bo Naylor (12) celebrates with outfielder Will Brennan (7) and infielder Brayan Rocchio (9) after hitting a walk-off base hit to clinch the Class AA Northeast Championship at Canal Park in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Whitmer players celebrate their 38-7 routing of St. John’s Jesuit. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Hilliard Davidson's Kate Kodger (6) and Elizabeth Wile (8) go through a routine during player introductions before a game against New Albany at Hilliard Davidson High School in Hilliard. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports Feature - HM - Liberty Center players run out ahead of a high school football game against Otsego at Liberty Center High School in Liberty Center. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 1st place - Neighbors react to a shooting on Elliott Avenue in Toledo. Two people were shot and with one passing away. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - St. Henry Fire Department, Mercer County Sheriff Department and the State Highway Patrol responded to a Ford Escape that crashed into a home at 3160 State Route 119 in St. Henry. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Spot News - 3rd place - Austin Barna, Jordan Belna and Logan Sutter of the Rockford Community Fire Department respond to a field fire at Bogart Rd and Neptune Mendon Rd. (Daniel Melograna / The Daily Standard)
Sports - 1st place - Brenden Craig, 20, of Jackson fumbles after being hit by Garrett Dennis, 56, of Green during their game at Jackson High School. (Scott Heckel / )
Sports - 2nd place - Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson (32) scores a touchdown after a catch against Minnesota during the fourth quarter of their game in Huntington Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo’s Bryan Koback (top)leaps to try to avoid a tackle by Ball State’s Brett Anderson II during a Mid-American Conference game at Ball State University’s Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Ind. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Lexi Thompson of Team USA hits out of a trap on the fifth hole during the first round of the Solheim Cup at the Inverness Club in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - A Team Europe caddie drinks champagne from the Solheim Cup to celebrate his team’s 15-13 win over Team USA during the trophy presentation for the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness Club in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Story - 2nd place - Family members look on as the flag-draped casket of Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton Soviak is brought into the football stadium during a funeral service at Edison High School in Milan. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 3rd place - Danielle Kang, left, and Austin Ernst celebrate Ernst’s birdie on the fifth hole during the second round of the Solheim Cup at the Inverness Club in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
