2nd - Feature - 1st place - Fourth grader Liam Farthing makes his way through a Tough Mudder style obstacle course at Greenwood Elementary School in Toledo. The entire school competed in obstacle courses for a focus on physical fitness and fun. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade) (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
2nd - Feature - 2nd place - Members of The Sophisticates, a twirling group, catch their batons during the Memorial Day parade in Perrysburg. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade) (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
2nd - Feature - 3rd place - An Amish boy plows a field in Wayne Township. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter) (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
2nd - General News - 1st place - T.J. Sprowl, 4, hauls a bundle of American Flags across East Lawn Cemetery in Sugarcreek. Cub Scout Pack 91 members were decorating graves ahead of Memorial Day. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter) (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
2nd - General News - 2nd place - Preston Clark (center) he brother of Aiden Clark, fights back tears as he reads a statement during the sentencing of Hermanio Joseph in Clark County Common Pleas Court. Joseph was earlier found guilty of vehicular homicide after he causes a crash with a school bus that injured more than 20 students and killed 11-year-old Aiden Clark. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun) (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
2nd - General News - 3rd place - The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, dances in the sky over West Toledo. This occurs when solar winds interact with our planet’s magnetosphere, and this particular solar storm was the strongest we’ve seen since 2003. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade) (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
2nd - General News - HM - Whitefish Bay, a Canadian-flagged freighter, moves southward in the Detroit River as the Canadian and United States spans of the Gordie Howe International Bridge nearly connect in Detroit. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade) (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
2nd - Portrait - 1st place - Ray and Kati Tittle with their foster children, K.S. and S.S. in Fremont. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade) (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
2nd - Portrait - 2nd place - Cruz Basquez, World War II veteran, poses for a photograph at his home in his war room in Toledo. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade) (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
2nd - Sports Feature - 1st place - St. Francis de Sales players celebrate defeating Whitmer 9-1 in the OHSAA Division I district final at Carter Park in Bowling Green. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade) (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
2nd - Sports Feature - 2nd place - Northwest catcher Lola Bleakley (right) leaps into the arms of Caroline Metzger after beating Coventry, 4-2, in a Div. II district semifinal game in Canton. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal) (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
2nd - Sports Feature - 3rd place - Rohan Sriram of Jackson (left) celebrates with his doubles partner Shiv Nagajothi as they win a set against the team of Xander Jhaveri and Rohit Jain of Westlake in their final match during the Division I district tennis tournament in Montrose. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal) (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
2nd - - A young fan catches a home run in the stands as Toledo’s Justice Bigbie watches from left field during an International League baseball game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade) (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
2nd - Spot News - 1st place - A group of men kneel and console each other just outside the scene of a home explosion in Pike Township in rural Fulton County. Two were killed and two were injured in the explosion. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade) (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
2nd - Spot News - 2nd place - Police respond to a stabbing in front of The Blade building in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade) (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
2nd - Spot News - 3rd place - Members of the Springfield Township Fire Department battled a house fire in the two thousand block of Seminole Avenue in the Sunnyland neighborhood. There were no injuries reported in the fire that was contained to the attic area of the house. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun) (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
2nd - Sports - 1st place - Hudson’s Ian Ludewig (right) crashes into Hoover’s Bryce Roach during the fourth quarter of a Division I regional lacrosse game in North Canton. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal) (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
2nd - Sports - 2nd place - St. John’s Jude Dzierwa takes a diving shot during a Division II regional lacrosse semifinal game against Rocky River at Rocky River High School. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade) (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
2nd - Sports - 3rd place - New Philadelphia's Jaxon Rice competes in high jump during the OHSAA Division I district track & field meet at North Canton Hoover High School’s Memorial Stadium. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter) (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
2nd - Story - 1st place - Minster fans cheer for Mikaela Hoskins after she hit an RBI single to center field during in the Division IV state softball semifinal game against Strasburg at Firestone Stadium in Akron. Strasburg defeated Minster, 10-1 in seven innings. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter) (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
2nd - Story - 2nd place - Vietnam Veteran Tom Jones salutes as the National Anthem is played during a Memorial Day Ceremony at Veteran's Memorial Park in Sylvania. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade) (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
2nd - Story - 3rd place - Father Larry Legakis raises a candle during a celebration of Orthodox Easter at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Sunday, May 5, in Toledo. (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade) (Jonathan Aguilar / The Blade)
