Feature - 1st place - Jan Herron blows leaves at Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 2nd place - Kindergartner Omahd Jones marched proudly during a “Balloons over Broadway” parade at McKinley STEMM Academy in Toledo. Kindergarten students at McKinley STEMM Academy wrapped up a series of project-based learning activities with a Thanksgiving Day style balloon parade. Students have worked hard to design a variety of balloons and students have also planned the parade route. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Nick Ault, a Dover Light & Power electric field division worker, hangs a Christmas wreath along North Tuscarawas Ave in Dover. Between 65 and 70 wreaths go up across the city each year. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - HM - Members of the Anthony Wayne High School marching band go by during the Blade Holiday Parade in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Third grader Kalvin Jones enjoys using Boom Whackers during Angie Dalton’s music class at Birmingham Elementary in Toledo. Birmingham Elementary has received the district’s first Intro to Music Grant through the Save the Music Foundation. This includes $27,000 worth of new musical instruments and supplies. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Jacques "Jack" Petree greets Dr. Daniel DiBardino at Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo. Dr. DiBardino helped saved Mr. Petree’s life after a weight lifting accident. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - A group of service members in an honor guard march out during the Veterans Appreciation Breakfast and Resource Fair at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Esther Tatman wells up with emotion after talking about having to sell the business that she has run for over 40 years. At one time, the restaurant, which still produces its own ice cream and pies, sold fuel and operated a small auto garage. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - HM - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown is welcomed to the stage by supporters during a Get Out the Vote rally the day before Election Day at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
General News - HM - Defendant William Mozingo, 34, listens as Judge Susan Baker Ross sentences him to 25 to 31 1/2 years in prison for kidnapping and holding a Chardon woman against her will and assaulting her at the Summit County Courthouse in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 1st place - Curator Christopher Ha is framed by some of the Wurlitzer organ pipes that he and other volunteers removed for an emergency roof repair at the Akron Civic Theatre. The Wurlitzer organ will be played for the first time since 2021 during Ballet Theater of Ohio’s performances of “The Nutcracker” (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 2nd place - Sylvania Town Crier Michael Lieber. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Jack Dauer describes some of his experiences serving in the United States Marine Corps during WWII. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Dayton's Head Coach Dennis Currier gets tossed in the air in celebration after the Dayton Flyers defeated Saint Louis 3-0 to win the Atlantic 10 championship. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Akron Zips tight end Grant Gainer (19) celebrates with teammates after beating the Kent State Golden Flashes in an NCAA college football game at Dix Stadium in Kent. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Michigan’s Tommy Doman celebrates their 13-10 win over Ohio State during a Big10 football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Bedford’s Raegan VanEckhoutte and Kadence Esser hug after Bedford’s loss to Northville in the MHSAA Division 1 state quarterfinal high school volleyball match at Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Northville defeated Bedford, 3-0. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Toledo dancers hold the American flag for the National Anthem before a men’s college basketball game at Savage Arena in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Dayton's Rikki Harris wrestles the ball away from Aubree Murray of Deleware State during the first half of action at UD Arena. Dayton defeated Deleware State 79-44 (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 2nd place - Akron forward Emil Jaaskelainen (9) attempts a shot against the Princeton Tigers during the second half of a soccer match in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Akron, Ohio. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo’s Sam Lewis drives to the basket during a men’s college basketball game at Calihan Hall in Detroit, Mich., on Saturday, November 16, 2024. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Liberty Center’s Waylon Rentz reaches the ball into the end zone for a touchdown against a host of Edison defenders during the high school football Division V regional final at Lake High School in Millbury. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Dayton's Kyra Karfonta gets rolled upside down by VCU's Stella Castro during the Atlantic 10 quarterfinal match at Baujan Field in Dayton. Dayton defeated VCU 1-0 to advance to the next round of the tournament (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Story - 1st place - Michigan players heckle Ohio State fans during the final seconds of their game during a at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
