Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Braids hang out of the helmet of Amanda Herbst who plays for the Columbus Chaos women's football team during practice. The team plays in Division II of the full-tackle Women's Football Alliance. They had twenty-eight players on their roster in 2022 and finished with a record of 1-5. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”The Columbus Chaos practiced at Whitehall Yearling High School. The team's motto is, "You call it chaos. We call it family." (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”DeAsha Talley and Ayshia Slaughter of the Columbus Chaos laugh as a teammate struggles to crouch low enough to get under a bar during a limbo-like drill at practice. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Children of Columbus Chaos players run their own drills as their mothers practice at Whitehall Yearling High School. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Pasha Rivers-Johnson has her hair braided by Nita Johnson before the last home game of the season for the Columbus Chaos. The team finished with a record of 1-5. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Columbus Chaos players huddle in the locker room before their last home game of the season vs. the Pittsburgh Passion. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”DiaSha Pearson of the Columbus Chaos tackles Nicole Lockett of the Derby City Dynamite. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Jamilah White (86), Janee Qualls (93) and Lyrik Easley (44) cheer for their teammates as the Columbus Chaos played the Derby City Dynamite. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Makyah Smith (2) of Columbus Chaos sobbs and clutches her jersey after breaking her arm during a game against the Derby City Dynamite. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”The Columbus Chaos defense teams up to tackle the Derby City Dynamite's top rusher LaEssence Houston Buckner (20). (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”The sun sets on a game between the Columbus Chaos and the. Derby City Dynamite women's football teams. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Picture Story - Second Place, “Columbus Chaos”Ovian Whitlow-Moore (6) of the Columbus Chaos is consoled after the team's loss to the Derby City Dynamite. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
