First Place, Feature - Pearl Spurlock / Ohio University, “Midwife Examination”Marlene Waechter, a Catholic midwife, examines Aspen Bowman while Aspen labors in an inflatable pool in her bedroom in Jackson, Ohio, Oct. 3, 2024.
Second Place, Feature - Rebecca Benson / The Blade, “Sunlit Prayers”Men stand in a ray of sunlight as they pray together during a prayer service for Eid al-Adha at the Masjid Saad Foundation Mosque in Toledo on Sunday, June 16, 2024.
Third Place, Feature - Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade, “Tough Mudder”Fourth grader Liam Farthing makes his way through a Tough Mudder style obstacle course Thursday, May 16, 2024, at Greenwood Elementary School in Toledo. The entire school competed in obstacle courses for a focus on physical fitness and fun.
Award of Excellence, Feature - Courtney Hergesheimer / The Columbus Dispatch, “CEB Polar Plunge”Greg Dillon, of Heath, does a little dance before his jump during the Buckeye Lake Polar Plunge. The water temperature was said to be around 36 degrees.
Award of Excellence, Feature - Courtney Hergesheimer / , “Damarion Allen”At age 15, Damarion Allen got into a 10-second fight inside a juvenile detention center that would forever change his life and that of his family members. Now paralyzed from the chest down, Damarion relies on his mother and siblings for basic necessities and working to gain measures of independence.
Award of Excellence, Feature - Liz Dufour / The Cincinnati Enquirer, “First Day”Students head into school at College Hill Fundamental Academy on the first day of school, Wednesday, August, 14, 2024.
