2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Napoleon’s George Eggers dives the ball into the end zone for a touchdown during a high school football game at Clay High School in Oregon, on Friday, September 12, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Coach Avery Cooper’s reflective sunglasses shows his return of the ball during the Pickleball Clinic at Jermain Park in Toledo on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, St. Francis’ Parker Conlan dives to attempt to hit the ball out of St. John’s Kyler Ayers stick during an OHSAA Division II regional boys lacrosse match at St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. St. Francis defeated St. John’s, 13-6.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Lacie Granstrom hugs her daughter Melhoney, left, after hitting a new PR while competing in the tire squat during the WaughStrong Benefit Competition at the Glass City Crawler Block Party in downtown Toledo on Firday, August 1, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Springfield’s Brody Akenberger slide tackles Napoleon’s Issac Aderman to gain possession of the ball during a boys soccer game at Springfield High School in Holland, on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, St. Francis’ student section congratulates their goalie Carson Dirkmaat during the high school hockey regional title game at BGSU’s Slater Family Ice Arena in Bowling Green on Saturday, March 1, 2025. St. Francis defeated Northview, 5-1.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Toledo’s Sammi Mikonowicz and Bowling Green’s Taya Ellis lunge for the ball during a women’s MAC basketball game at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Central Catholic’s Kaden Kramp, left, takes a water break before the start of the Amazon Prep Kickoff Classic high school football game at Wayne State’s Tom Adams Field in Detroit, on Friday, August 29, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Toledo’s Jace Jung misses the ball as it hits Omaha’s Tyler Gentry in the back during a baseball game at Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Whitmer’s student section tries to distract Perrysburg’s Braylon Foster as he shoots a free throw during Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division boys basketball game at Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Iowa’s Elliott McDermott reaches for the puck against Toledo’s Darby Llewellyn in the first period of an ECHL hockey game at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo, on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Bowling Green’s Lexi Fleming celebrates hitting a three pointer in the final second of the first period during a women’s MAC basketball game at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Napoleon Paul Sausser shakes the water off his head during a high school football game at Clay High School in Oregon, on Friday, September 12, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, Rossford’s Noel Reinhart smiles before pinning Avon Lake’s Mallory Zadel in the 110 pound match during the girls wrestling district tournament at Findlay High School in Findlay on Saturday, March 2, 2025.
2nd Place, Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year - The Blade/Rebecca Benson / THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON, St. Francis’ Gabe Lisowski squats on third base as he reacts to Wapakoneta’s win in the Division III high school baseball regional final at Lake Erie Crushers Stadium in Avon on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Wapakoneta defeated St. Francis, 6-5.
