Feature - 1st place - Susan Sturgill, who turns 103 on April 30, shares a moment with entertainer Bud Couts as he takes a song request during a birthday for Susan and four other residents at Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living in Barberton. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 2nd place - Avery Simmerman, an Indian Valley High School student, juggles gloves during the Line Worker Rodeo at Buckeye Career Center. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Feature - 3rd place - Ashley Dallaire, of Toledo, reaches a branch during the Tree Climbing Dance program at Secor Metropark in Berkey. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - HM - Bernadette Kinemond, 6, spots a piece of trash her mom Abigail rolls the tire back to the trash can during the City of Perrysburg’s annual Great American Cleanup at Orleans Park in Perrysburg. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - HM - University of Toledo students throw colored powder on each other to celebrate Holi during Holi Toledo Celebration at UT’s Centennial Mall in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Matthew Exton, accused of an attempted shooting at a downtown restaurant, smiles as he appears in Toledo Municipal Court . (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Robert Harper starts to eat his meal at Helping Hands of St. Louis in Toledo. About 300 free traditional Easter meals, which included ham, potatoes, salad, and a dessert, were served to guests. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - A Lucas County Children Services staff member carries in a candle representing a deceased child during the Child Memorial event at The Summit Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - HM - Eleanor Heisey, a Fort Miami Elementary School third grader, flexes and makes a face as she tries on a police vest at the Maumee Police Department during the Kid Mayors for the Day program in Maumee. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - HM - Jerry Ferris, the Ohio Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, salutes Korean War veteran Leroy Campbell during a program at Victory Ridge on the campus of Dayton VA Medical Center. Ferris received three purple hearts while serving during the Vietnam War. While work is in progress for Campbell to receive a Purple Heart, Ferris decided to give Campbell one of the medals he received for his Vietnam service. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Portrait - 1st place - Prem Jyothi Punnam, owner of Amma’s Authentic Indian Kitchen in Sylvania. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Taylor Shine, founder and editor-in-chief of eMPWR Magazine, at TolHouse in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Mike Donofrio poses next to the vacant dilapidated home across the street from his home, at right, in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss/ / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - A young Toledo fan bangs on the glass during warmups of an ECHL playoff hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo.. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Whitmer boys head track coach Chris Humphrey (right) plays football with his team during a spring break practice at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Toledo’s Brandon Kruse enters the ice before the first period of an ECHL playoff hockey game at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Members of the Dayton Flyers Red Squad watch the action during Dayton's Spring intra squad scrimmage. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports Feature - HM - Cleveland Guardians outfielder Nolan Jones (22) is mobbed by teammates after his walk-of walk during the ninth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Spot News - 1st place - A man waits for help after driving into high water on Eldean Road just off of North County Road 25A. Miami County Sheriff’s deputies and Troy EMS responded. A Troy firefighter brought him a lifejacket, and helped him walk safely out of the high water. (Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Spot News - 2nd place - The memorial for 13-year-old Kei’mani Latigue is seen in the foreground as an excavator demolishes the home her body was found last month after it caught fire in East Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Spot News - 3rd place - A crew with Asplundh Tree Expert works to remove a tree from a power pole along Walnut St just before Indian Valley High School after a severe storm in Gnadenhutten. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 1st place - A Garaway softball baserunner is safe at first base, during a regular season game against Sandy Valley. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 2nd place - Cincinnati's Daylee Dunn sprints down the home stretch of the 400 meter dash at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational at Gettler Stadium in Cincinnati. Dunn finished in 10th place with at time of 58.31. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - 3rd place - Kam Rusnak (11) of the Newcomerstown Trojans catches a high throw from the cutoff man as Spencer Haney (4) of the Indian Valley Braves slides safely into third base during a regular season game at Indian Valley High School in Gnadenhutten. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - HM - Columbus Crew midfielder Daniel Gazdag (right) heads the ball over Inter Miami defender Jordi Alba (18) during the second half of an MLS soccer match at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - HM - Woodridge base runner Rory Johnston steals third under Streetsboro third baseman Nate Estep during the third inning of a high school baseball game in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
