Feature - 1st place - Henry Crooks, 4, climbs into a scooper during The Science of Big Machines display at the Imagination Station in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - A couple relax in the shade as all three of the Goodyear blimps prepare to take off at Wingfoot Lake State Park on in Suffield Township. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Feature - 3rd place - Ja’Syi Hughes, 8, of Toledo works on doing a handstand while trying to stay cool at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Toledo Police Officer Jamal Owens holds a flower given to him by a protestor during No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance rally at Promenade Park in downtown Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - London Stewart, 14, of Toledo uses an otoscope to look inside Dr. Paul Schaefer’s ear during CampMed at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Kingston Bohannon, 5, gets a high five from a person dressed up as a home with the OWE Historic District Parade of Homes during the Old West End Festival’s King Wamba Parade in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Illustration - 1st place - Whipped Lemon and Raspberry Parfait (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 2nd place - Blueberry Cloud Pie at Call of the Canyon Cafe in Bowling Green. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 3rd place - Tiramisu Martini (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Miguel Angel Jiménez of Spain enjoys a victory cigar after hanging on to beat Steven Alker of New Zealand in a playoff during the 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - 2nd place - Jack Ream, 95, founder of the Tuscarawas County Homeless Shelter as well as the Greater Dover New Philadelphia Food Bank, recalls some history of his life while staying at Park Village Health Care in Dover. Jack founded the two organizations at just 72 years old. The homeless shelter is expanding with an entirely new structure that will be attached the existing one, and has been named Jack's House of Hope in his honor. He says that it still won't be enough to address the current homeless situation in the county. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Portrait - 3rd place - Jim Obergefell reflects on the 10 year anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized gay marriage at Mr. Smith’s Coffee House in Sandusky. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - The Walsh Jesuit baseball team celebrates after beating Lakewood in a Division II regional championship game at Figgie Field in Gates Mills. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Coach Avery Cooper’s reflective sunglasses shows his return of the ball during the Pickleball Clinic at Jermain Park in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Perkins Pirates relief pitcher Braxden Martin (5) is drenched with water in the pouring rain as he and teammates celebrate their defeat over Indian Hill in the Ohio Division IV state tournament semifinal game, at Thurman Munson Stadium, in Canton. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Spot News - 1st place - The Toledo Fire Department assesses the situation after a truck pulling an oil tank flipped over on Cherry Street and Detroit Avenue in Toledo. (Addison Annis / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Lebanon shortstop Emma Sheidler (20) reacts after tagging out Lancaster’s’ Mckenzie White (99) in a Division I state softballs semifinal game in Akron. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports - 2nd place - Toledo’s Jace Jung misses the ball as it hits Omaha’s Tyler Gentry in the back during a game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 3rd place - Søren Kjeldsen of Denmark blasts out of a bunker on the 11th hole during the second round of the 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club, in Akron. (Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place - Lebanon celebrates their defeat over Lancaster in a Division I state softball game in Akron. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 2nd place - An Amherst Steele fan takes pictures before an OHSAA Division II state baseball semifinal game against the New Albany Eagles, at Thurman Munson Stadium, in Canton. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 3rd place - Guelfi Firenze players dunk head coach Byron McAdams after defeating the Dolphins Ancona, 49-14, in the XLIV Italian Bowl at the Glass Bowl in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
