Feature - 1st place - Benjamin Wepler, 5, looks through the Connect Four holes during the Oregon community Wag for Wellness event at Eastern Community Branch YMCA in Oregon.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Vinicio Becerra, of Eisenhower Intermediate School, waits amongst other participants before The Blade’s Northwest Ohio Championship Spelling Bee begins at Maumee Indoor Theatre in Maumee.(Addison Annis / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Aliannah Garcia covers her eyes while playing a game during the Central Catholic’s 17th-Annual Dance Clinic at Central Catholic’s Sullivan Center.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 1st place - Kabreyah Stewart (left) Elise Robinson (center) and Erin Russell react to getting surprised with scholarships from the Thompson Working Families program along with 200 first-year students at Bowen-Thompson Student Union in Bowling Green.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Sunshine Communities volunteer Ryan gets a hug from Donna Masney after delivering Mobile Meals to her in Swanton.(Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Sahar Khan closes her eyes in prayer before an Iftar Dinner hosted by the Ottawa Hills Muslim Student Association at Ottawa Hills Elementary School in Toledo.(Addison Annis / The Blade)
Illustration - 1st place - Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse pays homage to The Kid from Akron with their Steak LeBron, a 14 ounce New York Strip topped with jumbo shrimp, béarnaise sauce and asparagus.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Illustration - 2nd place - Lox Bagels(Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - 3rd place - Cream Cheese Stuffed Garlic Bagels(Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Illustration - HM - A Jiggs dinner plate at Manhattan's Pub 'n Cheer in Toledo.(Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - Bryce Robinson stands by the remnants of a home he was renovating, which was torn down by the city, in Toledo. City officials said Robinson failed to make progress on the property, while Robinson said he has continued to work on the exterior and make improvements. He has started a GoFundMe to help recover some of his costs and work toward a new project.(Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Battalion Chief Todd Abair with his father Jerry Abair at Fire Station 6 in Toledo.(Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - A game official looks to a coach during a timeout in an OHSAA Div III boys basketball state semifinal game between Archbishop Hoban and Steubenville at University of Dayton Arena.(Andrew Dolph / Akron Beacon Journal)
Portrait - HM - From left, Sheri Lindsey and her teaching partner, Alysia Cloum, who are retiring this year from Greenwood Elementary in Toledo. They have taught together for the last 35 years in the same building and same grade level.(Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 1st place - Stanford’s Aden Valencia runs back to his team after beating Penn State’s Shayne Van Ness in the 149 pound finals match in the NCAA Division I wrestling championships at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly de la Cruz (44) and out fielder TJ Friedl (29) celebrate a win against the Boston Red Sox at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Russia coach Michael Bashore celebrates after the final buzzer in a 40-32 win over Cedarville in a Division VII regional final at Vandalia-Butler's Student Activity Center. The program earned its first state berth with the victory.(Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Sports Feature - HM - Vincent Vetter joins Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson (37) behind the plate ahead of the first inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.(Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Spot News - 1st place - Friends and family react to a house fire that killed two people on Nebraska Avenue in Toledo.(Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Spot News - 2nd place - The fire at Fuyao Glass America rekindled shortly before noon on Tuesday, March 24. While firefighters have been working at the site since it first caught fire Sunday night, they had been focusing on hotspots before a large rekindling on Tuesday which caused black smoke that was visible for miles. The building that caught fire was Fuyao's coating facility, which was still in the finishing stages of construction.(Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Spot News - 3rd place - Graham Schoen, 4, inspects an uprooted tree that fell onto multiple cars due to high winds in the Old Orchard neighborhood of Toledo.(Addison Annis / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Miami RedHawks guard Peter Suder (5) dives after a loose ball in the first half of Mid-American Conference Tournament first round game against the UMass Minutemen at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.(Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 2nd place - UMass guard Jayden Ndjigue (11) collects a rebound over the top in the second half of Mid-American Conference Tournament first round game against the Miami RedHawks at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Top-seeded Miami was eliminated from the tournament with an 87-82 loss to the Minutemen.(Sam Greene / The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports - 3rd place - Iowa State’s Yonger Bastida (left) wrestles NC State’s Isaac Trumble during their 285 pound finals match in the NCAA Division I wrestling championships at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Sports - HM - Toledo Rockets center Austin Parks (25) throws down a dunk between Akron Zips forward Amani Lyles (0) and guard Evan Mahaffey (12) during the second half of the Mid-American Conference championship at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.(Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 1st place - Wrestlers participate in the parade of champions before the OHSAA State Wrestling Championship matches at Value City Arena in Columbus.(Andrew Dolph / Akron Beacon Journal)
Story - 2nd place - Fairmont coach Jeremy Finn hoists the net after cutting it down following the Firebirds' 61-55 overtime win over Princeton in the Division I state final at University of Dayton Arena.(Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Story - 3rd place - Players on St. Henry's bench celebrate after a basket in the first half of the Division VI state final at University of Dayton Arena. The Redskins stormed out to a 26-13 halftime lead on their way to a 53-34 win to capture the program's first state championship.(Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
Story - HM - An Esther Price worker places a piece of candy into a box of assorted chocolates at the company's production facility on Wayne Avenue in Dayton. The company is celebrating its 100th anniversary.(Bryant Billing / Dayton Daily News)
