Feature - 1st place - Chhum Sok of Columbus fishes for white perch and white bass in the Maumee River at Side Cut Metropark in Maumee. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Feature - 2nd place - Photographed with a slow shutter speed to emphasize movement, first violin Maria Bessmeltseva plays a string quartet during Beethoven, Brews, and BBQ at the Toledo Center for Live Arts. The event was centered around a Beethoven string quartet marathon that features all 16 of Beethoven's string quartets played by Toledo Symphony members. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - DK Cycles Team rider, Tommy Zula, gets some air during a practice session on the pumptrack at Monita Park in Huber Heights. Zula is preparing for the Pumptrack World Championships later this summer in Switzerland (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Feature - HM - A dragonfly suns itself after molting on a log at Dundee Falls, located at the Beach City Wildlife Area, in Wayne Township. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
General News - 1st place - Brian Phillips, the father of the two kids killed (4-year-old Zayn and 8-year-old Alanah), gives a victim impact statement in the sentencing hearing for Marshella Chidester in the Swan Boat Club crash case at the Monroe County Courthouse in Monroe, Michigan. She was convicted of two counts of murder and other charges after crashing her SUV through a birthday party at the boat club. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - 2nd place - Connor Hand, a re-enactor portraying a member of the 1st U.S. Fort Wayne Garrison, fires his musket in the musket demonstration during a re-enactment of the First Siege 1813 at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
General News - 3rd place - Fifth grader Antonio Williams long jumps during a USA Track and Field Run, Jump and Throw event at Rogers High School in Toledo. Elementary students from the Rogers High School feeder schools participate in a variety of activities, including agility exercises, relays, jumping challenges, throwing games, and hurdle drills. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
General News - HM - An Indian Valley High School student adjusts her mortar board before the 2025 commencement ceremony took place in the school gymnasium. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Portrait - 1st place - Nancy Kowalski with a photo of her father-in-law, WWII veteran Gerald Kowalski, whom she never met. Mr. Kowalski is featured in Robert Edsel's book, "Remember Us," that honors WWII soldiers buried in an American cemetery in the Netherlands. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 2nd place - Golibe Aniagboso, 3, plays with a flag after his aunt Chrisomaga Cynthia Akunna, originally of Nigeria, became a U.S. citizen, during a Naturalization Ceremony at United States District Court in Toledo. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
Portrait - 3rd place - Bob Smith has been collecting equipment and memorabilia for 50 years from his time as a funeral home director and ambulance service operator in Tuscarawas County. His work continues to this day in both fields. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - 1st place - St. Francis’ Micah Twigg celebrates a goal against St. John’s during an OHSAA Division II regional lacrosse match at St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo. St. Francis defeated St. John’s, 13-6. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Olivia McCue (1) of the Dover Tornadoes sports a rally cap during an OHSAA Division III East District softball semifinal game against New Philadelphia in Dover. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Whitmer’s TJ Hutchen (left) and Craig Heckard laugh as they finished first and second in the 110m hurdles during the Northern Lakes League championship track meet at Findlay High School. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Walleye’s Jan Bednar enters the ice before the first period of an ECHL playoff hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 1st place - 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 lacrosse match at St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo. St. Francis defeated St. John’s, 13-6. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 2nd place - Springfield’s Kenya Crowley dives safely into second as Central’s Maeley Bragg misses the ball and Kenzi Pacholski backs her up during a Div III district softball final at the William P. Coontz Recreation Complex in Oregon. Springfield defeated Central Catholic, 6-4. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - 3rd place - Perrysburg’s Brayden Heitmeyer dives to catch the ball as Anthony Wayne’s Mason Dzierwa dives into second base during a Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division baseball game at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse. (Rebecca Benson / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Kansas City’s Landon McCallum (left) dives as he and Toledo’s Tyler Spezia go after the puck during an ECHL Kelly Cup Western Conference Final hockey game at the Huntington Center in Toledo. (Kurt Steiss / The Blade)
Sports - HM - Garaway Pirates starting pitcher Audrey Miller (12) is embraced by True Tango (13) after defeating Fort Frye, 2-1, in an OHSAA Division VI East District Softball Championship at Buckeye Trail High School in Old Washington. (Andrew Dolph / The Times Reporter)
Story - 1st place - Birders invade the boardwalk during the Biggest Week in American Birding at Magee Marsh in Oak Harbor. (Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade)
