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Place Name: First Place
Contestant Name: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Entry Title: Bloom-Carroll Loses State Championship Baseball in Akron
Entry Credit: Ty Wright
Judge Comment: The photographer knows sports are about more than the action on the field -- they're about the crowd swept away by love of their team, the heart-wrenching hugs like nobody is watching, and the fury of grown men doing face-to-face battle over a game that means so much more than can be captured in a score printed in the next day's paper.
Place Name: Second Place
Contestant Name: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Entry Title: Millersport Football Returns After Four Year Hiatus
Entry Credit: Ty Wright
Judge Comment: These lovely photos tell the story of young people's devotion to their sport, the heartbreak of being torn away from it, and the joy of being reunited. The viewer can practically feel the bleachers under their bum and the vibrations of excitement in the air in these photos that capture what it is to be young and in love with a sport and a moment in time.
Place Name: Third Place
Contestant Name: The Marietta Times
Entry Title: A day at the fair
Entry Credit: Amy Phelps
Judge Comment: The photographer had an eye for stories beyond the obvious shots of happy people and animals during her trip to the fair. Love that she noticed the chewed ribbons and caught a chick moments after birth.