Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Free Lance-Star Entry Title: Face full of sand Entry Credit: Tristan Lorei Judge Comment: Best of this category. Emotion, action and cropping, this image stands above the rest of the field.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Daily News-Record Entry Title: Dangerous Play Entry Credit: Daniel Lin Judge Comment: Night soccer action like this is difficult to get. Like the tight crop.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The News & Advance Entry Title: Headbutt Entry Credit: Paige Dingler Judge Comment: Very good, but not quite with the two which placed above. Crop it tight and vertical.
Competition Comment: All-around strong entries, but those awarded stood out from the rest.