Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Prince William Times Entry Title: Winning coach's fist pump Entry Credit: Doug Stroud Judge Comment: Photographer put themself in a excellent position that brings the viewers onto the sidelines with them. There's a lot of drama and emotion conveyed in this shot. Well done.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: InsideNoVa/Prince William Entry Title: Patriot crowd Entry Credit: Bill Kamenjar Judge Comment: Photographer chose to focus on the sidelines instead of the peak action and it paid off here. Great layers of emotion conveyed in the faces of players, coaches and crowd.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Prince William Times Entry Title: State championship winning coach cuts down the net Entry Credit: Doug Stroud Judge Comment: One of the cleanest celebration shots we've seen and still manages to communicate the win.
Competition Comment: In many ways, great sports feature photos are more difficult to do than sports action since the moments are found around the edges of the action. These photographers nailed it. Well done.
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