Midwest – February 2026 – Sports Action

Judges Comments

This was a very competitive category but the winning image was the clear front runner. Fantastic framing and moment. Judges loved the emotion on the faces of the players in the second image. The final image was a tough call but was decided on based on a combination of the photographer's technical skills and luck to successfully photograph a compelling surface cohesion picture.

Judges: Yannick Peterhans/NorthJersey.com, Julian Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com