1st Place
Smiley N. Pool The Dallas Morning News
2nd Place
Eli Hartman Odessa American
3rd Place
Brett Coomer Houston Chronicle
Judges:
Jane Tyska/ The Oakland Tribune/East Bay Times/Bay Area News Group, Nhat V. Meyer/ Mercury News, Shae Hammond/ Mercury News
Judges Comments
There was a lot going on in the first-place picture, but we loved it! Second place was a nice behind-the-scenes look that the photographer thought about. Good classic moment for third place, straight-on angle would have been more compelling. And gotten the camera wet! We really liked the tragic story of the coach and his son who both died of Covid-19, but felt it was more of a feature picture story than sports feature.