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2010 Photo Contest Winners

2010 OGE-OPA Photo Contest Winners

2010 Daily Sweepstakes Winner

Bull and rider leap in the air, rider leans to left side

ED BLOCHOWIAK, Shawnee News-Star
Ben Tannehill of Monroe, La., does his best to hang on during bull riding competition at the International Finals Youth Rode in Shawnee.

2010 Weekly Sweepstakes Winner

Several female softball players together, covered in silly string

LOUISE RED CORN, The Bigheart Times
The Lady Panthers couldn't celebrate their district championship for too long: regional play begins at 3 p.m. Thursday in Dewar against Welch.

December Daily Winner

Santa holds a little baby with wide eyes

BRANDON NERIS, Lawton Constitution
Santa Claus finds a stocking full of cuteness in four-month-old Isaiah Love during a pre-fight Christmas Eve visit to Comanche County Memorial Hospital's Starlight Ward for Children.

December Weekly Winner

Closeup of basketball player's face and hands near ball as he falls

RICK HEATON, Owasso Reporter
Owasso's Connor Coleman is tripped on his way to the hoop.

November Daily Winner

Almost a dozen firefighters and EMS huddled and kneeling down on ground. A house fire burns in background.

JERRY LAIZURE, The Norman Transcript
Norman firefighters, police officers and EMSSTAT medics treat four victims of a house fire.

November Weekly Winner

A little boy in red and white striped shirt and jeans throws arms and fall leaves in the air

DARLA WELCHEL, The Newcastle Pacer
Five-year-old frolics in the autumn leaves.

October Daily Winner

Softball player lays on ground with dirt in air. Helmet is visible but dirt hides face.

JERRY LAIZURE, The Norman Transcript
Purcell's Kaile Marcum slides safely into second with a stolen base during the Class 4A state tournament in Oklahoma City.

October Weekly Winner

An adult and a couple small children sit on ground, surrounded by five EMS workers, one holding backboard.

DARLA WELCHEL, The Newcastle Pacer
Desperately Reaching: Although these two young children escaped injury during a two-car accident on Hwy 37 and NW32nd, they were traumatized by the ordeal, reaching towards a family member being cared for by the Newcastle Fire Department and the McClain County EMS. Increased traffic and motorists exceeding the posted 45 mph speed limit have contributed to more accidents on Newcastle streets.

September Daily Winner

Two opposing football players leap in the air in the endzone to catch a football.

CHELCEY ADAMI, Stillwater NewsPress
OSU wide receiver Justin Blackmon goes up high for a touchdown against Tulsa.

September Weekly Winner

Several female softball players together, covered in silly string

LOUISE RED CORN, The Bigheart Times
The Lady Panthers couldn’t celebrate their district championship for too long: regional play begins at 3 p.m. Thursday in Dewar against Welch.

August Daily Winner

Three law enforcement officers stand outside a home's front door. One man bends down to put a hand on the head of a toddler child standing on the porch clutching the man's pants. The man's other hand holds a gun behind his back.

JEFF BARRON, Weatherford Daily News
An officer attempts to keep a young child at bay as a joint task force of the Weatherford Police Department, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and the Custer County Sheriff's Department, among others, attempted to serve 50 warrants in five communities.

August Weekly Winner

A boy on a horse run around a barrel in dirt with white fence in background.

DONALD COOPER, The Carnegie Herald
Landon Sechrist rounds the second barrel in the barrel racing event at Kid Night.

July Daily Winner

Bull and rider leap in the air, rider leans to left side

ED BLOCHOWIAK, Shawnee News-Star
Ben Tannehill of Monroe, La., does his best to hang on during bull riding competition at the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee.

July Weekly Winner

Two men try to stop a broncing bull facing camera

LOUISE RED CORN, The Bigheart Times
Alvin Morris of the Boston Pool Rough Riders met his match with a spotted bull that appeared ready to trample the photographer along with everyone else in his path.

June Daily Winner

Many bicycle riders in helmets facing camera round a curve

JOSH NEWTON, Tahlequah Daily Press
Downtown Tahlequah hosted SpeedWheel in a figure-eight style race around Norris Park. The race was part of the annual Oklahoma FreeWheel.

June Weekly Winner

A man looks up at a marijuana plants next to him that are twice as tall as he is

C. L. HARMON, The Cleveland American 
Street Value Estimated at $20 Million – Sheriff Roger Price inspects marijuana plants.

May Daily Winner

Overhead view of dark clouds with town buildings below

DREW HARMON, The Edmond Sun
Storm clouds move across central Edmond on the evening of Wednesday, May 19, in this view looking northeast from downtown.

May Weekly Winner

A baseball player flips over top of an opposing player, with baseball in air in top right corner

CHUCK REHERMAN, Yukon Review
Shortstop Cold Pickens goes head over heels after Norman North's Connor Russell slides into second to break up a doubleplay attempt during the Region III Tournament

April Daily Winner

An EMS worker walks alongside a stretched carrying a man strapped to headboard with IV bag hanging. Several people in far background

JERRY WILLIS, Muskogee Phoenix
Medics wheel a man injured during a shooting Saturday, April 10, in Muskogee's Arrowhead Mall. One man was killed and five people were injured in what Muskogee police say is a gang-related attack.

April Weekly Winner

Two opposing female soccer players try to hit soccerball in air with their heads. Faces show eyes squinted shut.

RICK HEATON, Owasso Reporter
Britton Ewy of Owasso goes up for a header against a Sand Springs opponent during district play.

March Daily Winner

Closeup of a female basketball player with ball looking around the body and arms raised from an opposing player in front of her.

JERRY LAIZURE, The Norman Transcript
Oklahoma center Abi Olajuwon [34] tries to get around Notre Dame center Erica Williamson [52] during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA women's championship in Kansas City. Oklahoma advanced to the Elite Eight round after defeating the Irish, 77-72

March Weekly Winner

Back of firefighter kneeling down at night with fire buring in background

TERRI CHERVENKA, Elk Citian
A Clinton fireman mans a hose as Elk City firefighters are seen in the backgroun on other sets of hoses. Agencies from all around western Oklahoma responded to help fight the huge fire.

February Daily Winner

Firefighter stands in front of a structure on fire

BEN WOLOSZYN, Stillwater NewsPress
Ripley firefighter William Belford stands next to a burning mobile home fire in the communty of Mehan. A grass fire burned the vacant structure and several abandoned vehicles on the property.

Feburary Weekly Winner

Young woman points and looks thru shotgun at camera

RICK HEATON, Owasso Reporter
Riley Moody, 16, an Owasso Mid-High student, was recently named to the Junior Olympik Skeet Shooting team.

January Daily Winner

A vehicle upside down, laying on its roof while fireman walks in front of it

BEN WOLOSZYN, Stillwater NewsPress
A Stillwater firefighter walks around a rolled over Chevy pickup truck on the southbound side of Interstate 35 at the Oklahoma Highway 51 interchange on Jan. 28, 2010. Ice and snow across most of the state caused slippery driving conditions.

January Weekly Winner

A female basketball player fights for the ball near the ground from a couple opposing players reaching for the ball

CHUCK REHERMAN, The Yukon Review
Laila Sulieman (left) and Mashelle Nicholson attempt to steal the ball from Ardmore’s Gaby Agers during the opening round of the Ardmore Holiday Festival. The Millerettes toppled class 4A No. 3 ranked McGuinness 45-35 in the finals.