Feb 2019 Winners
Khai Le
Entertainment
1st Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
2nd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
3rd Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
Feature
1st Place
Thomas R Cordova / Long Beach Post
2nd Place
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
3rd Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
General News
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2nd Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
3rd Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
Portrait
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
HM
Thomas R Cordova / Long Beach Post
2nd Place
Keith Birmingham / Pasadena Star News
3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Photo Essay
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
![Local southpaw super featherweight boxer Carlos "Pepper" Saucedo, 23, of Fontana walks around the ring greeting each young boxer with a fist bump before starting his nightly two hour workout with trainer and father Ruben Saucedo at M.T.C. Boxing Clu](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433262177-T9GD354SAPUVN4UNHXG9/02_ESSAY_TLP_a1.jpg)
![Boxer 'Pepper" Carlos Saucedo of Fontana has a Pepper tattoo on his left forearm for his southpaw punching power in San Bernardino on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433262004-9F9IU9WKSKAQDXX8YOY9/02_ESSAY_TLP_a2.jpg)
![Carlos Saucedo, 23, plays with Emma Morales, 3, his girlfriend, Crystal Munoz, 21, daughter before getting into the ring to train at M.T.C. Boxing Club in San Bernardino on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433266128-X03IV7SET4LBUCUTBIJS/02_ESSAY_TLP_a3.jpg)
![Boxer Carlos Saucedo, 23, of Fontana spends some quite time with girlfriend Crystal Munoz, 21, at M.T.C. Boxing Club four days before the his fight after his nightly workout in San Bernardino on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433268732-ALZOQ1T8R7RWTNL1FAUL/02_ESSAY_TLP_a4.jpg)
![Carlos Saucedo arrives for his super featherweight bout against Misael Chacon at Florentine Gardens almost three hours before his bout in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019.PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433267858-2G30IILQ3I0TEQAL4FQA/02_ESSAY_TLP_a5.jpg)
![Waiting in the dressing room is not always exciting as Carlos Saucedo listens to music with more then an hour to go to box Misael Chacon in their super featherweight bout at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED F](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433268954-CZB1UCXQORXM7VSJITX6/02_ESSAY_TLP_a6.jpg)
![Carlos Saucedo smiles as his aunt arrives in the dressing to greet him room as cut man Enrique Ramos ties on the 8oz. gloves before the super featherweight bout at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433271816-N13U18A8POKCCMI5UCFO/02_ESSAY_TLP_a7.jpg)
![Carlos Saucedo, 23, warms up with trainer and father Ruben Saucedo, 49 of El Monte as corner man Jimmy Quiroz watches in a back room less then an hour before the fight at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED Feb.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433271820-LTI9P8EXVV0S7Q69H3WZ/02_ESSAY_TLP_a8.jpg)
![It's Pepper Time for Carlos Saucedo, center and the rest of Team Pepper as they stage in the hallway waiting for intro music to start before the super featherweight bout at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED Fe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433273542-SSG9CKJUXTP102RHI1M6/02_ESSAY_TLP_a9.jpg)
![Boxers Carlos Saucedo, right lands a punch as he boxes Misael Chacon in the first round of their super featherweight bout at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433273955-UON4QCFGC5PCV8VCSQII/02_ESSAY_TLP_a10.jpg)
![Carlos Saucedo, grimaces in pain on the mat after breaking his left wrist with a body shot blocked by Misael Chacon in the second round of their super featherweight bout at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED Fe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433274980-QEE6BQI5B0XJN3VLNSFM/02_ESSAY_TLP_a11.jpg)
![Carlos Saucedo does a video interview with an ice pack still on his hand after breaking it while boxing Misael Chacon during their super featherweight bout at Florentine Gardens in Hollywood on Saturday, February 16, 2019. PUBLISHED Feb. 21, 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433275248-JTTB9HLAZK3Y1IQQQPW2/02_ESSAY_TLP_a12.jpg)
HM
Ronen Tivony / Freelance
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2nd Place
Ronen Tivony / Freelance
![US-POLITICS-ELIZABETH WARREN-RALLY](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433727995-OBS9ZW5WVU8MG3039DQG/02_RT_ElizabethWarren_01.jpg)
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![US-POLITICS-ELIZABETH WARREN-RALLY](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1573433734693-L2U77MDMY0V1ZOM7NFIZ/02_RT_ElizabethWarren_04.jpg)
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3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Sport Action
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
HM
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2nd Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
3rd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
Sport Feature
1st Place
Keith Birmingham / Pasadena Star News
HM
Michael Coons / The Acron Newspapers
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Michael Coons / The Acron Newspapers
Spot News
1st Place
Joe Fanaselle / Freelance
2nd Place
Joe Fanaselle / Freelance
3rd Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise - 220
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance - 195
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 160
Thomas R Cordova / Long Beach Post - 100
Keith Birmingham / Pasadena Star News - 90
Joe Fanaselle / Freelance - 50
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register - 50
Michael Coons / The Acorns Newspapers - 45
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 45
Watchara Phomicinda / The Press-Enterprise - 30
Ronen Tivony / Freelance - 30
Cindy Yamanaka / The Press Enterprise - 10
Jeff Gritchen / Orange County Register - 05
Judged by Rob Goebel, Alan Petersime and Joe Vitti, all retired Indianapolis Star photographers.