A photo of mine recently won the Distinguished Sports Photography category for the New York News Publishers Association in the 50,000-175,000 circulation class. Awards are presented for 15 traditional print categories (including sports, feature and news photography) in addition to several online/multimedia categories in five circulation classes. P-S reporter John O’Brien was also honored for Distinguished Investigative Reporting as well as Dave Tobin for his blog “Following Orion.”

McLain Ward’s horse, Phillipa, refuses a jump in the Pasmore Stables Horseman’s Cup during the Syracuse Sporthorse Invitational October 30, 2008 at the Onondaga County War Memorial. Lauren Long / The Post-Standard