Best of the Blade: March 31 — April 6

The Blade Staff

April 8, 2019

: Toledo Mud Hens RF Victor Reyes makes it safely to third base agains the Louisville Bats during the fifth inning of the home opener baseball game Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio. The Mud Hens defeated Louisville, 10-5. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH SPT MudHens04

: A groundsman works on the baseball diamond at Fifth Third Field on Monday, April 1, 2019. The Toledo Mud Hens home opener is on April 4, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT CTY roversmudhens

: Top of a wind turbine in Payne, Ohio on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. THE BLADE/LORI KING CTY WindPower08

: Nadira Yaldoo, right, who received a kidney transplant in 2018, left, gets support from Erica Reid, of Life Connection of Ohio Toledo Regional Office, after Yaldoo listens to her granddaughter speak about her during an annual flag raising to celebrate the beginning of National Donate Life Month at UTMC on Thursday, April 4, 2019. The event is meant to serve as a reminder of the ongoing need for organ and tissue donors, as well as to recognize those whose donations have helped save lives and those who are living today because of an organ transplant. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT CTY UTMC05

: From left Toledo Mud Hens players Jacob Robson, Ronny Rodriguez, and Victor Reyes celebrate defeating the Louisville Bats, 10-5, during the home opener baseball game Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio. The Mud Hens defeated Louisville, 10-5. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH SPT MudHens04

: Lamar Smith, Rogers head girls basketball coach, wears the championship ring from last year as he stands at the podium as his team is honored during a city council meeting at One Government Center in Toledo on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The Rogers girls basketball team won back-to-back state titles, with their most recent being won last month. Smith says the rings from this year’s championship are still being made. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS CTY Rogers02p

: The American Flag is reflected in the window of the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH ROV Flag28p

: Peter Smith give Madonna a high five during Opening Day for the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo, Ohio on Thursday April 4, 2019. THE BLADE/REBECCA BENSON SOC society05

: Toledo Mud Hens infielder Ronny Rodriguez takes batting practice Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH SPT MudHens03

: A person walks down the hall in the warm afternoon light Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH CTY ROVER03p

: Patti Halloran, center, jumps for joy while following the crowd to the stadium to watch the Mud Hens home opener on Thursday, April 4, 2019. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT CTY openingday02

: Muddy and Muddonna leap in the air for a photo opportunity at home plate before first pitch at the Toledo Mud Hens opening day game against Louisville Bats at Fifth Third Field in Toledo on Thursday, April 4, 2019. THE BLADE/KURT STEISS CTY fangallery05

: No one was reported to have been injured by the collapse of the Maumee Avenue bridge onto railroad tracks owned by Norfolk Southern in Toledo, Ohio on April 3, 2019. The bridge was closed at the time of the accident. The Blade/Jetta Fraser CTY maumeeave03p