The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won 14 Golden Quill awards last night in the annual journalism contest sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania.

P-G sportswriter Robert Dvorchak captured the Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, for his "The Steelers at 75 Series."

That series also won the general sports category in the competition for daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000.

The Post-Gazette also won in the following categories:

• News Illustration, Daniel Marsula.

• Livolsi-Schriner Award for Feature Illustration, Daniel Marsula.

• Editorial cartoon, Rob Rogers.

• Harry Coughanour Award for Feature Photography, Newspapers, Wire Services or Magazines, Steve Mellon.

• Feature, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000, Virginia Phillips.

• Online Multimedia Feature, Steve Mellon and Michael Fuoco.

• Science/Technology, Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000, Don Hopey.

• Criticism, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000, Barbara Vancheri.

• Editorial, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000, Susan Mannella.

• Online multimedia news, multimedia team.

• Enterprise/Investigative Series, Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Over 45,000: Tracie Mauriello, Tom Barnes and Dennis Roddy.

• Spot News Photography, Steve Mellon.

The other winners:

• Feature, magazines, Christine O'Toole, H Magazine.

• Feature, non-daily newspapers, Lee Chottiner, The Jewish Chronicle.

• Radio feature/documentary, Ann Murray, WYEP-FM.

• Photo essay or story, John Beale, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Feature/series, videography, Paul Ruggieri, WQED-TV.

• Feature, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Patti Conley, Beaver County Times.

• Feature, television, David Solomon, Paul Ruggieri, Andy Masich, WQED.

• Public affairs/documentary, television, Michael Bartley, Nathalie Berry, Bob Lubomski and Paul Ruggieri, WQED.

• Business, magazines, Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Business, daily newspapers and wire services, non-daily newspapers, Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper.

• Business, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Jennifer Thomas, Centre Daily Times.

• Business, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Robin Acton, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Health/medical, magazines, Bo Schwerin, Pitt Magazine.

• Health/medical, non-daily newspapers, Kris Mamula, Pittsburgh Business Times.

• Health/medical, daily newspapers and wire services, Randy Griffith, The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat.

• Health/medical, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Science/technology, magazines, Joseph Plummer, Pittsburgh Magazine.

• Science/technology, non-daily newspapers, Kris Mamula, Pittsburgh Business Times.

• Cultural, magazines, Graham Shearing, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Cultural, non-daily newspapers, Aaron Jentzen, Pittsburgh City Paper.

• Cultural, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Brad Hundt, (Washington, Pa.) Observer-Reporter.

• Cultural, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Regis Behe, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Criticism, magazines, Sandy Levis, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Criticism, non-daily newspapers, Adam Grossi, Pittsburgh City Paper.

• Criticism, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Brad Hundt, (Washington, Pa.) Observer-Reporter.

• Sports, non-daily newspapers, Melissa Meinzer, Pittsburgh City Paper.

• Sports, magazines, Adam Lynch, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Sports reporting, radio, Eric Hagman, KQV.

• Sports reporting, television, Alby Oxenreiter, Scott Dobson, Ward Hobbs, WPXI.

• Sports photography, newspapers, wire services and magazines, Andrew Russell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Sports videography, Michael Challik, KDKA-TV.

• Sports, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Mike Mastovich, The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat.

• Editorial, magazines, Douglas Heuck, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Editorial, non-daily newspapers, Alan Wallace, Times Express.

• Radio commentary/editorial, Robert W. Dickey, KQV.

• Editorial, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Mitchel Olszak, New Castle News.

• Commentary/editorial, television, Rick Henry, WTAE.

• Column, magazines, Jeff Sewald, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Column, non-daily newspapers, Jonathan Mayo, The Jewish Chronicle.

• Column, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Marsha Keefer, Beaver County Times.

• Column, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Eric Heyl, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Enterprise/investigative series, magazines, Lindsay Brooke and Kami Buchholz, SAE International.

• Enterprise/investigative series, non-daily newspapers, Zandy Dudiak, Times Express.

• Enterprise/investigative series, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Anne Danahy and Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily Times.

• Enterprise/investigative article, magazines, Jeffery Fraser, H Magazine.

• Enterprise/investigative article, non-daily newspapers, Violet Law, Pittsburgh City Paper.

• Enterprise/investigative news, radio, Reid Frazier, WYEP-FM.

• Enterprise/investigative article, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Jay Young, Altoona Mirror.

• Enterprise/investigative news, television, Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE.

• Enterprise/investigative article, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

• Spot News, non-daily newspapers, Tawnya Panizzi, The Herald.

• Spot news, radio, Kevin Gavin, WDUQ-FM.

• Spot news, videography, Chris Kunicki, KDKA.

• Spot news, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Bob Bauder, Michael Pound and Larissa Theodore, Beaver County Times.

• Spot News, television, news staff, WPXI.

• Spot News, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Kara Rhodes and Steven M. Sweeney, Erie Times-News.

• Continuing coverage, magazines, Merle Jantz and Elizabeth Raffaele, Mt. Lebanon Magazine.

• Continuing coverage, non-daily newspapers, Ben Semmes, Pittsburgh Business Times.

• Continuing coverage, radio, Jennifer Szweda Jordan, WYEP-FM.

• Continuing coverage, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation under 45,000, Mike Joseph, Centre Daily Times.

• Continuing coverage, television, Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE.

• Continuing coverage, daily newspapers and wire services, circulation over 45,000, Ed Palattella, Erie Times-News.

The following Quill Award winners also received best-of-show awards:

• Ed Romano Memorial Award: Photography/Videography: "Portrait of the Allegheny," John Beale, Pittsburgh Quarterly.

• Ed King Memorial Award: Television: "State Agency Secrets," Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross and Michael Lazorko, WTAE-TV.

• Ed King Memorial Award: Radio: "Transit Cuts, "Kevin Gavin, WDUQ-FM<./P>

• Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Non-Daily Newspapers and Magazines: "Defining Death Sparks Debate," Kris Mamula, Pittsburgh Business Times<./P>

• Ray Sprigle Memorial Award: Daily Newspapers and Wire Services, Circulation Under 45,000: "Paycheck to Paycheck," Anne Danahy and Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily Times.

Also during the awards presentation, the Press Club honored Aviva Radbord, weekend assignment editor/public affairs producer for KDKA-TV, with the President's Award, and the organization honored Toni Locy, former Shott Chair of Journalism professor at West Virginia University, with the Service to Journalism Award.

Rossilynne Skena of Level Green, a sophomore at Penn State University, received the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania scholarship, given to an aspiring journalism student.