With the help of the people at GateHouse Live, we at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Lone Star Varsity, host our inaugural High School Sports Awards Banquet. We presented awards to the top athletes across the South Plains in 20 different sports. As well as awards for the male and female athletes of the year, coach of the year and comeback player of the year. Also, as the guest of honor, Danny Amendola did a Q&A on stage with Don Williams and Bart Reagor.
![Danny Amendola talks on stage with Don Williams and Bart Reagor during the Lone Star Varsity High School Sports Awards Banquet, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bradtollefson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-05-30-LSV-Awards-Banquet-02.jpg)
![Monterey's Braylyn Dollar throws the discus during the UIL State Track and Field meet, Friday, May 11, 2018, at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. Dollar finished first in the competition with a throw of 146 feet 2 inches. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bradtollefson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-05-11-State-Track-Field-Meet-01.jpg)