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)
![Competitors in the full marathon wait for the race to begin during the Mayor's Marathon, Sunday, April 22, 2018, at Berl Huffman Athletic Complex in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bradtollefson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-22-Lubbock-Marathon-01.jpg)
![Tristan Mize (235) competes in the bull riding competition during the ABC Pro Rodeo, Thursday, March 29, 2018, at Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bradtollefson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-03-29-ABC-Pro-Rodeo-01.jpg)
![Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver (23) lays up the ball around Florida's Dontay Bassett (21) during an NCAA college basketball tournament second-round game Saturday, March 17, 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bradtollefson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-03-17-Texas-Tech-Florida-Basketball-01.jpg)
![Texas Tech's Zhaire Smith (2) tries to lay up the ball as he is blocked by Stephen F. Austin's Leon Gilmore (3) during an NCAA college basketball tournament first-round game Thursday, March 15, 2018, at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. [Brad Tollefson/A-J Media]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bradtollefson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-03-15-Texas-Tech-Stephen-F-Austin-Basketball-01.jpg)