Josh Bessinger (l), Matilda Watson, and Bo Reed captured MVP honors for tennis at the LCHS Athletic Awards Night held Thursday, May 14, in the school cafeteria. Approximately 300 people attended Athletic Awards Night held Thursday, May 14, in the school cafeteria.

The event was sponsored by the Lincoln County Athletic Booster Club in conjunction with the LCHS Athletic Department.

Guests were welcomed to the ceremony by Larry Campbell, athletic director and head football coach at LCHS.

Next on the program, the various teams were introduced to the audience by their respective coaches.

The remainder of the evening was devoted to the presentation of awards. Those receiving recognition were:

Varsity Baseball

Best Defensive Player: Crafton Reed.

Best Offensive Player: Steven Morris and Curry Colvin.

Captain: Zack Gray.

Coaches' Award for Leadership: Chris Leverett.

MVP: C.J. Jones and Dalton Tankersley.

JV Baseball Most Improved: Trey Burt. Captain: Billy McWhorter. MVP: Dylan Norman. Golf MVP: James Williams.

Girls Track

Most Improved: Syrithia McCladdie.

Coach's Award: JeRee Dukes. MVP: Makiah Hawes.

Boys Track

Most Improved: Keldrick Cunningham.

Coach's Award: Johnny Cobb. MVP: Stacy McClendon.

Girls Tennis

Most Improved: Taylor Dukes and Brittany Perkins.

MVP: Matilda Watson.

Boys Tennis Most Improved: Ward Spratlin. MVP: Bo Reed and Josh Bessinger.

Girls Soccer Coach's Award: Amanda Sims. MVP: Jade Deason and Allie Clark.

Boys Soccer

Leadership Award: Shondez Harrison and Donnell Harris.

Captains: Shondez Harrison and Donnell Harris.

Varsity Girls Basketball

Best Defensive Player: Sayah Cummings.

Best Offensive Player: Amanda Gunby.

Most Improved: Jasmine Partlow. Captain: Makiah Hawes. Leadership: Taylor Fernandes.

Coach's Award: Bethany Beggs.

Spark Awards: Makiah Hawes, Symone Sherman, Sayah Cummings, Datamkia Walton, and Latoya Harris.

MVP: Makiah Hawes.

JV Girls Basketball Most Improved: Courtney Black.

Coach's Award: Montana Dawkins.

MVP: Dasha Bussey.

Varsity Boys Basketball

Best Defensive Player: Marquis Parks.

Best Offensive Player: Alex Ellis. Most Improved: Keestan Wynn. Leadership Award: Alex Ellis.

Captain: Desmond Kilpatrick.

Spark Awards: C.J. Jones and Keestan Wynn.

MVP: Desmond Kilpatrick.

JV Boys Basketball

Coach's Award: Zireycus Letman and Jetavius Marshall.

Captain: Denzel Gunby. Most Improved: Caleb James. MVP: Rusty Scott.

Softball

Best Offensive Player: Amberly Barksdale.

Best Defensive Player: Jade Deason.

Coach's Award: Allie Clark.

MVP: Taylor Fernandes and Bethany Beggs.

Varsity Cheerleading Most Spirited: Rachel Arnett. Most Improved: Alisha Brown. MVP: Audra Bradford.

Competitive Cheerleading Leadership Award: Lena Turner. MVP: Audra Bradford. JV Cheerleading MVP: Jennifer Reid.

Varsity Football

Best Offensive Player: Wilkes Goolsby.

Best Defensive Player: Major Elam.

Captains: Alex Ellis and Zack Gray.

McWhorter Sportsmanship Award: Josh Sims.

Thomas Bunch Character Award: Bo Reed.

Coaches' Golden Helmet Award: Daniel McAlister.

Russell Gibson Heart Award: Wilkes Goolsby and Bo Reed.

Best Defensive Lineman: DeTravis Hearst and Marquis Parks.

Best Linebacker: Taivious McGahee.

Best Defensive Back: Jatoyaus Jones.

Best Special Teams' Player: Vance Tarver.

Best Offensive Back: Jafabian Green.

Best Receiver: Stacy McClendon.

Best Offensive Lineman: Garrett Matthews and Johnny Cobb.

MVP: A.G. Middlebrooks.

Players of the Week: C.J. Jones, Jarren Brown, Clifton Timpson, Tony Raiford, Jeremy Mason, and Chuck Byrne.

At this point in the program, Coach Campbell presented the players, cheerleaders, and managers with region patches.

JV Football

Best Defensive Player: Rusty Scott.

Best Offensive Player: Darrien Gladmon.

Leadership Award: Tyler Banks.

Most Promising Player: Garrett Mohr.

Other Awards

Scholar-Athlete Award: Kashade Andrews, Amanda Broom, Chuck Byrne, Ashton Cartledge, Curry Colvin, Hillary Doss, Amanda Gunby, Donnell Harris, Shondez Harrison, Barbara Hill, C.J. Jones, Garrett Matthews, Daniel McAlister, Lee O'Neill, Morgan Reese, Amanda Scott, Dalton Tankersley, Lena Turner, Matilda Watson, and James Williams.

Closing remarks were delivered by Dr. Becky Barden, LCHS principal.