Carroll Senior High School (commonly known as Southlake Carroll) is a publicsecondary school in Southlake, Texas, serving students in grades 11 and 12. The school is part of the Carroll Independent School District, serving the majority of the city of Southlake, Texas and portions of northwest Grapevine, far northern Colleyville and eastern Westlake. The building is located at 1501 W.Southlake Blvd at the intersection of S.Peytonville Avenue and Southlake Blvd.
History
Carroll Senior High School was founded in 1919 as Carroll School, better known at the time as Carroll Hill School, and served students in grades 1-9. In 1959, Carroll became an Independent School District. In 1965, Carroll ISD was fully accredited for primary and secondary education. The original Carroll High School opened in 1970. In 1992, a new campus was opened and served grades 9–12 until the year 2000, when 9th grade was moved to Carroll Junior High School (now Carroll High School) to accommodate growth. In 2002, the school became a true "split campus" when Carroll Junior High School became Carroll High School, serving freshmen and sophomores, and Carroll High School became Carroll Senior High School, serving juniors and seniors.
Athletics
Carroll Dragons sports teams have won 56 state athletic titles, and finished as runner-up 13 times.
State Champs: (3A, 1982) (4A, 2002) (6A 2018, 2019, 2022)
Runner-Up: (5A, 2008)
The 2018 Dragons beat San Antonio Reagan at Dell Diamond by a score of 7–2 on June 9, 2018, led by coach Larry Vucan, to win the UIL Class 6A State Championship. The dragons first State Championship since 2002 and finished 35–6 to end the season. Carroll finished with a perfect record of 11–0 during the playoffs in 2018. The 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dragons were unable to make another run for a third consecutive state title. In 2022, the Dragons won a 3rd State Championship in 4 years, beating San Antonio Reagan 8-5. The Dragons head coach, Larry Vucan, has led the team to massive success since recently being named the head coach.
Football
The football team enters the field at Texas Stadium for the 2005 Texas 5A Division II State Championship game, which it won 34–20 against the Katy Tigers
State Champs: (3A, 1988, 1992, 1993) (5A II, 2002, 2004, 2005) (5A I, 2006, 2011)
State Runner-Up: (5A II, 2003) (6A I, 2020)
Since 1987, the Southlake Carroll Dragons football team has been one of the premier high school programs in Texas. In the 37 seasons between 1987 and 2022, the team has reached the state quarterfinals 23 times, the final four six times, the finals twice, and won the state championship eight times, posting an overall record 440-69-2 in that time. Several final season national rankings, including MaxPreps and CalPreps, listed Carroll as the number one team in the nation in 2004, 2005, and 2006.[3][4][5][6][7] Nine players from Carroll have played professionally in the NFL.[8]
The Lady Dragon cross country team has won 8 5A/6A UIL state titles since 2000. They tied the state record in 2012 with 32 points. They qualified for the state meet 17 years in a row, and have had 26 individual state medalists (top 10 in the state) and two individual state champions, Brooke Upshaw in 2005 and Jessa Vacek in 2000. They also claimed 13 regional and 13 district titles. The Lady Dragons have qualified for the Nike Cross National meet in Portland, Oregon, in 9 out of the 10 years it has been held.
The boys' cross country team won 11 5A/6A UIL state titles, setting the state record in 2011 with 20 points. They have qualified for the state meet 15 times and during that time have 24 state medalists (top 10) and two-time state champion Colby Lowe (2006, 2007).
Southlake has produced seven individual tennis state champions, Doug Fike (1996), Justin Hunter (1998), Arman Dave (2016), a doubles team consisting of Matt Landers and Alec Reusche (2016), and another consisting of Brennan Becicka and Rosabella Andrade (2022). In 1998, Hunter also won the school's only high school national championship. Head coach Corey Aldridge was named Texas Division High School Coach of Year by USPTA in 2016,[citation needed] and 2022 6A Coach of the Year by the Texas Tennis Coaches Association.[35]
Swimming and Diving
Boys Swimming And Diving Texas UIL State Championships
The Carroll Dragon boys swim team won the state championship in 2001 and 2002 as a 4A school, while the girls team finished second in both years.
Girls Swimming And Diving Texas UIL State Championships
2012, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2022. (5x's)
The 2012 & 2020 Lady Dragon swim/dive teams were crowned the NISCA Power-Point Dual Meet Overall National Champions.
The 2016, 2017 and 2018 Dragon Boys' swim/dive teams were crowned the NISCA Power-Point Dual Meet Public School National Champions.
Southlake Carroll boys' and girls' have "swept" the Texas State Meet four times since 2012, with both teams claiming Team State Championships in the same year: 2012, 2013, 2019 and 2022. Since 2010, with over 250 HS Swim/Dive Teams in the largest Texas UIL Class, Southlake Carroll's Boys and Girls have finished in the Top 3 at The Texas State Swim/Dive Championships, 22 of 26 times, making Southlake Carroll arguably the #1 HS Swim/Dive Program in the entire State of Texas.
In 2014, the Lady Dragons Soccer team ranked No. 2 in their 5A division. Carroll Dragon Soccer team's head coach, Greg Oglesby, was a 2013 recipient of the National Coaches of the Year Award by the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS).
Hockey
Hockey
2010, 2015, 2018
The Carroll Dragons hockey team has won two state championships, one in 2010 under the coaching of Tom Yockey, and another in 2018 with Knute Anderson as coach. They also won the 2015 City Championship with Tyler Culp as their captain.[38]
Wrestling
Wrestling
2017 UIL 6A State Boys Runner-ups
10X Boys District Champions (since 2012)
Individual UIL State Champions:
2021 & 2022 Bayley Trang
2018 Cameron Haddock
2015 Michael Basler
2008 Stephen McPeek
2007 Robert Prigmore
Water Polo
• 2015 TISCA State Girls Championship
Fine arts
Carroll Senior High School/High School offers four concert bands, three jazz bands, the Dragon Marching Band, five concert choirs, one show choir, the 2011 State Champion Emerald Belles drill team, Color Guard, and the Carroll Theatre program.
Band
In 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2020, and 2021, Carroll Senior High’s Jazz Orchestra was selected as a finalist in the Essentially Ellington Competition. The Jazz Orchestra was also selected to perform at the 2014 Texas Music Educators Association Convention as the Invited High School Jazz Ensemble.
Debate
Carroll Senior High's debate team is currently coached by Anthony Brown.[39] The Southlake debate team has won 18 state championships total, with wins in Foreign Extemp, Congress, Lincoln Douglas, World Schools Debate, and Dramatic Interp. Some notable "Slake" debaters include Azhar Hussain, winner of the 2015 Tournament of Champions national tournament in Congressional Debate,[40] Emma Lin, who was ranked 11th in Congressional debate in 2016,[41] and Southlake SM's who was the most notable team on the 2016 PF circuit.
Carroll Medical Academy
The Carroll Medical Academy (CMA) is Carroll ISD's accelerated math and science program for students interested in pursuing a career in the medical field.[42] CMA began in 2004 and has been under the direction of Sherry Martin since 2005. The program centers around giving students the opportunity to take advanced science courses and participate in medical internships in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.[43] Students involved in Carroll Medical Academy also participate in community service.[44]
Portions of some school districts extend into other counties; only high schools in Tarrant County are listed here Aledo ISD, Burleson ISD, and Godley ISD serve sections of Tarrant County, but they operate no high schools in it.
