2011 5A Southlake Carroll Dragons Preview – Texas High School Football

Team: Southlake Carroll Dragons

District: 7-5A

Coach: Hal Wasson (4 years) 40-11 record at Southlake Carroll (#3 in all-time coaching wins at Southlake Carroll); 162-94-2 all-time overall coaching record
(Ranks #185 on the All-Time Coaching Wins List)

Last Years Record: 10-4 overall 5-2 District

2010 Games:
at Copperas Cove (9-2) (L 14-35)
at Hurst Bell (6-5) (W 20-17)
vs Richardson Berkner (4-6) (OT) (W 31-24)
at *Keller Fossil Ridge (2-8) (W 38-14)
vs *Keller (3-7) (W 47-17)
vs *Justin Northwest (4-7) (W 55-21)
at *Coppell (13-1) (L 17-35)
vs *Keller Central (5-5) (W 45-21)
at *Saginaw (0-10) (W 59-0)
vs *Denton Guyer (13-3) (L 14-28)

Playoffs: Division II Quarterfinals
vs Flower Mound (7-4) (W 50-27) Bi-District
vs Colleyville Heritage (9-3) (W 34-17) Area
vs Abilene (9-4) (W 38-24) Regionals
vs Denton Guyer (13-3) (L 14-24) Quarterfinals

Returning Lettermen: 24

Returning Starters: Offense: 6 Defense: 5

Key Players:
* WR Peyton Williams 56-684 receiving yards 6 TDs
* LB Will Davis TOP 20 LB 132 tackles
* QB TOP JR Kenny Hill 1762 passing yards
* OL J.J. Prince
* WR/DB Sabian Holmes
* DB JR Tanner Jacobson 71 tackles

LSG District Ranking: #1 (District 7-5A Champions)

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LSG Region Ranking: #3

LSG State Ranking: #5

Notes:
The Dragons were back last year making it to the Quarterfinals before falling to district foe Denton Guyer. They bring back 11 starters from that team and that includes stars like QB Hill, WR Williams, OL Prince and LB Davis. They play in a very tough district and will compete with Guyer and Coppell for the district championship. Another trip to at least the Quarterfinals looks to be a good bet with them being the top ranked Division II team in the region.

History:
* Ranked #1 in LSG's Team Of The Decade Rankings
* Slogan: "Protect the Tradition"
* 14 year winning streak
* 11 consecutive 8+ win seasons
* Winning seasons 26 of last 27 years
* 10+ wins 19 of last 26 years
* 119-12 since moving to 5A in 2002
* (72 straight regular-season victories) Old record was held by Southlake Carroll Current record is now at 78 by Galena Park North Shore
* Gainesville stopped Southlake Carroll’s state-record winning streak in Week 2 of 1994. It was Carroll’s second game in Class 4A.
* 2008 losss to Coppell was the first district loss since 2001 and their district win streak was finally halted at 38 games. Carroll had never lost a district game since moving up to class 5A.
* Was 79-1 from 2002-2006 with 4 state championships
* 34-5 all-time vs. Coppell...Coppell won in 2010
* Playoff record in 5A is 26-4
* All-time Playoff Record: 81-17-1
* 11 consecutive playoff appearances
* All time record: 438-138-8 75.69% 584 games
* Playoff Appearances (28)

1965,1978,1979,1982,1984,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1997,1998
2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010

Championship History: Southlake Carroll (8) 7-1
1988 3A - Southlake Carroll 42, Navasota 8
1992 3A - Southlake Carroll 48, Coldspring 0
1993 3A - Southlake Carroll 14, Cuero 6
2002 5A Division II - Southlake Carroll 45, Smithson Valley 14
2003 5A Division II - Katy 16, Southlake Carroll 15
2004 5A Division II - Southlake Carroll 27, Smithson Valley 24
2005 5A Division II - Southlake Carroll 34, Katy 20
2006 5A Division I - Southlake Carroll 43, Austin Westlake 29

Last 5 year record: 56-11

Last 10 year record: 129-17

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By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron

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