Carroll Senior High School (Southlake, Texas)

Carroll Senior High School and Carroll High School
Address
1501 W. Southlake Blvd
800 N. White Chapel Blvd
Southlake, Texas, Tarrant County, 76092
United States of America
Information
School type Public, Secondary
Opened 1961
School district Carroll Independent School District
Principal Mike Rhodes (Sr. High School)
P.J. Giamanco (High School)
Mascot Dragons
Website Carroll Senior High School

Carroll Senior High School (popularly known as Southlake Carroll) is a public secondary school in Southlake, Texas. It is located in the Carroll Independent School District.

Contents

History

Carroll ISD operates one high school; however, it has a "split campus" (two separate buildings and administration, but one school) of Carroll Senior High School and Carroll High School. Carroll ISD graduated its first senior class in 1965 in the original Carroll School off of Carroll Avenue. Carroll Middle/High School, off of Dove Road, served district middle school and high school students from 1970 to 1981 until Carroll Middle School got its own building: the original Carroll School. From 1981 to 1992, Carroll High School was located at the Dove Road campus. In 1992, the new Carroll High school opened off of Southlake Boulevard, serving as the current Senior High. Before the 2002-2003 school year, Carroll Senior High was the home campus for all high school grade levels and was called Carroll High School. Carroll Junior High School was restructured into the high school to hold only 9th and 10th graders at the close of the '01-'02 school year. Both schools have upheld an exemplary rating per the TEA.

Administration

Mike Rhodes is currently the principal at the Senior High with P.J. Giamanco as the principal at the High School. Former principals have been Dr. Daniel Presley (now in Round Rock ISD) and Rick Westfall (now down the road at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD).

Overview

Since Carroll operates a split campus, it is not like a typical high school setup. The high school is located at 800 North White's Chapel Blvd and houses 9th and 10th graders. This is where all freshmen and most J.V. sports are practiced. Marching band and all band classes are held at the high school as well. This is the only campus that offers Health and Speech classes, besides the middle schools. The senior high is located at 1501 West Southlake Blvd and houses 11th and 12th graders. This is where some J.V. and all varsity sports are practiced. Choir and theatre arts classes are held here as well. Both campuses have art, technology and language classes, except Mandarin, Latin, and American Sign Language (ASL), which are housed at the high school. The Carroll Aquatic Center is located at the senior high. Dragon Stadium is located on the east side of Southlake and is not part of either campus.

Athletics

The Carroll Dragons have won 43 state titles since 1975. These titles include: football, wrestling, golf, cross country, swimming, baseball, soccer, basketball, diving, track and field, hockey, marching band, and lacrosse. Carroll won the Lone Star Cup in the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 school years as a 4A school. The Dragons are recognized nation-wide because of its very successful football program, winning seven state championships, including four of the last five state titles in Class 5A (the class featuring the state's largest high schools). Several games have been televised nationally by Fox Sports Net, which has also caused controversy both locally, and nationally.[1]

Football

In their 44-season history, the Dragons have produced an all-time record of 398-126-8. They have been particularly impressive in the last 20 seasons, winning seven state titles in eight championship game appearances. Carroll's record the last 20 seasons is 244-39-1. Bob Ledbetter led the Dragons to statewide prominence with three 3A state titles in 1988, 1992 and 1993. His successor, Tom Rapp, however compiled only a 29-17-1 record as Carroll head coach from 1996 to 1999 without a state finals appearance.

In 2000, former Texas quarterback Todd Dodge replaced Rapp. In seven seasons, Dodge guided the Dragons to a 98-11 record (including a 79-1 record and four state championships since moving up to Class 5A), before leaving Carroll for the University of North Texas in 2007. Southlake Carroll has been recognized as United States High School National Champion in 2004, 2005 and 2006. [2] His successor is Hal Wasson,[3] who coached at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Worth, Texas previously.[4] Carroll won its third consecutive 5A state title in 2006, making it only the second school to “three-peat” in the 5A class (Robert E. Lee High School of Midland, Texas did it 1998-2000). In the 2006 title game, they beat Westlake High School of Austin with 43-29 for their 48th consecutive win.[5]

With eight starters back on offense, including running back Tre Newton (2,010 rushing yards, 20 TDs) and AP's 2006 5A state offensive player of the year Riley Dodge (4,184 passing yards, 54 TDs; 1,119 rushing yards, 13 TDs) at quarterback, Carroll aimed for another 5A state title in 2007.[6] Both Newton and Dodge orally committed to play for the University of Texas on February 25, 2007; however, Dodge changed his mind and plays for his father at the University of North Texas. Center Nick Leppo also committed to North Texas.

In 2006 the Southlake football team faced the Euless teamTrinity High School for the first time in a close 22-21 match, making it Carroll's narrowest victory of the season.

Carroll Senior High School played Miami Northwestern High School in a rare No. 1-vs.-No. 2 match-up at the Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas on September 15.[7] The game was televised nationally by ESPNU. The Dragons were defeated 29-21, which ended their winning streak at 49, tying the Texas big-school state record set by Abilene HS from 1954-1957.

On December 1, 2007, Southlake Carroll faced Abilene High School in the Regional semifinals. Carroll was defeated 22-21 in a thrilling game that was named Dave Campbell's game of the year for 2007. The Dragons lost their starting quarterback, Riley Dodge, early in the game on a hard hit after 2 touchdown drives, during which he threw no incompletions. Nevertheless, Carroll had a 21-9 lead early in the third quarter, but were unable to put the Eagles down for good. The Warbirds scored 13 unanswered points to take the lead and ended Carroll's run of consecutive state championship appearances and their 58-game winning streak against Texas teams.

In 2009, Carroll defeated Colleyville Heritage in the first round of the playoffs. In the second round of the playoffs, Carroll and Allen played a memorable game at Cowboys Stadium that went to 2OT and ended with a Carroll victory 35-34. In the third round, Carroll was surprisingly upset by Arlington Bowie 45-21, the largest scoreboard deficit the Dragons have experienced since moving to 5A.

In the 2011 season, Southlake Carroll was the district champions, going 10-0. The Dragons defeated Plano East, Cedar Hill, Arlington Bowie, Arlington Martin and Dallas Skyline to advance to the 5A Division 1 state championship game against Fort Bend Hightower were the Dragons won 36-29 to claim the 2011 state championship. The win allowed Southlake Carroll to tie Celina High School with eight state championships, the most of any 11-man program. Southlake Carroll has now won five of the previous ten (2002-2011) Texas 5A state championships.

Tennis

Along with having a great football team, and a myriad of other successful extracurricular actives, the Southlake Carroll Dragons also have an outstanding tennis team. The team finished with a top 10 state ranking in 2006 and 2007. Since the 2005 fall season the Dragons have yet to lose a district match compiling a record of 28-0.

Swimming and Diving

The Carroll Dragon swim team is among one of the best swim teams in the state. The boys won the state championship in 2001 and 2002 as a 4A school, while the girls came in 2nd both years. The boys and girls team have won their District Championship every year for the past 5 years and in 2010, both teams won the Region 2-5A meet, one of the toughest swimming/diving regions in the state. For the past 3 years, both teams have placed in the top 5 in the state meet, with the Boys finishing 2nd and the Girls finishing 3rd at the Texas 5A State Swim/Dive Championships in Austin in February, 2010. The Dragons are undefeated in the 2010-2011 season as they make a run at both the Boy's and Girl's Texas State 5A Swim/Dive Championships in Austin in Feb at the University of Texas Swim Center. The Carroll Men's team won the State Championship for the 2010-2011 school year, while the Women came in 2nd place. In the 2011-2012 swim/dive season so far, the Southlake Carroll Dragon Swim/Dive Teams are dominating the competition, seemingly on their way to a "double" State 5A Championship in Boy's and Girl's Texas HS Swimming & Diving. Feb 24-25, 2012 will answer that question.

Arts

Carroll Senior High School/High School offers 5 concert bands, 3 jazz bands, the Dragon Marching Band, 3 concert choirs, 2 show choirs, the 2011 State Champion Emerald Belles drill team, Color Guard, also known as Endeavor, and the Carroll Theatre Arts. In 2008, the Carroll Theatre performed The Phantom of the Opera, the first high school production of this show in America. The Carroll Theater Department's UIL One Act Play Production of Don Nigro's "Paganini", won the 4A State Championship Title in 2001. They have a successful band program, consistently winning straight 1s in UIL concert competitions, and having a few students per year make the All-State Band, the highest honor a band student can have. As well as this, the jazz program is the only one in the state to have three bands, and frequently dominates in the All-Region Jazz competition. In 2010 and 2011, Carroll Theatre had as many as 9 (which is the maximum) students advance to the State UIL Theatrical Design Contest. Southlake Carroll has a very successful choir program and has won UIL sweepstakes on several occasions and several of its students are All-State and All-Regions winners making it one of the better known choirs in the region. The Carroll Choir director is Chris Hutchison. The Dragon Varsity Choir's most recent sweepstakes win was in 2010.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Making money off high school kids? Texas prep football squad a cash machine
  2. ^ Carroll coach Todd Dodge in line to get UNT job
  3. ^ Meet Hal Wasson, Southlake Carroll's new head football coach
  4. ^ Sources: Carroll finds its coach
  5. ^ Dragon dynasty
  6. ^ Variety of wide receivers lead prize catches in recruiting Class of 2008
  7. ^ USA Today: No. 1 vs. No. 2 Super 25 showdown set for Saturday
  8. ^ Mack Brown - Texas Football.com
  9. ^ McNeeseSports.com
  10. ^ Rolltide.com

External links

UIL District 6-5A High Schools
Lewisville ISD Schools
Carroll ISD Schools

Carroll Senior High School (Southlake, Texas)
Coppell ISD Schools