Carroll tennis player Arman Dave will try to defend his Class 6A championship next month.
Dave qualified for the state tournament after he earned a 6A Region I title victory against John Edwards of McKinney. Dave won in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.
The UIL state tournament will be held May 18-19 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center & Omar Smith Intramural Tennis Center in College Station.
Dave, a junior, won the 6A state championship in singles last year and became the first Dragon to win the singles title since Justin Hunter in 1998. Last year, Dave joined Hunter and Doug Fike (1996) as the only boys singles state champs.