Friday, April 19, 2024

Carroll Mixed Doubles Team Competing at State

DragonTennisBallThe Carroll Dragon mixed doubles team of Clara Merklin and Matt Landers will compete in the Class 6A state tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday in College Station.

The event will be held at the Mitchell Tennis Center and Omar Smith Instructional Tennis Courts at Texas A&M. Merklin & Landers won the Region I championship recently in Arlington. The unseeded duo defeated the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to the region title.

Also, Carroll boys singles’ player Alec Reusche finished third in Region I and will serve as an alternate.

 

Carroll Tennis Sets School Record For State Qualifiers

The Carroll Dragon tennis team set a record by qualifying two doubles teams and one singles player for the Class 5A state tennis tournament in Austin.

Girls’ singles player Kelley Anderson won the Region I title and Eshan Dave and Collin Alexander qualified in boys’ doubles. Meredith Hope and Brittaney McCasin qualified in girls’ doubles. The region tournament was held this week in Lubbock.

The state tournament will be held April 29-30 at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center at the University of Texas in Austin.

 

 

Carroll Reigns At 4-5A Tennis Tourney

The Carroll Dragon boys’ and girls’ tennis teams shined in the District 4-5A championships this week in Southlake. Carroll won four of the five possible titles.

Jack Learmonth won the 4-5A boys’ singles championship, while Eshan Dave and Collin Alexander won the title in the boys’ doubles. Kelley Anderson claimed the girls’ single title and Meredith Hope and Brittaney McCasin won the crown in girls’ doubles.

The six Carroll tennis player advance to the Class 5A Region I Tournament held Monday and Tuesday in Lubbock.

 

SWC Accepting Scholarship Applications

The Southlake Women’s Club is pleased to once again to award a combined total of $15,000 in scholarships to 2013 CSHS graduating seniors.

The club has been offering these scholarships since 1995, when originally it was funded through the Annual School Supply Sale, but since 2001, the scholarships are funded through the proceeds from the Art in the Square event that will be in Southlake Town Square April 26-28, 2013.

All seniors are invited to apply for these scholarships, including male students graduating. The scholarship committee will meet in April to decide the winners and the amounts awarded. The names will be announced in May at an annual event at Carroll Senior High School.

The group posted all application information on their website: www.southlakewomensclub.org.

All applications and related materials must be postmarked by Monday, April 1, 2013.

Dragon Tennis Nets Hill County Classic Title

The Carroll Dragon tennis team won the Hill Country Classic over the weekend in Mason, Texas. Many of the top teams across the state battled the cold temperatures during the two-day tournament. The Dragons finished with 166 p0ints and three-time defending Class 3A state champ Abliene Wylie was second with 148. This marked the first time the Dragons have won this prestigious tournament.

Visit the Carroll Dragon tennis team’s Facebook page for more coverage.