{"id":336110,"date":"2026-06-14T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336110\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:15:49","slug":"southlake-carroll-wins-uil-lone-star-cup-with-historic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336110\/","title":{"rendered":"Southlake Carroll wins UIL Lone Star Cup with historic year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FTW_CT_southlakeprosper_16.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"The Southlake Carroll football team celebrates after winning the UIL Division II Regional playoff game 49-31 against Prosper at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.\" alt=\"The Southlake Carroll football team celebrates after winning the UIL Division II Regional playoff game 49-31 against Prosper at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The Southlake Carroll football team celebrates after winning the UIL Division II Regional playoff game 49-31 against Prosper at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                Christopher Torres<\/p>\n<p>            ctorres@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n<p>Southlake Carroll added another award to the trophy case Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Dragons won the 2026 Class 6A<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uiltexas.org\/lone-star-cup\"> UIL Lone Star Cup<\/a>, an award that honors athletic departments for overall success based on performance in district and state championships. It\u2019s the 10th overall Lone Star Cup for Carroll.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UIL, the Dragons\u2019 132 points were the most in Class 6A\u2019s history. Lewisville Flower Mound was second with 112 points.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FTW_AustinvsSouthlakehsvb9.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"927\" title=\"FTW_AustinvsSouthlakehsvb9.JPG\" alt=\"Southlake Carroll Lady Dragons celebrate after defeating Austin for the UIL Class 6A Division II state volleyball championship game Saturday Nov. 22, 2025 at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.\"\/>                                                                                    The Southlake Carroll Dragons celebrate after defeating Austin for the UIL Class 6A Division II state volleyball championship game Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.                                                                                            Bob Booth                                                                            Special to the Star-Telegram                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Carroll also was the inaugural Class 6A recipient of the Texas Cup, an award from the Texas High School Athletic Directors Association honoring the top athletic department in the state.<\/p>\n<p>While the Lone Star Cup takes activities like music, robotics, spirit, film, drama and academics into consideration, the Texas Cup is focused solely on athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking down Southlake Carroll\u2019s strong year<\/p>\n<p>Carroll started the string of success with its first ever volleyball state championship. The Dragons defeated Austin in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article313058936.html\">five-set thriller<\/a> at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland to win the Class 6A Division II title.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FTW_AustinvsSouthlakehsvb8.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"890\" title=\"FTW_AustinvsSouthlakehsvb8.JPG\" alt=\"Southlake Carroll middle blocker Kinsley Young (14) receives the MVP trophy as her team mates celebrate with her after defeating Austin for the UIL Class 6A Division II state volleyball championship game Saturday Nov. 22, 2025 at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.\"\/>                                                                                    Southlake Carroll middle blocker Kinsley Young (14) receives the MVP trophy as her teammates celebrate with her after defeating Austin for the UIL Class 6A Division II state volleyball championship game Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.                                                                                            Bob Booth                                                                            Special to the Star-Telegram                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Dragon football made the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article313704626.html\">Class 6A Division II state semifinals<\/a>, falling to DeSoto in what was arguably Texas high school football\u2019s game of the year. Before the loss, Carroll was ranked No. 1 in Texas and won the District 4-6A title with an undefeated run.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll girls basketball won the District 4-6A championship with an undefeated run en route to an area round appearance.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FTW_BellvsSouthlakehgbk16.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"961\" title=\"FTW_BellvsSouthlakehgbk16.JPG\" alt=\"Southlake guard Whitney Jense (20) carries the trophy through the bench area after their UIL girls basketball game against L.D. Bell at Southlake Senior High School in Southlake, Texas, Tuesday Feb. 03, 2026\"\/>                                                                                    Southlake guard Whitney Jense (20) carries the trophy through the bench area after their UIL girls basketball game against L.D. Bell at Southlake Senior High School in Southlake, Texas, Tuesday Feb. 03, 2026                                                                                            Bob Booth                                                                            Special to the Star-Telegram                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Running standout Caden Leonard was a force, winning his third consecutive cross country state championship. In track, he set the UIL state meet record with a blazing time of 8:48.81 in the 3,200 meters, winning another title.<\/p>\n<p>Southlake Carroll boys and girls soccer both had teams that were standouts in the Fort Worth area. The girls team made it to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article315301840.html\">state semifinals<\/a>, falling 1-0 to Forney.<\/p>\n<p>Aledo takes second in Class 5A<\/p>\n<p>Aledo finished second in Class 5A with 106 points, just behind Prosper Walnut Grove at 112.<\/p>\n<p>Aledo is moving up to Class 6A next school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781453749_225_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Southlake Carroll football team celebrates after winning the UIL Division II Regional playoff game 49-31 against Prosper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-336110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}