Southlake Carroll has risen from 20th to No. 16 in the latest MaxPreps Xcellent 50 National Baseball Rankings. The Dragons are 30-4-1 and will play Midland in a best-of-3 5A Region I quarterfinal starting Friday.

Carroll is the only team from the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the rankings. Here are the Texas teams in the top 25, along with their class and region. (Region … [visit site to read more]

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All games at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown)

GIRLS

Plano West (26-0-2) vs. Katy Taylor (23-3-2)

When: 11 a.m. Friday

About Plano West: The defending state champ and top-ranked team in Texas shut out No. 2 Austin Westlake, 3-0, in the Region II final. West is unbeaten in its last 37 games, a streak that dates to the 2012 season. It is outscoring playoff opponents 35-6 in the last two seasons. West’s two … [visit site to read more]

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The hype only continues to grow for Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity. Thursday, MaxPreps labeled it one of the Top 10 games in the country this week. They even made a sweet little poster, starring Carroll quarterback Kenny Hill and Trinity defensive end Sam Tevi.

Five of MaxPreps’ six writers picked Southlake Carroll to win all by a touchdown or more margins.

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Southlake Carroll complete the sweep at the Marcus I Invitational last weekend, winning both the boys and girls divisions, albeit by different margins.

Carroll took the boys victory by more than 100 points as Joe Sansone, Connor Hendrickson and Nate Sullivan took the top three spots. None of of Carroll’s seven runners finished below 13th.

The Carroll girls were slightly less dominating, beating Flower Mound by 18 … [visit site to read more]

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The MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national football rankings have been released for this week, and Skyline leads the Texas pack at No. 3. We’ll get to see the Raiders debut this Saturday against The Woodlands.

Southlake Carroll, which opens against Allen on Friday, is at No. 8. Austin Lake Travis is No. 14.

Euless Trinity isn’t ranked, but if it wins on Thursday night, it will be certainly be in next week. Trinity opens at Bellevue (Wash.), which is No. 5 in the rankings.

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The Southlake Carroll boys and girls cross country teams lead a large group of area teams in the state and national rankings. Here’s a list of the locals, along with links to complete rankings below:

– STATE –

5A boys
1. Southlake Carroll (No. 2 in national rankings)
6. Flower Mound Marcus (No. 25)
10. Flower Mound

5A girls
1. Southlake Carroll (No. 15 in national rankings)
2. Flower Mound (No. 23)
6. Flower Mound Marcus
10. … [visit site to read more]

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