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in tandem Strategy in the game of football is complicated. Practice, training, video review, game-planning, roster management and more are all occurring simultaneously across all three phases of the game. This is also happening across multiple junior varsity teams before the lights ever shine on Friday night.

Now layer in the many hours of preparation in tandem with the Dragon Band, Emerald Belles, Cheer and Color Guard in their quest to deliver the best half-time show in the country. Student trainers, Dragon Media, athletic boosters, team parents, volunteers and fans of all ages round out a true community experience like no other.

This year, our cover features Kaden Anderson and Owen Allen — a tandem who have been inseparable on and off the field since middle school. Premier athletes and best friends, they equally set records and their own special brand of comic tone wherever they go. It’s refreshing to watch.

A tandem effort is also happening here at Southlake Style as we have been doing our own version of two-a-days to put together this 17th annual Fall edition of Dragon Pride. Via this letter, I’d like to add our team of dedicated professionals to the list of those celebrated. We are proud to say this issue, like Southlake itself, is of a quality that is hard to find anywhere else.

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t started way back during Dragon Youth Football, just as it does for many future Carroll star athletes.

Young players begin to draw some notice with early flashes of talent, even if it’s still raw and undeveloped. Football coaches and Carroll fans start to recognize names to watch for the coming years.

Such was the case for two preteen players, Kaden Anderson and Owen Allen. Both showed athletic prowess early on, and their futures looked bright. The only problem was both played the same position — quarterback — on different youth teams. Kaden showed potential arm strength, while Owen was more of a mobile quarterback.

The two players’ paths as future varsity signal-callers collided in seventh grade when they were finally going to play together on the same school team. The situation forced an early answer as to who would be taking snaps and dropping back to pass.

“Owen didn’t know Kaden before then,” Owen’s mom Meredith says. “He said, ‘There’s this hot-shot quarterback kid. He’s got this crazy arm on him and he’s for sure to be quarterback.’

“So before he started middle school, he had to decide if he wanted to try and stay quarterback or what

he really wanted to do. He really liked running the ball, so he decided to go out for running back instead.”

The rest has become history, as Allen has already set Dragon varsity football records in career rushing yardage (5,474 yards) prior to his senior season. Meanwhile, Anderson showed he was more than capable as the varsity starting quarterback his junior year, throwing for over 3,000 yards and 34 touchdowns last season.

To say the move worked out well for both of them is an understatement, as the two are now the primary offensive focal points for one of the top high school football programs in the country. Both showcased their talents on the national stage in a 45-21 win over Highland Park during an ESPNU-televised game last year. Both have helped spark deep playoff runs for the Dragons.

But beyond their jaw-dropping exploits on the field lies a strong friendship that developed as the two battled for wins together at Carroll Middle School. That familiarity as playmakers and camaraderie as friends has had a positive impact on this year’s team as they aim to bring another state title home to Southlake.

“It’s huge,” says Riley Dodge, Carroll head football coach and former Dragon star quarterback. “You can see their friendship day in and day out, how they support each other on and off the field. When you have that type of bond in the backfield, it’s second to none.

“I remember back when I was in high school and my running back was Tre Newton, and he was my best friend. When you have that relationship, you can talk to each other a little differently. You can be hard on one another and you don’t take it personally. But the com12 • FALL ’22

munication in the backfield is crucial between those two guys. I think what they bring with them from off the field to on the field and in our locker room is massive.”

Starting As Rivals Although as thick as thieves now, the relationship between the two wasn’t so chummy in the beginning.

Kaden and Owen knew of each other as they prepared to enter seventh grade preseason practice and saw the other as competition standing in the way of the starting quarterback spot.

“There was kind of an unspoken rivalry between us,” Owen says of their attitudes toward each other heading into middle school. “I remember not wanting to like him.

“But I remember the first week of [seventh grade] practice — maybe not even — just the energy that guy brought, the way guys responded to him, the way guys fed off of him, you could just tell that’s the guy you want to follow and be around. That’s the way it’s been ever since,” Owen says, recounting his respect for Kaden as he decided to switch to running back. “We’d had our beef or whatever, but from the moment we met, it was just like… that’s the duo. I think it’s just made it that much easier for us in the backfield.”

Despite a rocky start, the two have made the game look easy, cutting up defenses for big gains through the air and on the ground. Through middle school and the first part of their freshmen year, they were a lethal tandem. Reunited on varsity as juniors last season, the DRAGONPRIDE

duo proved to be a formidable combination, sparking the Dragons to a 14-1 record.

The friends and teammates dreamed of starring together on varsity, but they didn’t know the path each would individually take in getting there. Owen got his shot at a varsity spot as a freshman after injuries took down two of Carroll’s top rushers. The running back made the most of his opportunity by leading the Dragons with 1,266 rushing yards and scoring 23 touchdowns that season, all while Kaden cheered him on.

“It was the third week, and we had just beaten [Arlington] Martin on the freshman level,” Kaden recalls. “A week later, he was playing against Keller [on varsity], and that was just crazy.

“I remember [watching from] the stands and Owen was up on kickoff. He was running to make this tackle. I was thinking, ‘This is crazy.’ He’s a little freshman trying to hit these big dudes. But everyone was really happy for him.”

Young and inexperienced, Owen immediately stood tall on varsity. So did Kaden when named the starter as a junior after former quarterback Quinn Ewers’ unexpected departure to pursue college ball a year early.

Owen was happy for his friend’s opportunity and excited at the fact they could now realize their goal of playing varsity ball together.

The Buddy System “Being as competitive an environment as Southlake is, I think it’s a tribute to the two boys of how they lift each other up,” Kaden’s mom Susan says. “Whenever one has an accomplishment, I feel like the other one is right there to support him 110%, no matter what it is.

“I think that’s definitely allowed their friendship to blossom and those friends are even that much closer.

My older son says [of Kaden and Owen] that the right brain can’t function without the left brain.”

The two friends are at times inseparable. They started hanging out away from the football field in seventh grade. Owen took a memorable trip with the Anderson family to a Hill Country resort in San Antonio the following summer, the first of a few family-plus-friend excursions the two have taken. Skiing trips to Colorado are another favorite destination for the two.

“We’ll get [Owen] up on the snowboard, and it’s always a good time watching him carve it up on the mountain,” Kaden says.

Aside from vacation getaways, just getting together to shoot baskets, grab a meal at their favorite places like Chiloso or Chipotle, or play video games is all part of their weekly routine. Owen says Kaden is the big gamer, taking “Madden,” “NBA 2K” and other sports games to the next level, showing his athletic skills are superb in both the real and virtual world.

Trips to each other’s homes throughout the week are not only welcome by both families — they’re expected.

“I think Owen is as at home at [the Anderson’s] house as he is at his own home,” Meredith says. “When Kaden walks in the door [at my house], I just feel like he’s one of my kids now.

“From the first day they met, they’ve just sort of been joined at the hip ever since. It’s just like they’re brothers.”

Finding shared commonalities outside of football also sparked their friendship, with both enjoying boating and relaxing at the lake. Trips to former Dragon teammate and 2022 graduate Travis Keener’s lake house off the Brazos River were weekend highlights last year. Both love watching old movies and listening to classic rock. Dire Straits, Black Sabbath and Lynyrd SOUTHLAKESTYLE.COM

Skynyrd are part of the usual playlist blaring for them while hanging or working out.

Both sport the same fluffy hairdo they’ve had since middle school. And both are equally lacking in fashion sense by their own admission, donning shorts and T-shirts when they aren’t sporting their helmets and shoulder pads.

“He’s more fashionable than I am,” Kaden says of Owen.

“Yeah, but that ain’t saying much,” Owen responds.

“We both probably need some work.”

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Game Time When it comes to preparing for football games, the two put in plenty of work — and it shows. Preparation throughout the week is key, and both take it very seriously.

“We’re in the film room and in our notebooks constantly throughout the week, so when it comes game time, there’s not a whole lot of thinking about what’s going to happen that we have to do,” Owen says.

By Friday night, they feel so prepared that talk between plays is practically casual conversation instead of no-nonsense huddles on what to do next.

“You’d be surprised how little we actually talk about football when we’re back there,” Owen says. “There’s a few seconds in between each play, and it’s a time to kind of sit back, relax and maybe talk a little bit. Then come time for the snap, we’re back and ready to go.”

“Some things we can’t repeat,” Kaden says jokingly. “It’s all positive stuff. It’s nothing really negative — unless [Owen] doesn’t pick up a block or something… but that hasn’t happened yet.”

As Carroll Dragons, the players already know the importance of supporting each other and having each other’s back.

Coach Dodge and his staff share the idea of family and developing a brotherhood among teammates.

For Kaden and Owen, that brotherhood is much stronger due to their years of friendship, and they push and encourage each other to be their best.

“It’s definitely a complementary relationship,” Susan says. “If one’s riled up, the other’s riled up. If one’s down, the other one’s kind of down. But in the same turn, one of them can pick the other one back up.”

The support system is strong for the two athletes, stemming from the rest of their Carroll teammates as well as each other. Both expect the other to be better than the year before and finish their time on varsity with a bang. They know what each other is capable of because they’ve both seen the drive and effort they’ve put forth these past five seasons.

“I just want Owen to do Owen,” Kaden says. “He’s been doing it for three years.

The dude’s obviously a beast.”

Owen feels the same. To him, the 2021 season was validation that his friend and teammate was the right man for the quarterback job — just like he believed since shifting positions in seventh grade.

“If you thought you saw what he’s got last year, just wait because he’s going to shock the world,” Owen says. “I’m going to stick back there with him on every play, block when I need to block, run when I need to run, catch when I need to catch. But whatever he needs, I’m there for him.”

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nown for possessing an aerial attack that strikes fear in the hearts of opposing defenses, the Dragon passing game has been a force to be reckoned with for over two decades.

The airborne spread offense was revolutionary when unleashed upon opponents across the state by former head coach Todd Dodge in 2000. Continued in a similar fashion by his son and current Dragon head coach Riley Dodge, the system is lethal when run to perfection by athletes who’ve studied the system’s intricacies since their youth.

The spread attack and its barrage of slants, fades and bombs remains at the Dragon’s disposal and will undoubtedly help produce gaudy offensive numbers again this season. Nevertheless, Riley Dodge says his team’s strategy will shift a bit this fall.

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“It starts with our running back. It starts with our O-line,” says Dodge, who enters his fifth season as Carroll’s head coach. “We’re going to establish the run and run the football.”

“It’s going to start with No. 2,” Dodge says, referring to four-year starting running back Owen Allen. “When you have the career leading rusher in the entire state of Texas [among current players], you better give him the football or you’re not very smart. We’ve got to get No. 2 the football, and then we’ve got to spread the ball around to our playmakers.”

Dodge’s offensive unit has the potential to light up the sky once again, but the luxury of having Allen in the backfield makes utilizing him a no-brainer. The senior is Carroll’s most experienced player, and at 5,474 career yards, he was already the Dragons’ all-time leading rusher before even setting foot on the turf in 2022.

In recent years, passing first would open up opportunities for some big runs for Carroll. This year, the running game could instead open up more passing opportunities. It makes sense, as opposing teams will be expecting a weapon such as Allen to get his carries and will try to focus in on him. But they can’t overcommit to either the ground game or the passing game without getting burned.

“I think it’s the Southlake offense we’ve been running for years. We’ll shove it down your throat with the run, then we’ll hit a play action for 70 yards and get a touchdown,” says Kaden Anderson, senior quarterback and recent University of Wyoming commit. “We’re really powerful this year. We’ve got a lot of weapons.”

Anderson is one of those key weapons. A few weeks before the 2021 season began, Anderson expected to spend his junior season serving as backup quarterback to nationally-ranked recruit Quinn Ewers. But when Ewers departed for college a year early, Anderson was thrust into the starting role ahead of schedule.

He proved ready to take the reins, passing for 3,036 yards and 34 touchdowns to help lead the Dragons five rounds deep into the playoffs before falling to Duncanville in the 6A Division I state semifinals. Now with a year under his belt, there isn’t a person around who doesn’t expect him to be even more dangerous in 2022.

“If there’s any guy that could handle [the situation] the way you should, it’s Kaden,” says Allen, a First Team All-State selection last season. “He handled it the best way that any of us could have last year, being thrown into the fire and into that position with such short notice.

“To think that he gets another chance to do that, except this time he’s got a year of preparation, a whole lot more time, a lot more size and strength — I’m really excited to see what he does this year.”

Allen knows a thing or two about stepping into a role and excelling. As a freshman, varsity injuries allowed Allen to become the go-to option and showed he was worthy of the starting role despite his youth and varsity inexperience.

With his final varsity season in front of him, Allen stands less than 2,800 yards shy of cracking the Top 10 in rushing yardage in Texas high school football history. That’s saying something to join the ranks of Cedric Benson (8,418 yards), Johnathan Gray (10,889 yards) and the all-time great Kenneth Hall (11,232 yards).

An experienced and physical offensive line will be the driving force behind what could be Allen’s biggest yardage season yet. Described by Dodge as one of the bigger O-lines that Carroll has assembled, this year’s starting five have an average weight of 297 pounds.

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Three are returning starters in seniors Jake Hall, Garrett Brown and junior Andrew Cunningham, who each will lead the way in opening running holes and slowing the pass rush. If these three First Team All-District performers weren’t enough, 6-foot-8, 330-pound Drew Perez enters the picture as the highest rated of them all.

Perez, a University of Colorado commit, is also amongst the top 100 recruits in the area according to “The Dallas Morning News.”

“We have some guys that have played a lot of snaps and a lot of games,” says Hall, who is a captain and returns at left guard. “I think we could probably be the best O-line in Texas.

“We’re going to be able to run the ball in a different way that people haven’t seen the Dragons run it in years before. We’ve kind of got some new schemes coming up this fall, stuff that’s really worked well for us in spring ball.”

Some of that new approach carries over into the receiving unit, where passing targets lining up wide on either side of center has been the untouched norm for years. Dodge did utilize the tight end spot the last couple of seasons, thanks to the size and strength of R.J. Maryland, a 2022 graduate who signed with SMU. But this year, Dodge has two tight ends (junior Harrison Moore and sophomore Jack VanDorselaer) at his disposal, which he admits might make his formations look a little different this time around.

“I think they will give people issues with the way we line up with those two big guys,” Dodge says of Moore (6-foot-5, 240 pounds) and VanDorselaer (6’5”, 230 pounds).

Thanks to some added tight protection, Anderson has had time to connect with some new players after losing top receivers RJ Maryland (1,103 yards) and Landon Samson (864 yards) to graduation. Clayton Wayland and Caden Jackson have stepped up to join the team’s leading returning receiver Jacob Jordan as Anderson’s top targets this year. The trio of juniors are proving to be a formidable complement to the rushing attack.

“This offense is going to be special this year,” says Jordan, who caught 45 passes for 470 yards and four touchdowns, and also served on special teams. “We definitely learned a lot last year. Our receiving corp has even more chemistry, obviously, with Kaden back.

“I want to have a great year as a wide receiver, but I also want to have a big year on special teams in punt returns and kickoffs. I want to bring a few back.”

Known for finding their way to the end zone, Carroll scored a total of 546 points in 2021, including 91 touchdowns. They also relied on the sure-footed kicking of Tyler White, who will handle both place kicking and punting duties as a senior this year.

White kicked 79 PATs and connected 10 of 12 field goals as a junior, including a long of 55 yards which ties the school record. His 109 points were second on the team only to Allen’s 198 (33 touchdowns), and he expects the always-dangerous Dragon offense to give him plenty more chances to put it through the uprights this fall.

“One second we’ll be on our own 10 [yard line] on defense, and then somehow we’ll have already scored a touchdown and I’m running down the field to kick the extra point,” White says. “It’s definitely very exhilarating.

You’ve always got to be ready, no matter what.”

Carroll’s opponents this season better be ready as well, as they can expect another tough assignment when trying to stop the Dragons both on the ground and in the air.

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Earning substantial playing time as a sophomore, Jordan proved to be a spark, catching 45 passes for 470 yards and four TDs in 2021. The talented junior has quickly become a primary receiving target, leading the Dragons with 13 receptions for 214 yards (16.5 yards/rec) and four touchdowns in just two games.

The varsity newcomer provided a glimpse of his abilities in Carroll’s first two contests, catching eight passes for 143 yards (17.9 yards/rec).

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound receiver also displays his speed running track, competing in the 200- and 400-meter dash, as well as the triple jump.

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The all-time leader in Carroll rushing yards is off to an impressive start, averaging more than 10 yards per carry in 2022.

Last year was Allen’s best statistically (2,145 yards, 32 TDs), garnering him District 4-6A MVP and Texas Sports Writers Associations’ All-State First Team honors. The power rusher has caught six passes for 61 yards so far this season.

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A multi-talented athlete, James Lehman was a spark in the backfield, rushing for 376 yards and six touchdowns in his sophomore season.

An honorable mention All-District performer, he can also do damage as a receiver. He made his season debut in Week Three, picking up right where he left off with both a rushing and receiving score against Cedar Hill.

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A 6-foot-5 quarterback, Anderson showed poise and arm strength, passing for 3,036 yards and 34 TDs in his junior season.

If the opening two weeks are any indication (537 yards, 78%, 6 TDs), this year could be even more impressive for the Wyoming commit.

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Sharing time with fellow tight end Jack VanDorselaer, Moore brings plenty of size and strength to the position with a height of 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds. Part of a young receiving corps, Moore was the recipient of an 18-yard scoring reception in Week One.

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New to the program last season, McLaughlin was brought up to varsity for the playoffs. The sophomore showed intelligence in making adjustments during games, but his intellect shows in the classroom as well, maintaining a 4.0 GPA. McLaughlin also provides long snapper duties for the Dragons, earning recognition as a Kohl’s 4-Star Long Snapper.

Proving to be consistent and reliable on field goal and PAT duties, White connected on 79 of 81 extra points and 10 of 12 field goals in 2021, including a long of 55 that ties the school record for distance.

His kicking abilities brought tier-one recruiting offers from programs such as Miami and Texas until the senior eventually committed to Texas A&M.

C John McLaughlin Junior

K Tyler White Senior

Another returning starter with big game experience, Brown brings his strength and smarts to the Dragons’ offensive line. Setting a school record by squatting 505 pounds earlier this year, the 6-foot-4, 315-pound senior was a First Team AllDistrict selection at guard and made the Padilla Poll All-State Third Team as well.

RG Garrett Brown Senior

Perez returns to action on varsity, this time as a starter.

With impressive height and strength (6-foot-8, 330 pounds), the senior should help slow the rush and allow time for offensive plays to develop. Perez’s abilities have garnered college attention, as he is already committed to the University of Colorado.

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A Second Team All-State and First Team District 4-6A selection last season, Hall started all 15 games for the Dragons in 2021. The 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior has played both guard and tackle and is looked to for leadership due to his savvy and experience. Although uncommitted, Hall currently has several college offers from Columbia, Army West Point, Texas State and many others.

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Cunningham impressed as a sophomore a year ago, starting every game on the O-line. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound athlete was named First Team AllDistrict in 2021 and has received a scholarship offer to play at Colorado. Strong and mobile, Cunningham benches 315, squats 415 and recorded a 4.71 in pro agility.

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t is often said that bad things come in threes.

Seniors Cade Parks (defensive tackle) and Logan Anderson (safety), as well as junior Aaron Scherp (outside linebacker), fully intend to make that phrase a reality while facing down opposing offenses.

Three is definitely an important number for the Dragons’ defense this fall. Following a year where they were overflowing with veteran leadership, the Dragons now turn to this battle-tested trio to set the tone for a defense expected by many to go all the way this year.

Fortunately for the coaching staff and their fellow teammates, Parks, Anderson and Scherp each serve in one of the three sections of the defense — defensive line, secondary and linebackers, respectively, enabling them to spread their knowledge and playmaking abilities throughout the unit as a whole.

“It will be nice to have those guys that are real experienced to be there to help the younger guys,” head coach Riley Dodge says. “We’re going to lean on those guys to be leaders, make plays for our defense and let them be the bell cows.”

Parks and Anderson are both entering their third year on the starting roster of the Dragon varsity team, while Scherp benefitted from plenty of playing time as a sophomore a season ago. The trio’s theme of three continues with some of the stats they posted in 2021. Anderson and Scherp both snagged three interceptions last season, tying for the team lead.

Meanwhile, Parks recorded a team-best 3.5 sacks.

With the departure of previous defensive leaders such as linebacker Benecio Porras (team leader in tackles in 2021), defensive back Avyonne Jones (who led in passes defended and fumbles caused) and defensive end and linebacker Barrett Baker (who led the defense in quarterback pressures), Parks, Anderson and Scherp know their duties will increase this year. Yet they feel ready to step into leadership roles because of all they learned from their former defensive teammates.

“The guys from last year taught me a lot for sure, as well as the year prior,” says Parks, who also led Carroll in fumbles recovered and was second on the team in pressures with 15. “You always give something to the next generation. Those guys definitely set us up for success. They taught us a lot of things, and I think we can bring what we learned to the table for years to come.”

Parks plans to continue bringing the heat coming off the line this season. The senior and his linemen will comprise what could be the strongest section of the defense this year. Parks (6-foot-1, 255 pounds) is joined by other defensive tackles such as senior Dylan Vaughn, while senior Kyle Middleton and junior Dustan Mark are expected to provide talent and athleticism at the defensive end positions. With Parks starting, the other three earned some valuable playing time in 2021.

“I think our D-line is one of the more athletic groups we’ve had,” Dodge says, pointing to the pressure they can create and ability to serve as a catalyst for the rest of the defense. “I’m excited about our front four.

I think it’ll be a pretty dynamic group.”

While explosiveness defines the quartet up front, speed and preparedness are the top descriptions for the secondary. The Dragons have had their share of fleet-footed defensive backs in recent years, but this year’s group has put in an impressive spring and sumSOUTHLAKESTYLE.COM

mer to make up for losing some talented defenders from last season.

Cornerbacks such as Jones and Max Reyes, as well as safety Josh Spaeth, were leaned on heavily to protect against the pass. With Anderson being the lone returning starter, his teammates must be varsityready for the level of opposing offenses they’ll face every week. But the senior believes he and his fellow defensive backs will be up to the challenge.

“It’s going to be a lot about just getting guys experience so that we can play fast,” says Anderson, who led the secondary in tackles last year and was third on the team overall with 79, while defending six passes and causing a fumble. “I think we’re probably faster than we were last year.

“Our schemes have always been really good. [Assistant coach Lee] Munn does a really good job preparing us. If we know what play the other team’s going to run before they even run it, we’re going to have it covered up pretty well.”

Last year, the Dragons gave up an average of 167 passing yards per game and intercepted opposing quarterbacks 19 times. The secondary will attempt to match or better those stats with the help of athletes who saw varsity playing time such as seniors J. David Sparks and Logan Lewandowski, as well as juniors Carter High and Eric Garza.

In the middle of it all, Carroll’s linebackers will attempt to gobble up opposing rushers and receivers that find daylight past the line of scrimmage. It was no easy task last season going against a veteran linebacking crew. Just which newcomers will step up to become reliable play-stoppers alongside Scherp is yet to be seen.

Despite the lack of name recognition or experience among the varsity linebacking corps this fall, Scherp says he expects opponents to find more of the same problems when they try to challenge his unit.

“With our size, our speed and our reads, we cover every zone and every man on every play,” Scherp says. “It makes it very difficult for offenses to get anything going.”

This was often the case for the Dragons’ competition in 2021. Giving up an average of 304 total yards and 13 points per game, Carroll’s defense got the ball back for its capable offense throughout the season and played a key role in helping extend the season five rounds deep into the playoffs.

If the lack of experience on this year’s defensive squad causes players to second-guess their potential, all they have to do is recall the team’s situation two seasons ago. That’s easy to do since a few veteran athletes currently on the team were also on that 2020 Carroll team. That year, the Dragons did not have a single returning starter on defense and a total of three on offense, yet advanced to the Class 6A Division I state title game.

Knowing that inexperience doesn’t have to be a stumbling block should serve to motivate, as should the chance to reach the football program’s ultimate prize — something that just barely eluded Carroll the past two seasons.

“For me and all the other seniors, this is our last chance,” Anderson says. “We’re all ready for it. We’re all hungry. It’s just about going out and getting it.”

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Scherp (6-foot, 185 pounds) takes the lead for the linebacking corps, bringing the most experience with him after an active sophomore season. A nose for the ball, he had three interceptions a year ago as the District 4-6A Newcomer of the Year. Scherp leads the team with 11 tackles in early action this season.

LB Aaron Scherp Junior

Petkus continues a family affair with the Carroll football team. Twin brother Joe plays on the defensive line, while older brother Lou — who graduated in 2022 and reached state in wrestling — served as a linebacker as well. Petkus opened this season strong, recording nine tackles that included two tackles for a loss during the Dragons’ first two games.

LB Jack Petkus Senior

With some varsity playing time under his belt from last year, Lewandowski (5-foot11, 155 pounds) is eager to start in the secondary. In the first couple of games this season, the senior knocked down four passes and intercepted another. He also runs track in the spring, competing in the 100- and 200-meter dash, the long jump and broad jump.

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The starting middle linebacker for Carroll, Fodor (6-foot, 200 pounds) doesn’t look like a firstyear varsity starter. Fodor opened the year with a sack, a tackle for a loss and a couple of quarterback pressures in the first two contests of the season. An excellent athlete, he also plays baseball, serving as a pitcher, third baseman and outfielder.

LB Nigel Fodor Senior

Gaining varsity experience last year, Sparks (5-foot-10, 182 pounds) intends to take it up a notch as a varsity starter this season. Through the first two games of 2022, the defensive back compiled seven tackles and knocked down a pass. Sparks also competes on the Carroll wrestling team, advancing to the regional meet in his weight class last winter.

CB J. David Sparks Senior

Another first-time varsity starter, High was inserted into the Dragons’ secondary and has shown his ability to pass and defend in the heat of battle. Through Carroll’s first two contests, High logged nine tackles and knocked away two passes.

The junior showed the same speed as when he competed in the 100-meter dash for the Carroll track team.

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Mark (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) steps into a starting spot after gaining varsity experience in 2021, posting a time of 4.7 in the 40-yard dash and a distance of 114 inches in the broad jump. Making an immediate impact this fall, the junior registered two sacks and four pressures in Carroll’s first two games.

A varsity reserve last year, Middleton (6-foot-1, 240 pounds) was in the rotation, seeing a sizable amount of action in seven games during the regular season and playoffs. The senior already surpassed last year’s totals in the first two games of 2022, recording a sack, a hurry, two tackles for a loss and causing a fumble.

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DE Kyle Middleton Senior

A major spark on defense, Parks sets the tone on the front line. The senior returns from an impressive junior year, where he led the team with 3.5 sacks, 15 hurries and five fumbles. Named a captain for 2022, the defensive end recorded a sack, a tackle for a loss and six quarterback pressures in the first two contests.

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A dual-sport athlete for Carroll Football and Baseball, Scarborough (6-foot-1, 225 pounds) is taking his best swing at his first year of varsity football. His play to start the season appears solid, posting four quarterback pressures in the Dragons’ first two contests of the fall. Scarborough’s addition makes the defensive front that much more dangerous.

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Anderson compiled a solid year in the secondary as a junior starter, grabbing six picks, causing a fumble and recovering two, defending six passes and registering 73 tackles (second most on the team). The showing led to him being selected a captain this season, tallying eight tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery in the first two games of 2022.

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Jaws Of Victory New Dragon Inflatable Pumps Up Pregame When the Dragons last unveiled a new inflatable helmet for players to run through at the start of football games, seniors like Kaden Anderson, Owen Allen and Logan Anderson were just starting elementary school.

The well-worn helmet served honorably as the hallmark of game time and was starting to show its age after 12 years. But thanks to the generosity of the newly-established Dragon Touchdown Club (DTC), it has been relegated to a backup role in the lineup in favor of a oneof-a-kind, custom-designed, inflatable dragon head.

“This is something that has been needed for years,” says Bill Webb, Dragon Touchdown Club president and CABC Treasurer. “Our old inflatable was literally held together with duct tape.

We are very happy to be able to design and fund this new inflatable and donate it to Carroll Athletic Booster Club to carry on this Dragon tradition.”

Comprised of a head and a tail, the two sections combine to a staggering 54 feet long and 23 feet tall — twice the size of its predecessor.

And no detail was spared as fans will enjoy its flashing LED eyes and smoke-emitting nostrils.

“For the first time, we will also be using smoke cannons when the players come through it,” Bill says.

With a price tag of $18,000, players will be running out of these jaws of victory in style for years to come. In addition to varsity football games, the inflatable will also be available to use by Dragon Youth Football and at various other community events.

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