Which football power is moving on to the state quarterfinals, Trinity or Carroll?

Euless Trinity. Southlake Carroll.

You can’t talk about Texas high school football history without mentioning the Trojans and Dragons.

The Trojans (10-1) and Dragons (12-0) will meet up for the eighth time during the 6A Division I regional round, 7 p.m. Friday from UNT’s Apogee Stadium. The game will be aired live on TXA 21.

Carroll has a 4-3 edge in the series.

How they got here: Trinity d. Martin 56-34, d. Franklin 44-28; Carroll d. Coppell 54-10, d. DeSoto 41-20

Fact: Each team reached the state quarterfinals last year; Trinity lost to Allen, Carroll lost to Waco Midway.

State titles: Trinity 2005, 2007, 2009; Carroll 8 including 5 from 2002-2011

Last 10 years: Trinity 113-20; Carroll 114-21

2017: Trinity 21-20

2016: Carroll 42-28

2015: Trinity 37-35

2014: Carroll 10-6

THE MATCHUP

Trinity | Carroll

456 Points For 516

41.2 Per game 43

226 Points Allowed 211

20.5 Per game 17.6

293 Rushing per game 248

136 Passing per game 198

429 Total per game 446

THE PLAYERS

QB: Laki Ellis (ET)- 1,501 pass, 13 TDs; Will Bowers (SLC)- 2,132 pass, 17 TDs

RB: Brandon Theus (ET)- 1,402 rush, 17 TDs; TJ McDaniel (SLC)- 1,856 rush, 31 TDs

WR: Keanu Hill (ET)- 683 rec, 4 TDs; Glenn Mitchell (SLC)- 432 rec, 7 TDs