Warriors Advance to State Championship, Hand Hoover Historic Loss
Mark Freeman and the Warriors are in rare air. Looking to send the 2021 class out undefeated at home, they dismantled the Hoover Buccaneers to advance to the state championship for the third straight year with a decisive 52-14 win—their worst loss in 52 years. The offense set the tone from the outset blazing down the field in less than 90 seconds. It would be another dominant showing in the trenches for Thompson and the offensive line opened holes for Jarrett Crockett all nig
Marty Smith, Experienced Coaching Staff Looking to Build in Year 2
Marty Smith is still looking for 32 minutes of chaos, but he wants his players calm as the eye of a storm in 2020. Smith retained much of his all-star coaching staff and the Thompson girls basketball team returns a good bit of varsity experience headed into a new season full of possibilities. “We've got 10 girls that saw varsity action last year returning and because of that we are able to build off of that and hopefully improve on our 11-19 record from last year.” The team d
Warriors Hitting on All Cylinders, Dispatch Huskies
The no. 1 ranked Thompson Warriors turned a highly anticipated matchup with no. 3 Hewitt-Trussville into a route Friday, Nov 13 capitalizing on a few Huskie turnovers on defense and dominating the trenches on offense to take a convincing 42-16 win to advance to the stage semi-finals for the fourth year in a row. Hewitt-Trussville stifled the Thompson offense at midfield and forced a punt on the first possession of the game. The Warriors defense did the same and forced what ev
Seniors Focus on Return to Postseason in Dru Powell's Third Year
When it comes to basketball, Class 7A’s Region 5 is full of twists and turns. Two years ago, the Thompson Warriors exceeded expectations making the Sweet 16 in Dru Powell’s first year at the helm. Last year, Oak Mountain and Spain Park became the surprise of the postseason as they both made impressive runs. Now, in 2020, Powell’s Warriors will look to reclaim a spot in the playoffs after 20-plus win campaigns to begin his tenure at Thompson. Several upperclassmen from his mag
Thompson closes our Grissom in dominating fashion, advances to round two
The Thompson Warriors could’ve named their score Friday, Nov 6 and ran up a 49-0 lead at halftime. After missing out on the playoffs the last 16 years, Thompson welcomed the Grissom Tigers back to the postseason in dominating fashion winning 49-7 advancing to the next round of the playoffs. Simply put, everything went the Warriors way in the first half. The defense was lights out posting seven tackles for loss before halftime, forced five three-and-outs to start the game and
Warriors Cross Country Eyes Future, Postseason Meets
The Thompson Cross Country team has finished their regular season and now looks to the postseason after continuing their ascension among the state’s elite programs in head coach Chris Schmidt’s fifth year at the helm. Schmidt along with coaches Mason Dye and Katie Vanover have been navigating Class 7A’s Section 3 (affectionately known as the “Section of Death), building depth in the program while also training several state qualifiers in the process who have gone on to contin
