Warriors, Red Devils Meet in 7A Championship Rubber Match
The Thompson Warriors will clash with the Red Devils of Central-Phenix City for the third time in the last four years in Birmingham’s brand new Protective Stadium in the venue’s first time hosting the AHSAA’s Super 7 Championships, Wednesday December 1st. It will be Thompson’s fourth straight trip to the 7A championship as they hope to take the title for the third straight year. Mark Freeman and the Warriors are 12-1 this season going into the match and have gone 51-4 in the
Warriors Route Hoover, Advance to Fourth Straight State Championship
Revenge never tasted so sweet. Less than a month after the Hoover Buccaneers ended Thompson’s 27 game win streak and stole the top spot in Class 7A, The Thompson Warriors returned to the Met and finished what they started. The Warriors’ vaunted defense turned perhaps their greatest performance of the season and Thompson’s stars shined the brightest in the biggest game of the year in an emphatic 35-10 road victory that left no doubt. Thompson won the coin toss and made no bone
Thompson Downs Eagles Again, Advance to State Semifinals
Mark Freeman and the Warriors are headed to the state semifinals for a fifth consecutive year after another convincing defeat of the Oak Mountain Eagles, 45-7. The defense was stellar again holding their opponents to single digit scoring for the 10th time in their 12 games so far and forced seven punts to break the state record with 84 on the season. Fyffe held the previous record of 81. Thompson was equally balanced on offense in the second start for quarterback Zach Sims as
Warriors Overwhelm Florence, Advance to Quarterfinals
With the starting quarterback Conner Harrell unable to join his teammates as they began their playoff run, the rest of the Warriors stepped up and delivered a dominant win over the Florence Falcons Friday, November 5 by a score of 49-10. “I️ was proud of the team, we had a good week of practice and we needed to play good because Zach (Sims) was going to play tonight,” said Mark Freeman. “I️ was so proud of Zach, proud of the way he played and the way the guys around him playe
