

Thompson Soccer: Step By Step
Thompson High School is riding a veritable tidal wave of momentum in athletics into the spring sports season and the soccer program is no different. Head coach Dan DeMasters has overseen exponential growth in the boys and girls teams since arriving in 2019 and compiled the best soccer regular season records in years for both sides. DeMasters, who personally oversees the girls squad, saw the team go 17-6-3 in 2021–including a home win over Hoover for the first time in his tenu


Thompson Wrestling Sees Growth As They Capture 4th Straight Duals Championship, Build girls program
When he took over youth wrestling in Alabaster, Shawn Weltzin already had a standard in mind for his program. Newly married and fresh out of UT-Chattanooga, he was eager to begin something special. “I️ promised the booster club. I said that we would win a state title in the next five years or I️ would step down because I’m not doing it right.” He insists he would have indeed stepped down, but fortunately, the Warriors won that title just four years later so the world may neve