OXFORD – After losing their first game of the Class 7A state tournament 6-2 to the Sparkman Senators, the Thompson Warriors found themselves in an uncomfortable place without any margin for error. However, it wasn’t an unfamiliar place.
The Warriors needed to rally from a first-round loss at regionals to defeat both Hoover and Hewitt-Trussville to even make it to Choccolocco Park and the state tournament in Oxford. That gave them the experience they needed to draw from to accomplish an even greater feat–winning six-straight elimination games in an eight-team double elimination bracket.
For inspiration, they just had to look to the motto that carried the Warriors throughout the 2025 season: “No excuses. Get it done.”
First, they got a 2-0 win over Daphne done. Then, a 5-4 win over Central-Phenix City to make it to day two. From there, an 11-1 run-rule victory over Auburn High and a 5-4 walk-off win in the rematch against Sparkman.
That left them against the area foe Tuscaloosa County Wildcats, and Thompson got wins five and six done with an 8-5 game one win and a 9-0 game two win on Wednesday, May 14, completing an incredible rally for the Class 7A state title that left even coach Kevin Todd in awe.
“It was a gauntlet,” Todd said. “We definitely earned what we got tonight, putting Hoover out, then Hewitt-Trussville, then Daphne who put us out last year and then Central-Phenix. We just had to take it one at a time. Now you can look back and say, ‘Wow, that was really, really tough.’ But just all glory to God. It’s who we put all our trust in this program. And He was with us. He was with us today.”
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