- The Etheredge Era at Auburn High officially begins
- Hoover Defensive Coordinator Chad McGehee named James Clemens head coach
- Auburn High School lands championship head football coach
- Report: Former Hoover head coach Rush Propst is facing more allegations of misconduct
- Homewood varsity lacrosse blasts James Clemens 18-6
- Mountain Brook varsity lacrosse throttles Helena 21-0
- Stanwick, Young Lead Auburn Lacrosse over Oak Mountain
- Gardendale claims their second consecutive state wrestling title
- John Carroll varsity LAX tops Homewood 8-6
- Opelika softball pitcher McKay Yountz strikes out 21 batters in seven innings
- Hoover varsity lacrosse remains unbeaten with victory over Briarwood Christian
- Kendrick Cook named Fultondale head football coach
- Hoover varsity lacrosse upsets Mountain Brook in season opener
- Auburn varsity LAX roars past Thompson 23-2
- Huntsville High varsity lacrosse tops Homewood 7-2
- UMS-Wright varsity lacrosse drops Thompson 14-5
- Former University of Alabama head coach Mike Dubose named Opp head coach
- Auburn’s Adam Winegarden named Tuscaloosa County head football coach
- Mtn Brook downs Spain Park to kick off 2021 varsity lacrosse season
- Philip Rivers set to take over St. Michael Catholic football program
- Matt Patterson named Buckhorn head football coach
- Bessemer Academy names new head football coach
- The AHSAA approves postseason hoops modifications
- Vestavia runners set national indoor track records
- Pinson Valley’s GaQuincy McKinstry named 2020 Mr. Football
- Norman Joseph takes the reins of the McGill-Toolen Catholic football program
- Drew Phillips named West Morgan head coach
- Meet the 2020 ASWA Super All-State Team
- Six Arabian Knights land on All-Marshall County Football Team
- Sean Calhoun officially named Vestavia Hills head football coach
- Aryvia Holmes named McAdory head football coach
- Tuscaloosa Academy nabs Bessemer Academy head football coach
- Is Vestavia Hills on the verge of naming their next head football coach?
- Sylacauga head coach Andrew Zow is leaving to join Clemson Staff
- Montgomery Catholic’s Aubrey Blackwell takes over at Benjamin Russell, Kirk Johnson named Knights head coach
- McGill-Toolen head coach Earnest Hill is leaving to join South Alabama staff
- ALFCA names 2020 Coach of the Year award winners
- South edges North 28-20 in 62nd Alabama North-South All-Star Classic
- Grissom’s Chip English named new Albertville Aggies head football coach
- Alabama knocks off Mississippi 19-7 to claim All-Star Classic victory
- Will Hester resigns as Florence Falcons head football coach
- Bart Sessions is leaving McAdory to takeover Alma Bryant program
- Alabama and Mississippi All-Stars are getting their game face on as final practice concludes
- Jon Cooper named new Corner Yellow Jackets head football coach
- Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic | Defense draws praise from head coach Steve Mask
- Albertville parts ways with head football coach Cliff Mitchell
- Pinson Valley claims the 2020 6A state title with 23-13 come from behind victory over Spanish Fort
- Mars Hill Bible roars past Abbeville 56-14 to nab the 2020 AHSAA 2A state title
- Handley edges Gordo 35-20 to claim the AHSAA 4A state title
- Pinson Valley head coach Sam Shade will serve as an honorary captain in the Alabama / Mississippi All-Star Classic
Thompson blanks Tuscaloosa County, improves to 4-1
- Updated: September 21, 2018

Northport, AL – The Thompson Warriors (4-1, 2-1) shut out Tuscaloosa County (1-4, 0-3) Friday night at Northport’s Wildcat Field. The win extended the Warriors winning streak to four straight over T-County.
The contest marked Thompson’s second shutout of the season and was the second time the Wildcats have been blanked through five games.
Mark Freeman’s Warriors lit up the scoreboard early as quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa capped Thompson’s opening drive with the first of his three scores of the night, bolting into the endzone from a yard out. Shadrick Byrd extended the Warrior lead later in the first, taking a Tagovailoa handoff 58 yards to put the visitors on top 14-0.
Byrd crossed the endzone again midway through the second period hauling in a pass at the Wildcat 10 and dragging defenders across the goal line.
The defending 7A region 3 champs carried a 21-0 lead into the locker room.
After the break, Thompson notched another pair of scores through the air, both tossed from inside the redzone. Receiver J.B. Mitchell hauled in a Tagovailoa pass from just beyond the Wildcat 10 to close out the third quarter followed by a game sealing seven yard grab by Michael Pettway to open the fourth.
Thompson signal caller Taulia Tagovailoa completed 25 of 48 passes for 350 yards and three scores through the air while adding 25 yards and a score on the ground. The Alabama Crimson Tide commit has thrown for more than 2,000 through the Warriors opening five contests. Byrd lead the Warriors on the ground with with 103 yards on 15 carries and a pair of scores. Michael Pettway lead the Thompson receiving corps 115 yards and a touchdown while hauling in nine grabs.
The Thompson defense held the Cats to 130 total yards on the night. Elijah Clayton lead the Warriors with four tackles while Eric Mizell and Will Connor chipped in three stops apiece.
Thompson returns to action October 5th, after taking the week off next Friday, as they welcome the Spain Park Jaguars (1-4, 0-3) to Warrior Stadium.
John Holladay’s Wildcats take next week off as well before hitting the road to take on the defending 7A state champion Hoover Bucs (3-2, 1-1) at The Hoover Met in week six.