Thompson High School's high profile showdown with IMG Academy called off due to Hurricane Idalia

EXPECTED TO REMAIN OPERATIONAL DURING THE STORMS. SO HURRICANE IDALIA IMPACTING ONE SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA, WVTM 13. SPORTS DIRECTOR RYAN HENNESSY CAUGHT UP WITH THOMPSON HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE LOOKING TO TAKE ON A FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE THE WEATHER HAD OTHER PLANS. THE THOMPSON WARRIORS WERE LOOKING TO TAKE ON ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY IN IMG ACADEMY HERE IN ALABASTER, ALABAMA, BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IDALIA. THAT CHANGED THE PLANS. A CANCELED GAME THIS WEEK. THE WARRIORS ARE COMING OFF A WIN IN WEEK NUMBER ZERO, HOPING TO WIN THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT STATE TITLE IF THEY WIN IT ALL AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE SPOKE WITH MARK FREEMAN TODAY. HE’S DISAPPOINTED BUT UNDERSTANDS ABOUT WHY THIS GAME WAS CANCELED LAST NIGHT. I ASKED HER, I SAID EVERYTHING GOOD. AND HE SAID, AS FAR AS I KNOW, EVERYTHING IS GOOD. SO, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT WE GO TO BED THINKING WE’RE GOING TO PLAY. AND THEN THIS MORNING WE GET UP. AND I THINK THE STORM EVIDENTLY HAS SHIFTED OR COME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO IT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT’S AN ACT OF GOD. IT’S A IT’S SOMETHING WE DON’T CONTROL. AND I KNOW COACH WANT TO PLAY. WE WANT TO PLAY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THAT GAME AT OUR STADIUM AND ALL THAT, BUT WE GOT TO NOW FOCUS ON GETTING OURSELVES BETTER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING ROUTINE GAME WEEK REGION GAME COMING UP AND GET OURSELVES READY. SO SPEAKING OF THE HEAD COACH OF THE THOMPSON WARRIORS, MARK FREEMAN, HE SAID NOW IT’S TIME TO FOCUS ON THEMSELVES AND LOOK FORWARD TO REGION PLAY NEXT WEEK FOR OCTAVIA HILLS, A TOUGH MATCHUP AS THEY CAME OFF A BIG WIN. THE REBELS AGAINST MOUNTAIN BROOK HE