Overview

• Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. CST Thursday in Alabaster for the nonleague season opener between the defending Class 7A champion Warriors and the Wolverines.
• The game will stream live on the NFHS Network and is not scheduled for traditional television broadcast.
• Live updates note a Special Weather Statement for the Birmingham area with passing storms and wind gusts up to 40 mph, though forecasts indicate conditions may clear as the evening progresses.
• Thompson enters off an 11-3 season in which all three losses were by one point in overtime, while Carver-Montgomery went 6-3 after starting 5-0 last year.
• Previews list differing preseason labels for Thompson’s ranking, with references ranging from Alabama’s No. 1 to a No. 16 designation in separate reports.