See which state team won national 7on7 tournament in Hoover
A pair of familiar foes faced off for Saturday’s championship of the Hustle-Up 7on7.
Hoover and Thompson, the two most dominant big-school programs in the state for the past 25 years, raced through bracket play to the title game.
Hoover upset No. 1 seed Thompson 24-15 to win the title.
The tournament featured 32 teams from eight states, played over two days. Five Friday pool play games were followed by two more rounds of pool play that determined seeding for the two elimination brackets.
The top 16 teams played in the Gold Bracket with the bottom 16 in the Silver Bracket.
Thompson breezed through pool play as the only team with a 7-0 record while Hoover was seeded No. 10 with a 5-2 pool record, losing to St. Michael and Ramsay on Friday.
Hoover beat St. Michael 33-14 in round 1 of bracket play followed by wins over Enterprise 35-22, and Walton, Ga., 19-18 before beating Thompson.
Runnerup Thompson beat Benedictine Military, Ga., 30-12, Kell, Ga., 26-0 and Pike Road 24-15 before losing to Hoover.
Brownsburg, Ind., beat Riverwood, Ga., 25-10 to win the Silver Bracket.
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