No. 29 Hoover beats No. 9 McGill-Toolen for Alabama 7A title

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Hoover is back on-top of the Alabama high school football scene.  Wednesday night, the Buccaneers, ranked #29 in the latest High School Football America Top 50, beat defeating state champ McGill-Toolen, ranked #9 in our Top 25, 17-7 for the school’s fourth state title in the last five years.

The Hoover defense played at a very high level, sacking M-T quarterback Bubba Thompson nine times. Coming into the game, McGill-Toolen was averaging 40 points a game.

“These kids have won 26 games in two years,” McGill-Toolen head coach Caleb Ross told al.com. “I couldn’t be more proud of a group of kids. It is one thing to come last year when no one thought you could do anything and win it all. It’s a different animal when you are on top, and everyone is coming after you. These kids accomplished a lot in two years. It’s the first two times this school has ever played for a state championship. I’m very proud of the effort.”

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The state championship is the 12th overall for Hoover.  The Bucs only losses were to #5 Allen (Texas) and #6 Grayson (Georgia).

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.