SMYRNA - Seemingly before Hendersonville got off the bus for Tuesday's spring football scrimmage in Smyrna, the host Bulldogs easily marched down the field for the first score of the day.

It was fitting start as the Commandos were running late for the start of the scrimmage. But it did not take long for the visitors to recover as they fought back to finish in a 3-3 tie in their lone, non intra-squad scrimmage of the spring.

"We didn't like the way we started at all. We've got many, many things to work on. But we did do some positives after a slow start and letting them get out on us we started playing a little bit better," Hendersonville coach Bruce Hatfield said.

Motivation is not a rare commodity once the soccer postseason rolls around. The consequences of a bad game are pretty simple: You lose, your season’s over.

“You have to be (on top of your game), because if you lose, you’re out,” Hendersonville junior Randy Reichenberger said. “We don’t want to be done. We want to take it as far as we can.”

His Commandos will survive at least another week, reaching the District 9-AAA championship with a 1-0 victory against Wilson Central Wednesday night in the semifinals. Reichenberger scored a goal in the 16th minute, and Hendersonville’s defense was able to make it stick.

Beech was efficient in winning District 9-AAA’s North bracket on Thursday afternoon after scoring a 7-0 victory against visiting Wilson Central.

The Buccaneers needed just the one game instead of two to claim their side of the bracket. They scored what proved to be the winning run three batters into the game. And starter Zac Scott needed just 69 pitches on the way to a complete-game victory.

With the win, Beech advances to the District 9-AAA Tournament championship game. The Bucs will play host to Mt. Juliet — winners of the South Division on Tuesday — in a 7 p.m. contest. Both teams advance to next week’s Region 5-AAA Tournament as a result of reaching the district finals.

Hendersonville tennis completed a sweep of the District 9-AAA team titles on Tuesday and moves on Thursday's Region 5-AAA Tournament.

At Memorial Park, the Lady Commandos were 4-3 winners over Mt. Juliet, while the Hendersonville boys posted a 4-3 win against rival Beech.

Josh Jarratt's solo home run has the Beech baseball team one win away from a trip to the Region 5-AAA Tournament.

Hitting out of the eight hole, the junior's first-pitch blast over the left field fence in the bottom of the seventh Tuesday afternoon lifted the Buccaneers to a 2-1 victory over visiting Wilson Central and placed Beech into a 4 p.m. North bracket title game with these same Wildcats on Wednesday.