8A TOURNAMENT AT FCS -- Watertown and Friendship battled down to the wire in Monday's District 8A tournament opener, as the Commanders prevailed 3-1 behind a four-hit pitching performance from Kyle Wood.

Wood (7-0) struck out five and walked just one batter as FCS held off a determined Watertown crew, led by senior righty Ben Bain.

Bain used an assortment of off-speed pitches to keep the Commanders off-stride, limiting FCS to just seven hit. He walked five batters and helped his own cause with a ground-out RBI in the top of the sixth.

Austin Godwin belted an RBI double in the first and Drew Erie added a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the Commanders.

FCS (32-2) is scheduled to play Trousdale County Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the finals of the winner's bracket finals.

TCHS defeated Gordonsville 15-8 in Monday's second game. Watertown (12-12-1) will take on Gordonsville Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in a loser-out contest.

District 8A Baseball Tournament
all games at Friendship Christian School
Friday, May 4
Watertown 3, Red Boiling Springs 1 (play-in)

Monday, May 7
Game 1: 4:30 pm No. 1 Friendship 3, Watertown 1
Game 2: 6:30 pm No. 3 Trousdale Co. 15, No. 2 Gordonsville 8

Tuesday, May 8
Game 3: 4:30 pm Watertown vs. Gordonsville (loser out)
Game 4: 6:30 pm Friendship vs. Trousdale County

Wednesday, May 9
Game 5: 4:30 pm Finals of losers' bracket (loser out)
Game 6: 6:30 pm Tournament Finals

Thursday, May 10
Game 7 4:30 pm (if necessary)

Over in District 9AAA
Hendersonville 5, Lebanon 0 --
HENDERSONVILLE -- Lebanon High was eliminated from the 9AAA tournament with a 5-0 loss to Hendersonville High Monday afternoon at Drakes Creek Park.

LHS managed just two hits (by Austin Meadows and Dallas Horn) in the game and ended the season 3-21 overall.

Wilson Central 4, Beech 2 - 10 innings
MT. JULIET -- Jacob McEntire's two-run double in the top of the 10th proved to be the difference Monday as Wilson Central eliminated Beech 4-2 from the District 9AAA tournament.

The teams were knotted at 2-all after seven complete innings, after McEntire worked the first four inning and was not involved in the decision.

Ethan Nehus went the final six and picked up the win, allowing just four hits and no runs.

Eric Guethlein's RBI double in the sixth tied the game at 2-all while McEntire had a pair of doubles on the day.

WCHS (15-18) was trailing host Mt. Juliet 2-0 after two in Monday evening's bracket finals when rained forced the game to be suspended. The contest will be resumed today at 5 p.m. Should Central win, an "if necessary" game will be played at 7 p.m.