After starting the District 7 AAA softball tournament in the loser's bracket, Smyrna ended it as winners -- battling all the way back by taking two against Riverdale on Thursday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 4-3 and 5-3 to earn the tournament title and play host to Coffee County in regional play Monday. Riverdale will hit the road to play Lawrence County.
"We lost to Stewarts Creek 10-2 in the opening round, which put us in the losers bracket from the get-go," said Smyrna coach Lonnie Drayton. "The only people who believed we would be here tonight were the girls that are riding that bus with me.