Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:41 pm

Oakland's bonecrushing defense shut down Smyrna, 14-0, and locked up a TSSAA playoff berth in the regular season finale for both teams Thursday night at Patriot Stadium.

Trevor Hornsby kicked field goals from 25 and 35 yards out in the first half for what proved to be all the points the Patriots needed.

Middle Tennessee Christian School topped Eagleville, 17-10, in what has become a growing rivalry. Both teams will advance to the playoffs.

Oakland clinched its win when Harrod Hargis beat the Smyrna defense deep and pulled in a pass from Christian Adams for a 33-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

Oakland finishes the regular season at 8-2 with both losses in overtime to ranked teams, Ensworth and Riverdale.

Smyrna finishes 5-5 and has a chance to reach the playoffs at a wild card. The Bulldogs will learn their playoff fate Saturday afernoon.

MTCS finishes 4-6, Eagleville 3-7.