Not only did the Mt. View High School football team make the playoffs for the first time in its five-year history, the Mustangs earned the No. 4 seed in the Little Ten Conference tournament, and will host a game on Saturday.

“Going into this last game, we knew we would be either four or five,” Mt. View coach Jack Brady said. “We’re pretty excited.”

Mt. View won its last four games of the regular season to finish 6-2, and will face No. 5 Foxcroft Academy (5-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday in a quarterfinal game.

Five of the state’s regions begin playoffs this week. The Pine Tree Conference Class A has one more week in the regular season, and will begin the playoffs next week. The state championship games will be on Nov. 19 at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland.

In the Campbell Conference’s Class C division, No. 8 Oak Hill (3-5) is at No. 1 Yarmouth (8-0), the defending Class C state champion. No. 3 Maranacook (7-1) hosts No. 6 Freeport (5-3), and No. 5 Winslow (6-2) plays at No. 4 Lisbon (6-2).

First round matchups in the Pine Tree Conference’s Class B division include No. 6 Waterville (4-4) at No. 3 Gardiner (6-2), and No. 7 Mt. Desert Island (5-3) at No. 2 Mt. Blue (7-1).

Joining Mt. View in the LTC playoffs is Maine Central Institute (4-4). The No. 7 Huskies play a No. 2 Orono (7-1).

Waterville finished in a tie for fifth place with Hampden Academy (5-3) in the Crabtree Point standings. To separate the Panthers and Broncos, it came down to the fourth tiebreaker, overall record, where Hampden earned the fifth spot by virtue of its five wins.

MCI tied Stearns for sixth place in the LTC, but Stearns won the sixth seed because of its 18-14 win over the Huskies in the regular season.

A home playoff game is something new for Maranacook, where coach Joe Emery expects a rowdy student section to be ready.

“There’s probably 80 or 90 students. They call themselves the Bear Cave,” Emery said. “We wanted a home playoff game. We’re sick of playing number one and going in number eight.”

The Crabtree Points are what kept Oak Hill in the playoffs. Despite losing their final three regular season games, the Raiders move on thanks to playing the toughest schedule in Western C. Crabtree Points are calculated by adding your winning percentage to the combined wining percentage of all your opponents. Oak Hill’s opponents had a winning percentage of .5938, and that kept the Raiders just ahead of Old Orchard Beach (3-5) and Poland (4-4).

“We squeaked in,” Oak Hill coach Dave Wing said. “I think our strength of schedule helped.”

This is the second year in a row Oak Hill will play at Yarmouth in the postseason. The Clippers beat Oak Hill in week two this season, 51-7.

“I still feel if we play well, we can give them a game,” Wing said. “The key will be to stop their speed and not make mistakes.”

Mt. View will play Foxcroft for the first time since 2007, the Mustangs’ first varsity season.

“I think we’ll have a big crowd,” Brady said. “The last two weeks have been excellent.”

Travis Lazarczyk — 861-9242

tlazarczyk@centralmaine.com