CENTREVILLE — With just one regular-season loss, Centreville Academy heads into the postseason with the No. 2 seed in MAIS Class AA.

But assistant coach Brian Stutzman said the Tigers coaches are being sure to remind the players of last season’s postseason disappointment.

Centreville entered the 2012 playoffs undefeated, only to be eliminated in the first round by Lamar School after a 35-21 loss at home.

“Us coaches, we’re still sick over it,” Stutzman said. “The kids don’t remember as well as we do, but it can happen in a heartbeat. We have to do a better job of getting them mentally prepared.”

The Tigers (9-1) will host Oak Hill Academy out of West Point, and Stutzman said the Raiders (5-5) will bring the Wing T offense in hopes of pulling off the upset.

“They’re pretty good on offense, and they run a lot of misdirection out of the Wing T,” Stutzman said. “They run a ball-control offense, and defensively we’re going to have to be able to stop them.”

Doing that, Stutzman said, will depend on how well the players pay attention to detail.

“We just have to be disciplined,” Stutzman said. “We have to know our responsibilities and not fall for all the fakes and stuff.”

Stutzman also said the Tigers aren’t sweating getting beaten out by Simpson Academy for the No. 1 overall seed in Class Double-A.

“It doesn’t matter,” Stutzman said. “We wanted the one or two seed, because both are guaranteed home field advantage if you keep winning (until the state title game).”

With the playoffs being single-elimination, Stutzman said the players have to realize how important each game is from here on out.

“We mention to them that everyone is 0-0; it’s a brand new season,” he said. “We have to play well each game, because it could be our last.”

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Friday at Centreville.

Wilkinson County Christian Academy

No. 13 seed WCCA will face a familiar foe in the opening round of the MAIS Class A playoffs — in fact, the Rams will face the last team they played against.

WCCA dropped its Oct. 18 matchup with Cenla Christian Academy out of Pineville, La., 40-2, and with the Rams having a bye week last week, WCCA will look for better results than two weeks ago.

“We had a very good idea that we’d see them either this week or next week,” Rams head coach David Wright said. “We couldn’t avoid playing them in the first two rounds.”

Wright said the Rams had several starters out against Cenla last time, so he’s hoping for better results with everyone hopefully back this week.

“Last time we played them, we had three fumbles and an interception returned for a touchdown,” Wright said. “They’re a great team that takes advantage of every little mistake you make. I think we missed 20-something tackles, and you can’t win ball games not doing the little things.”

The Rams have been focusing on those little things in practice this week, Wright said, and he doesn’t expect motivation to be a problem with it now being November football.

“This is our third week working on Cenla, so they should know what to expect,” Wright said. “It’s playoff football, so we shouldn’t have to motivate the kids. This could be our last Monday, our last Tuesday for these seniors.”

During the bye week, WCCA traveled to Trinity Episcopal Day School to play in a scrimmage in order for both teams to remain fresh. Wright said he thinks practicing against another team did wonders for both squads.

“Being able to line up against 11 guys was very key for us to keep the motivation going,” Wright said. “It was very valuable for both teams to go with our 1s versus their 1s and not have to sub out really quickly.”

WCCA and Cenla will square off at 7 p.m. Friday at Louisiana College on what Wright calls “speed turf.”

“At least (the stadium) has good lighting,” Wright joked.