It would not be difficult to make the case that the sky is falling on the Flathead football team.

The Braves haven’t won a game since Oct. 9, were handed a loss by their crosstown rival for the seventh straight year a week ago, enter the final week of the regular season having not beaten a team with a winning record, and tonight face a Missoula Sentinel squad that’s topped the Braves each of the last three years by an average of more than 23 points.

But no one’s seen Chicken Little on the west side of Kalispell just yet.

There’s no panic at Flathead (5-4), which has locked up its first playoff berth since 2011, come tantalizingly close to wins over elite competition, displayed one of the most potent — and balanced — offensive attacks in Class AA, and can enter the playoffs seeded as high as sixth if they down a Spartans team that, like the Braves, is still looking for a marquee win.

“We’ve had a couple tough losses the last two weeks to some very good teams,” Flathead coach Kyle Samson said. “But anytime you get in the playoffs, anything can happen.”

Tonight at 7 p.m. at Legends Stadium, the Braves will recognize a senior class that’s turned around a once moribund program and look to regain momentum before the playoffs get underway next week.

And while the Braves break every post-practice huddle with the same single word — champions — even a year that ends short of the ultimate goal would have to be regarded as a resounding success.

Consider that if the Braves win, it would give Samson nine total victories in his two years as head coach. That’s as many as Flathead had won in the previous four seasons combined. The Braves are guaranteed to finish the regular season at least at .500, too, a first for the program since 2008.

With the season’s conclusion rapidly approaching, Samson was asked to reflect on his first 19 games as head coach.

“It’s been a great two years and a great season so far,” Samson said. “This group of seniors have been the heart and soul of this program and been a really key factor in this program getting turned around.

“My heart is definitely with these seniors and we want to go out in our senior night and honor these guys the way they should be honored.”

The way to honor the seniors is, of course, with a win, and against Sentinel (5-4) that starts with reeling in dynamic quarterback Mitch Roberts. The junior first-year starter has combined to run and pass for more than 200 yards per game. Limiting him is the Braves’ top priority.

“We’ve got to make sure we contain (Roberts),” Samson said. “We have to stay in our pass rush lanes and be disciplined up front. With an athletic quarterback, we’ve got to have some different things lined up to make sure he doesn’t beat us with his legs.”

Flathead has also preached discipline on special teams in practice this week. Mistakes in the so-called third phase have hampered the Braves throughout the year, including allowing a blocked punt and a critical long kick return in last week’s loss to Glacier.

“Special teams is about effort but that hasn’t been our problem,” Samson said. “It’s just been assignment mistakes. We’re trying to focus on doing our assignments, not trying to overcompensate for somebody else, just trusting the guy next to you and doing your job.”

Even with this year’s success, it is hardly the end of the Samson’s rebuilding effort. The senior class that plays its final game at Legends Stadium tonight is a large and talented one that includes prolific running back Josh McCracken and a bevy of defensive starters.

“We’d like to have a couple more wins that I think we could have had this year,” Samson said. “But the overall attitude and excitement for the program, and our work ethic, is there, and that’s just going to keep getting better and better as the years go on.”

And as this year goes on, too, because Samson is not yet done with the 2015 Braves.

“We know we’ve got two more games guaranteed but we don’t want to be done in two weeks,” he said. “We want to keep winning.”