Team faces Mountlake Terrace in state prelimary round tomorrow.

Well, Central Kitsap football supporters, your team is back to its old ways — which is good, very good.

The Cougars have put together a four-game winning streak to end the regular season, just as they did last year en route to the Class 4A state semifinals, a run that surprised everybody except the Cougars themselves.

The Cougarella Run included postseason victories over Snohomish, Olympia and Rogers of Puyallup, the latter coming at what was an electric Silverdale Stadium.

The slipper eventually slipped off in the semis when Issaquah prevailed 31-13 behind a well-balanced offensive attack, led by running back Grant Gellatly, a D-I recruit.

But now, four victories — all by 17 points or more and three in shutout fashion — over Shelton, Mount Tahoma, Stadium and Wilson have the Cougars in position for another nice postseason run, the momentum building.

Will history repeat itself?

CK opens postseason play with a state preliminary game tomorrow at 1 p.m. against Mountlake Terrace, a team that’s in the playoffs for the first time in school history.

The Hawks (6-3) defeated Kamiak 21-12 in a grind-it-out game in the driving rain last week to earn the postseason bid. They belong to the WesCo Conference, which is split between North and South. Undefeated Jackson (9-0) took the South crown, with the Hawks earning the tiebreaker over Kamiak to secure second.

MT has won three of its past four games, the loss coming to Jackson 27-17 two weeks ago.

Which leaves us with two 6-3 teams, both playing well, both eager for a taste of the round-of-16, both seemingly in good position to advance.

For CK, the game could boil down to stopping running back Casey Ellersick, who rushed for two touchdowns in the win over Kamiak.

The Cougar defense has come up huge during the latter part of the season.

In fact, the Coug ‘D’ went four straight games in October without yielding an offense touchdown. Over that span, which included a 10-0 loss to No. 7 South Kitsap (9-0), a game in which the Wolves’ lone score came off a 2-yard interception return, CK outscored its opponents 109-10.

Wilson managed 20 points last week.

Quarterback/defensive back Brett McDonald, younger brother to former workhorse running back Howard McDonald, needs to continue to make plays on both sides of the ball. The junior has a knack for being in the right place at the right time, and if he can come up with at least one big play on defense and a couple on offense, the Cougars will be in the game.

As was the case in 2008 when CK defeated Snohomish on Snohomish’s home turf in prelims, coach Mark Keel’s team will have to find a way to win on the road — it is 2-3 away from Silverdale Stadium this season — if it’s going to advance beyond tomorrow.

While the team is without former stars Howard McDonald, quarterback Jason Simonis and others, those who are back from last year’s state-semifinals team bring a wealth of experience.

Look for the Cougars to repeat history.