After a season of battling, going up and down, it came down to the last minute — but the Wiscasset High School girls varsity soccer team won’t be in the state playoffs this fall.

The team (5-8-1 final record) finished 14th in the Western Class C standings, which was mere points from 13th-place Dirigo High School (6-8).

The Wolverines needed certain teams to lose if it wanted to stay mathematically relevant in the hunt.

Wiscasset started the year off in high fashion, as the team rolled over its first three opponents en route to a 3-0 record.

But this year, the injury bug bit the Wolverines, and it hit hard.

The team had to go long stretches without some of its starters. It began a seven game losing streak that stretched from Tuesday, Sept. 16, when the team lost to Hall-Dale, 5-0, to Thursday, Oct. 2, when the Wolverines tied Oak Hill, 2-2.

The Wolverines then rebounded, and in a big way: The team throttled Telstar, 6-0, on Oct. 10, and beat Winthrop, 2-0, Oct. 13.

The two wins pushed Wiscasset’s record to 5-7-1 and gave the Wolverines a tremulous grasp on 13th place in the standings; an Oct. 17 win over Hall-Dale would all but assure Wiscasset another Western Class C playoff berth. The two teams battled, but in the end the Bulldogs would come out with a 1-0 victory.

Three days later, on Oct. 20, Dirigo, which had defeated Hall-Dale earlier in the season, finished off Winthrop to push its record to 6-8 and bounce Wiscasset from the playoff picture.

The team had to rely on several freshmen, who would eventually go on to larger roles as the season progressed. By the end of the year, players such as “Mini” Maeve Blodgett and Grace Webber became starting lineup fixtures.

Both boys and girls soccer teams will host a dinner at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 6 at the high school cafeteria.

The boys team also finished in 14th place in Western Class C, with a record of 3-11. The boys division featured a multitude of powerhouse teams this season; even seventh-seeded Mount Abram finished with 10 wins.

Even with dominant teams up and down the division, Maranacook managed a perfect 14-0 season to snare the top spot in the division. Mountain Valley (13-0-1) and Hall-Dale (13-1) finished second and third, respectively.

The boys team was extremely young in a league that had grown experienced. The Wolverines relied on a squad of sophomores on defense (Kevin Lynch, Ethan James and Keeper Conlon Ranta) and on offense (Brandon Goud and Russell Marr, among many others). The team will lose two seniors to graduation, meaning that next year the team will likely be top-heavy with upperclassmen.

While the Wolverines weren’t able to secure a playoff spot, the team managed to finish the year off in style: The Wolverines went 2-1 in their final two games.

The boys and girls Western Class C regional finals will be Wednesday, Nov. 5, and the state championship will be Nov. 8.