The Eagle County League may have expanded its playoff field this season, but the teams at the top remain the same.

When the baseball league's playoffs begin today, Saxonburg (21-6) will once again have the top seed.

The league went from a six-team playoff field to an eight-team one this season, but Saxonburg, Mars and Freeport - contenders for the crown for the last several seasons - claimed the top three seeds.

Saxonburg will host No. 8 seed Wexford at 6 p.m. today in the first game of a best-of-three first round series.

In other first-round action, No. 2 seed Mars (19-8) will take on No. 7 seed Mars II at Marburger Field; No. 3 seed Freeport (16-8) will host No. 6 seed Cranberry (15-11); and No. 4 seed Zelienople (17-9) will host No. 5 seed Natrona Heights (15-12).

The lower seed will host Game 2 of the first-round series and the deciding Game 3, if needed, will be hosted by the higher seed.

The second round of the playoffs as well as the championship round will be best-of-five series.