WINTHROP – Fourteen seniors posed for posterity at what was rumored to be the 50-yard line at Maxwell Field on Saturday afternoon.

Somebody from Winthrop High School better jot down the names for a caption before everybody forgets where they were standing. Otherwise, you could only make out the shine of Kevin Hart’s smooth scalp, the bandanna around Jordan Conant’s forehead and the whiskers on Jake Steele’s chin.

And an endless parade of teeth. Covered in mud from crown to cleat but spotless from summer two-a-days to autumn deluge, Winthrop capped its majestic run through Western Class C with a 34-0 championship whitewashing of Lisbon.

“Lisbon’s a great team,” said senior running back and linebacker Jake Steele, “and coming out and putting it to them like that was real good.”

On a day best suited to barreling up the middle and taking whatever the turf gods would yield, Winthrop (11-0) scored most of its touchdowns in electrifying fashion.

Steele scooted for three of them, playing hopscotch like Barry Sanders on scores of 39 and 51 before a more punishing 7-yard surge. Joe Morey raced 72 yards for a TD. Riley Cobb dialed long distance from 41.

Each of the double-digit runs came in the first half, one that ended with Winthrop leading 27-0 and left Lisbon playing in the name of pride and safety.

“It was not conditions today,” said Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan. “That was a very good football team we played. Offensively and defensively, they’re just a real talented group. They have a lot seniors out there. They know that first game we gave them a little trouble in the second half, and they weren’t going to let that happen today.”

Winthrop won its first regional title since 2000. The Ramblers will try to repeat that year’s finish and add a state title next Saturday. John Bapst of Bangor stands in the way at Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium.

Steele (137 yards), Morey (124) and Cobb (114) each coasted past the century mark as Winthrop accounted for all but one of its 402 total yards on terra firma. By contrast, the Ramblers limited the Greyhounds (8-3) to three first downs and 79 yards, securing their seventh shutout of the dream season.

“Dick Mynahan gave me the ultimate compliment after the game when he shook my hand and said, ‘These are the best athletes I’ve seen in 10 years come out of this school.’ We’ve seen some great teams come through here,” said Winthrop coach Joel Stoneton, “so that’s quite a compliment to them.”

In a 24-6 home loss two weeks ago, Lisbon became only the third offense to score a touchdown against Winthrop. The Greyhounds never sniffed the business side of the Ramblers’ 35-yard line in the rematch.

Steele, who sat out all of last season after shoulder surgery, intercepted a pass and forced a fumble. Zach Farrington, Kevin Hart and Andrew Smithgall each recovered a fumble for the Ramblers, who have forced nine turnovers in two playoff games.

“Playing in this game was real big to me personally,” said Steele. “My sophomore year I got knocked out against Lisbon. Then last year missing a great season, to be able to come back and have an even better one was important to me and important to everyone on the team.”

He didn’t waste time making an impact. After Lisbon held Winthrop to three-and-out on its opening possession, Steele swept the ball out of Josh Cote’s hands on Lisbon’s second play from scrimmage.

Farrington pounced at the Lisbon 45.

Winthrop needed only seven plays to cover 85 yards on its initial scoring march. Big gains by Cobb (28) and Morey (11) set the table for Steele, who ran a counter to his left, bounced right and beat the Greyhounds to the only patch of green. Farrington’s kick made it 7-0 with 4:47 remaining in the quarter.

Three Lisbon runs and a Nate Blackwell punt later, Morey made his approach behind right tackle and was never touched on his foray down the home sideline.

Cobb’s explosion and Steele’s second highlight-film jaunt unfolded in a three-minute span late in the second period.

“We’re pretty versatile running the way we want to,” said Cobb, a junior. “At first the running backs got together and said we’re pretty much going to run straight forward and keep our hands on the ball, which we did. But cutting wasn’t as big an issue as we thought it would be.”

Cobb, Morey and Skyler Whaley carried the load in support of a prolific passing game last season, when Winthrop reached the regional final, falling to Boothbay.

“Last year we kind of fell into it when Jake went down,” Stoneton said of the backfield-by-committee. “I wish the conditions were different. I think we could have thrown the ball.”

Senior quarterback Conant (2-for-5, 1 yard) smiled as broadly as if he’d carved up the secondary for 300.

“With the running backs we have, that’s all we need to do,” Conant said. “The offensive line carried us all season, and they carried us again today.”

Tyler Gawrys recovered a fumble for Lisbon, which was seeking its third Western C title in the last four years. Instead, it’s the Ramblers who will advance to Fitzpatrick and encounter a welcome sight: FieldTurf.

“I’d much rather play on a dry field, because I like being able to plant my feet and turn on a dime. It makes your hits more solid,” Steele said. “But you know what? I’ve never played in something like this, and I’ll never forget it.”