BATH – They would need one of their best efforts of the season, and the Lisbon 4×400 relay team produced just that Saturday.

And it still wasn’t enough.

North Yarmouth edged out Lisbon in the Class C state championship meet Saturday at McMann Field thanks to a strong performance in the final relay of the day. NYA finished fourth in the event and Lisbon took sixth. That gave the Panthers 81 points overall while Lisbon finished at 79.5. Sacopee Valley was third with 76 followed by Bucksport with 65 and John Bapst with 49.

“We ran our fastest time,” said Lisbon coach Dean Hall. “So hats off to our kids.”

In the girls’ meet John Bapst finished with 95 to claim the title. Orono was second with 83.5 followed by NYA (64) and Freeport (46). Hall-Dale was fifth with 44 followed by Lisbon with 42.

Entering the final relay, Lisbon was up 77.50 to NYA’s 77. Sacopee was close behind at 70. The Greyhounds knew they had to beat NYA and keep the Hawks from winning the 4×400.

“We felt that it was anybody’s race,” said Lisbon’s Cam Bubar. “Between first and second, there was only a second or second-and-a-half difference in the seeds. We kept our heads up.”

On the first leg, Lisbon’s Dan Conlon had a lead on NYA’s Robby Lentine, but the Panther made a move to put himself ahead. Conlon surged at the end to close the gap. He passed off to teammate Josh Pomerleau.

Lisbon fell behind further as Nick Kolkin opened the lead, but Pomerleau was still able to keep the Greyhounds within reach. When NYA’s Mohamed Dahia began the third leg,

Bubar had a chance but quickly discovered it would be a challenge to make up the difference.

“When I was watching him run, he seemed really strong,” said Bubar. “I did the best I could to catch him, but they’re a really strong team. They ran a good race.”

When Bubar handed off to Erik Metzger, NYA’s Henry Sterling had opened up the lead on Lisbon. When Metzger ran into Mahia after the handoff, that only slowed him down more. NYA was fourth overall behind third-place Sacopee.

John Bapst won the race, edging out Traip. Lisbon’s time was 3:41.01.

“We’re usually good at catching up,” said Bubar, who was second in the 800 and the javelin. “Often, we usually win. When I handed off to Erik, an NYA kid was in front of him, and there was a collision. That kind of messed up things, but you can’t really blame it on that.”

Bubar had put Lisbon in the lead with a second place in the javelin. Bubar threw a distance of 162-06 for the lead, but NYA’s Sam Fear topped that with a 172-08.

“Cam Bubar had a money throw in the javelin,” said Hall.

“He took first place, and Sam Fear came up with a huge throw. We would have been in a better spot, and Fear had a money throw and Henry Sterling had four gorgeous races.”

Fear also edge out Greyhound Kyle Houston in the high jump with a leap of 6-2. Houston was second with 6-0.

“I thought I did all right,” said Houston, who also took third in the 100 and sixth in the 200. “I knew Sam was going to be real tough competition.”

Houston said he didn’t carry enough speed into his jumps, and that trying to match Fear proved quite a challenge.

“It definitely put pressure on me,” he said. “I definitely knew I had to step up my game.”

The Lisbon boys were also aided by George Clement placing in three events. He was fourth in the long jump, fifth in the high jump and sixth in the hurdles. Morgan Reeves added a third in the triple jump while Tyler Campbell was second in the 1,600. Metzer added a third in the 400.

“We knew it was going to be really tough, but we thought we had a good chance of possibly winning this year,” said Houston.

For the Lisbon girls, Rebekah Sullivan entered Saturday’s meet with two goals in mind.

She wanted to shoot for the record in the discus while making up for last year’s disappointing finish.

“Last year I fouled out on all three, and I was seeded first,” said Sullivan. “That was pretty lousy, and that was hard.”

She was determined to better that performance while gunning for the school record. She came up short of that milestone but still managed to win the event.

“I felt like it was going to be a comfortable meet especially in the sun as opposed to in the rain (like in the MVC’s),” said Sullivan, who also took third in the shot. “I felt really confident walking in.”

She felt good during her throws and thought she might have a shot at the school record but settled with a throw of 101-11, which was shy of her personal best this year of 104-5 1/2 .

“I thought I might have a shot,” she said. “I got in there and felt confident. I thought I could get my form together and it felt really nice when it was coming off. I had a couple that were kind of floppy, and I didn’t like them, but for the most part, I felt confident.”

The Lisbon girls got a third in the triple and fifth in the long jump from Tara Metzger. Sierra Guay was second in the racewalk while Lindsey Whitney was seventh. Kathy Fitzgerald added a seventh in the triple, and Jenn Caton took seventh in the pole vault.

Winthrop’s Kenzie Hill had a disappointing finish last year in the state meet but rallied to take third this time in the 800.

“I didn’t do as well as I should have,” said Hill of last year.

“I was kind of nervous. I just wanted to do better. This year, I just wanted to prove to myself that I could. I’ve been doing that this year. I’m proud of what I did.”

The two-time winner in the MVC meet was behind in the pack early but picked up spots on the final lap to claim third in 2:32.28 “I was shooting for as high as I could go,” said Hill, a junior.

“I was shooting for third or second, but knew I probably could have gotten first. I knew I could get that time because I had gotten a 2:31 before when I ran the 4×8.”

Jay freshman Lindsey Jacques took second in the long jump. She finished third in the event in the MVC’s.

“It feels great,” said Jacques. “I never expected it at all. I was pretty nervous because there are a lot of teams here and a lot of incredible athletes.”

Other local highlights included Dirigo’s Emily Chase taking fourth in the hurdles. Winthrop got a sixth from Anna Doyle in the 3,200 and seventh from Anna Smithgall in the shot.

In the boys’ Livermore Falls’ Jeff Ryder was second in the 100.

Winthrop got a fifth from Pat Romar in the javelin and fifth from Travis Hutchins in the discus.