The boys SMAA championship came down the day’s final event at the Portland Expo on Saturday. Going into the 4×210 relay, the Scarborough boys held a four-point lead over Gorham. The Rams needed to win the race and they needed Scarborough to finish no better than fourth to secure the title for the Rams.

The Gorham relay team of Justin Villacci, Cam Stevens, Mike Greatorex and Duncan Allen won the race and the Red Storm came up just short to finish fourth. That allowed the Rams to win the meet with 97 points. Scarborough was second with 95.

Scarborough’s Zach Alfieri was the winner in the junior shot put. His throw of 41-1 was more than five feet better than second place finisher John Phinney of Gorham. Brigham Michaud of Cheverus won the senior shot put with a throw of 54-6, just edging Thornton Academy’s Dan Smith who was second. Biddeford’s Eddie Murphy was third.

Three high jumpers cleared the bar at 6-2. But Portland’s Imadhi Zagon did it in fewer tries. Thornton’s Andrew Lambert was second and Alex Dulac was third for Scarborough.

Nate Hathaway did what he did all season and won the one-mile run. His time of 4:38.70 was two seconds better than second place Taylor Dundas of Cheverus. In the two-mile run, it was Noah Schoneberg of Bonny Eagle coming out on top in 10:19.70.

The Deering Rams grabbed the lead early in the meet when they swept both the junior and senior hurdles. Patrick Ciez of Windham was second in the junior hurdles. Jon Foster of Gorham was third. In the senior hurdles, Tony Yeboah was the winner, barely edging Thornton’s Craig Milliard and Lambert. Bonny Eagle’s Jamie Ruginski was fourth.

Noble’s Cody Sorrell won the junior 40-yard dash in 4.98 seconds. Zagon was second for Portland. Villacci took the senior 40 in 4.94 seconds to edge Pierome Sar of Noble. August Ibekilo of Thornton was third in a close race.

Stevens picked up another 10 points for Gorham when he won the junior 300 in 35.80 seconds. Scarborough’s Colin Pierce was second followed by Gorham’s Kamron Alexander and Jake Willis in third and fourth. M. Zagon of Portland won the senior 300 for the Bulldogs. Scott Delano of Scarborough was second, just three tenths of a second behind.

Deering’s Brad Shafran took the open 200 meters in 25.10 seconds. Villacci was second in 25.90. Zagon took third and Ibekilo was fourth. Allen was the winner of the 400 meters. His time of 55.70 seconds was nearly three seconds faster than Ethan Morton of Marshwood, who was second.

Scarborough’s Nick Violette was the winner of the junior 600. Bonny Eagle’s Joey Collins was second. Gorham had Foster in fourth and Isiah Lapid in fifth for more valuable points. Scarborough’s Sam Chick won the senior 600 just ahead of Ruginski.

Biddeford’s Matt Martin won the 800-meter run in 2:03.90. His teammate Ryan Boisclair was fourth. Thornton Academy’s Dylan Moulton was third in the race. Murphy Doughty of Bonny Eagle was fifth.

Scarborough’s junior relay team just edged Gorham by two tenths of a second. Deering was third and Noble was fourth. Portland took the senior relay with Scarborough finishing second and Deering in third.

That set up the final race of the day, which Gorham won. Deering was second and Biddeford just edged Scarborough for third, giving Gorham the SMAA title.

Deering finished third in the meet with 86.5 points followed by Portland with 76, Thornton Academy with 62 points and Bonny Eagle with 38. Cheverus was seventh with 33 points, Biddeford had 32 points followed by South Portland with 24.5, Noble with 23, Windham with 14 and Marshwood was twelfth with eight points.

The Class A state championship will be decided on Feb. 18 at USM in Gorham.