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VASSALBORO — Cheverus golf coach Billy Goodman kept asking his players how their rounds were going. They kept responding with a different question.

“Sam (Sirois), he was leading. He kept asking how the team was doing,” Goodman said. “Every one of my kids asked how the team was doing.”

Pretty well, as it turned out. Led by a 1-over 73 from medalist Mick Madden and a 75 from Sirois, Cheverus rolled to the Class A championship and its first state title since 2005 at Natanis Golf Course on Saturday. The Stags shot a 307, good for a 13-stroke victory over Falmouth. Messalonskee (324) finished third, led by Gavin Jackson’s 79, and Scarborough (325) and Gorham (327) rounded out the top five.

Cheverus was second last year, and graduated three players from its top six. The Stags’ rebuilt ladder flourished all season, though, en route to the SMAA title, and it was never better than Saturday. Sirois, a freshman, tied for second, Joe Mancini carded a 78, and Keane McGrath fired an 81. Mathew Paradis (82) and Garrett Thees (86) also had solid rounds, but their scoring wasn’t needed.

“They’re very close-knit for kids that haven’t been together a long time,” Goodman said. “They wanted this team thing.”

Madden’s 73 gave him the individual title ahead of Sirois, Falmouth’s Dante Iannetta and Greely’s Joe Hansen, each of whom shot 75. Scarborough’s Brett Kemper was fifth with a 76.

Thornton Academy’s Stella Foy took the girls title with a 90, beating out Lily Blanchard (91) of Hampden Academy, Lila Dailey (94) of Camden Hills and Lydia Jones (95) of Skowhegan.

Madden, who was second in Class A as a freshman and third as a junior, took his turn at the top as a senior, carding two birdies against three bogeys. He finished in style with a birdie on the 18th sticking a 52-degree wedge from 100 yards and rolling in a 7-foot putt.

“The course was set up really difficult, I thought. But I just tried to tell myself ‘Stay with it,'” Madden said. “The team part was, in some ways, what I was really worried about. … I feel like we worked really hard all season.”

How much better did first place feel with the team doing the same?

“Ten times better,” Madden said. “The bus ride now is going to be so much fun.”

Iannetta was in Madden’s group, and at one point pulled even with him after birdies on the 14th and 15th. A bogey on 16 and Madden’s birdie on 18 provided the difference.

“I hit the ball well all day; putting was definitely a problem,” Iannetta said. “We kind of played together the whole way, it was really nice to have one of us get it.”

Iannetta’s 75, along with a 78 from Clayton Casey, an 80 from Joe Graceffa and 87s from Dom Hau and Alex Novick kept Falmouth close. But Cheverus proved too much, thanks largely to Sirois, who led at 3 under through 10 holes.

“I wasn’t really nervous. I just played,” Sirois said. “It was important for morale (to start hot). … I didn’t really think too much about (my) position when I was out there.”

Gorham’s Eli Castles and Skowhegan’s Eddie Goff (77) tied for sixth. Casey, Mancini, Scarborough’s Nick Harmon and Bangor’s Jacoby Harvey tied for eighth with 78s.

The girls title went to Thornton’s Foy, who didn’t qualify for the tournament in her first year golfing as a freshman. As a senior, she recovered from back-to-back triple-bogeys on 14 and 15, her eighth and ninth holes of the day, and finished strong with four straight pars.

“Shooting 90, that’s not what I wanted to be. And I had a few really, really rough holes,” she said. “But I definitely feel like I had some grit out there. … I’m happy with how I stuck through it.”