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LEWISTON — One team had to fight to the finish. The other held down the lead for most of the afternoon.

In a slugfest that came down to the final events, the Greely boys repeated as Class B indoor track champion Monday at Bates College. The Rangers finished with 65 points, runner-up Freeport had 55 and third-place York scored 55.33.

“It feels great, considering we were barely seeded to be in the fight,” said Greely coach David Dowling. “We got just enough to be at the top. We tell the kids, ‘Exceed your seeds,’ because you never know what’s going to happen.”

Freeport won the girls championship with 64 points, followed by runner-up Yarmouth (51) and defending champion Greely, which finished third with 45. Junior Emma Graham picked up an individual title for the Falcons, winning the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.21, holding off Haley Rose (1:00.67) of Bucksport and Sovie Rau (1:00.88) of Erskine Academy.

“Coming off being second place last year, we were really trying to work for the win this year,” Graham said. “We were super happy and proud of our work. (Last year) really motivated us because the difference (to then champion Greely) was so little.”

“It’s amazing,” said Freeport coach Ginger Ivanov. “They worked hard all season, I couldn’t be more proud. All season — I told them from the first practice — they have the potential, they have the talent and they had the experience (to win). They could dig in and do this, and they didn’t prove me wrong.”

Freeport, which led much of the day, also won the 3,200 relay (10:25.62) with the team of Stella Kryzak, Maddy York, Ada Shirley and Lilah Hall.

Greely secured the title with its final event, the 800 relay, with the team of Konnor Crocker, Holden Pierce, Connor Skillin and Jackson Walton. The group finished with a time of 1:35.42, holding off York (1:37.47) and Lake Region (1:37.57).

“We all just came together at the end and did our thing,” said Crocker, who also won the 200 (23.63), just holding off Jacob Eveleth Jr. of Fryeburg Academy (23.65). “We were pretty confident going (into the relay). We were trying to go for the meet record but we didn’t have it, but that’s all right.

“We knew it was going to be harder (to win the team title), we lost a lot of seniors (from last year). We knew we’d have to work harder and fight for it.”

Walton also picked up a victory for the Rangers in the long jump, with a leap of 20-5 1/2, just holding off Foxcroft Academy’s Conner Donahue (20-2.50).

“I was not predicted to do this but I’m glad I was able to,” said Walton, a sophomore. “For most of the season I’d been fighting Achilles tendinitis, and the last two meets I actually faulted. I didn’t come here prepared. When I heard 20 feet, 5 1/2 inches, I was just ecstatic.”

The Freeport boys were led by senior distance runner Alex Gilbert, who won the mile (4:40.11), and finished second in the 800 (2:03.67) and 2-mile (10:18.89). Gilbert’s teammate, junior Ian Guzman, won the 800 (2:00.25).

The Yarmouth girls were led by junior Miah Jacobs, who won the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.28 seconds. The Clippers also won the 800 relay with the team of Jacobs, Ava Hoffman, Lilah Pernal and Abby Noble (1:49.70).

Old Town senior Elyannah Briggs set a state record in the high jump, hitting a mark of 5-6 1/5. The previous record was held by Yarmouth’s Emma Egan at 5-6 in 2016.

“It feels so good, I’ve worked towards this (record) for so long,” said Briggs. “After I got 5-6, it’s been my goal to get this record.

“I felt pretty good (coming into the meet), it’s been a while since I’ve been on this track. I just (decided) to use my regular shoes. I was really expecting to just do 5-4, I wasn’t expecting this at all. It’s just pure joy, you just want to high-five everybody and scream, ‘I finally did it.'”

Hassan Hobbi of Winslow picked up two victories, taking the 55 hurdles (8.11) and 400 (52.28).