• Tuesday - Boys' Varsity Basketball v. Arlington Country Day, 6 pm, FHSAA District game.
• Thursday - Girls' Tennis v. Bartram Trail, 4 pm.
• Thursday - Boys' Tennis v. Bartram Trail, 4 pm   

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Scorecard  

Boys' Basketball: Sharks Open Tourney Tuesday on a Streak  
Hollywood couldn't have scripted a more perfect ending to the regular season for the Ponte Vedra Boys varsity basketball team than what took place at the Shark Tank last week.
 Before three near capacity crowds, the Ponte Vedra Sharks extended their current winning streak to eight straight heading into FHSAA tournament play this week.
And they won all three games against three of their closest rivals, saving the best for the final eight minutes in the season finale against Creekside.
 After disposing, with a little room to spare, Fletcher Monday evening, and archrival Nease on Wednesday, such was not the case in their battle Friday night against a superbly coached Creekside five.
Prior to the start of the game with Creekside the Shark's honored their four seniors, Michael White, JR Hotes, James Crowther and Jackson Johnson, with a near capacity crowd in attendance.
After falling behind 15-9 at the first quarter break, it appeared the Sharks had regained control of the game by racing back to take a 24-18 lead at the break.
The huge Shark crowd was silenced by a couple of Creekside sharpshooters in the third quarter, Jamieson Powell and Chris Richardson, who singed the nets with five three pointers to spark the visitors on a 22-4 run on the surprised Sharks.
 Trailing by 12 points entering the final eight-minute period, the Sharks finally caught fire, as the packed house roared in approval.  The dynamic Shark 1-2 duo of Jackson Johnson and Quinn Carey, held to a combined 10 points in the first three quarters, began firing on all cylinders while the rest of their teammates tightened up their defense to the delight of the Shark faithful.
Carey hit a couple of lay-ups, and drilled one of his patented long range three pointers, to cut the lead down to five points.  A Johnson three pointer narrowed the gap down to two before the Knights were able to answer with a two-pointer.
With less than two minutes to go the Knights fouled Shark Junior center Donovan Garrard, who had missed on his previous 4 attempts at the line.  However, much to the dismay of the Creekside followers, Donovan made a pair of free throws to again make it a two-point ball game.
Jackson Johnson then forced a five second call while defending his man and then was fouled with a little more than a minute left.  Johnson, who has now made an amazing 81 of his 92 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter of games this season, made both free throws to finally tie the game at 44-44.
A Creekside player was fouled at the one minute mark but missed the front end of the one and one and the Sharks called time out after securing the rebound.
The Shark brain trust of head coach Bud Beech and assistant Marcus Perez gave the Sharks their final instructions at the time out.  
And they designed the perfect play!
Jackson Johnson again dribbled away from frantic Creekside defenders for about 50 long seconds and, after drawing a crowd, passed to Quinn Carey near the foul line.  Instructed to go one-on-one down the lane in hopes of making a lay-up or drawing a foul, the Shark sharpshooter accomplished both with 4.4 seconds showing on the clock as pandemonium erupted in the stands.
A long range shot by the Knights was well off the mark and the Sharks won 47-44 and stretched their winning streak to eight and an all time PVHS season best of 19 wins.
 With Johnson and Carey experiencing a rare off night in the shooting department, 6'1 senior James Crowther kept the Sharks in the game by scoring 11 of his 13 points in the first half. Carey scored 9 of his 13 points in the deciding fourth quarter while Johnson hit double figures with 10 points and chipped in with 7 assists, including the final game winning assist to Quinn.
Ponte Vedra opened the week's action with their best scoring quarter of the season when they raced out to a 30-16 lead after the opening period of play in last Monday's battle of the beach against neighboring Fletcher.
Jackson Johnson and Quinn Carey combined for 54 points and were never threatened, as the closest the Senators could come during the contest was eight points with the Sharks on top at the finish 77-69.
Johnson led the Sharks with 28 points, including a perfect 11-11 from the free throw line and added 8 assists for the victors, while Carey netted a personal high of 26 and pulled down 9 rebounds.
The Sharks were quickly back in action Wednesday hosting rival Nease, played at the time, before the largest crowd in Ponte Vedra basketball history, an attendance record that would last but two days
After trailing by one, 20-19 midway through the second quarter, the Sharks then busted out on a 12-0 run to take a 31-20 lead at halftime over Nease and were never again threatened as the locals pulled away to win 69-54.
Quinn Carey paced the Sharks in scoring with 22 points while James Crowther netted a season high 17.  Jackson Johnson scored all 15 of his points in the first half and added 9 assists.
The Sharks will next focus on  this weeks district tournament that were be hosted for the first time by Ponte Vedra.
Looking for their 20th win in school history, the Sharks will play the winner of Monday's game between Clay and Ridgeview Tuesday at 7:30 PM, following the first district game between Palatka and Menendez.
The winners of Tuesday's game will then meet Friday at the Shark tank at 7:00 PM for the district championship.

Wrestling:
The Wrestling team traveled to Creekside on Saturday to compete in the District Wrestling Tournament. The Sharks came away with 7 athletes qualifying for the Regional Tournament which will take place this Friday and Saturday in Tallahassee - a team record!
Junior Colin Peaks took first place in the 152 pound weight class. Junior Matt Norton took 2nd place in the 126 pound weight class. Sophomore Zachary Gregory placed 3rd in the 145 pound weight class. Senior Matt Arnett placed 4th in the 220 pound weight class. Junior Michael Swain took 4th place in the 160 pound weight class and Freshman Jairo Hernandez placed 4th in the 120 pound weight class.