Ponte Vedra wins all-sports title from FHSAA

Ponte Vedra High School was one of seven schools in the state to earn a Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Award from the Florida High School Athletic Association.

The awards, which were designed to recognize the best high school sports programs in Florida, were announced on Monday afternoon.

Ponte Vedra claimed the Class 6A crown with 113.5 points. The Sharks won state championships in boys golf as well as volleyball. Ponte Vedra's girls soccer program overcame a 2-5-2 start to finish as a state finalist.

State champs!!! Congrats @PVSharksVB !!!! #FinsUp4️⃣PV🦈

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— PV Athletics (@PVSHARKSsports) November 16, 2019

Ponte Vedra's girls golf team won a regional title and finished fourth at the Class 2A state tournament in November. Later that week, the Sharks' boys cross country team finished fourth at the Class 3A state championships in Tallahassee.

Ponte Vedra's success is all the more impressive considering its boys lacrosse team was the best in Florida when the COVID-19 pandemic ended the season and its girls lacrosse team was 10-1. No other public school in the state earned more points than Ponte Vedra.

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— PV Athletics (@PVSHARKSsports) November 6, 2019

In Class 7A Bartram Trail finished fourth in the overall all-sports rankings iwthh 82 points. The Bears finished behind Oviedo (95.5), Boca Raton (84.5) and Tampa Plant (83.25). Creekside, based on the strength of its girls cross country team, girls soccer team and girls basketball team finished 11th in the Class 7A overall standings with 57 points. Nease finished 27th with 33 points.

In Class 6A, St. Augustine finished 27th with 26 points. The Yellow Jackets girls programs — led by its cross country team that won a regional title and finished state runner-up — accounted for 21 of those points.

Menendez finished 48th in Class 5A with 10 points. St. Joseph finished 47th in Class 3A with 8.25 points.

Every school in St. Johns County earned more points from its girls athletic programs than its boys. Ponte Vedra's girls sports programs led the way by earning 69 points.

Other classification winners included Plantation American Heritage (Class 5A, 78.5), Orlando Lake Highland Prep (4A, 151.25), Tallahassee Maclay (3A, 57.5), Hialeah Champagnat Catholic (2A, 27) and Hawthorne (1A, 50.5).