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The Recorder · October 8, 2015
Sharks rebound with win over Westside
Photos by Chris Norton/The Recorder
Nick Tronti goes airborne to score for the Sharks.
Jerry Norton
Special to The Recorder
Following an upset loss to Menendez
the week before, Ponte Vedra’s football
Sharks righted the ship on Friday night
with an impressive 48-25 Homecoming
win over the Westside Wolverines in a
district matchup.
Quarterback Nick Tronti led the
Sharks with a pair of rushing touchdowns while completing 17 of 19 passes for 254 yards and four TDs.
Tronti’s first touchdown, a twelveyard run at the ten-minute mark, came
during the Sharks’ opening drive. The
Wolverines answered after a roughing
the punter penalty against Ponte Vedra
kept their first drive alive.
Ponte Vedra used a bit of “trickeration” to score their next touchdown. It
came on the opening play of the second
quarter with the Sharks facing a fourth
down at the Westside nine-yard line.
Ponte Vedra came out of their huddle in
a field goal formation with most of the
offensive line set up on the left side of
the field and Marshall Few, the holder
for the field goal team, lined up deep
behind the center as if preparing to take
the long snap. Instead Few stayed upright, took the direct snap and found Kit
Connelly alone in the right side of the
end zone with a short pass for a 14-7
Ponte Vedra lead.
After Westside marched downfield on
a 10-play drive it began to look like a
replay of the Menendez game where
the last team to score after trading
touchdowns would win. However, the
Wolverines failed to convert a 2-point
try when Cade Macri tackled the Westside ball carrier for a loss and the Sharks
held a 14-13 advantage. The Sharks immediately pushed their advantage to 2113 when Tronti connected with Quint
Boyd for 16 yards.
Westside was forced to punt on their
next series and the Sharks used the
Tronti to JD Pirris connection to move
in front 28-13 at the half
Ponte Vedra’s defense shut down the
Wolverine attack at the PV 37 to start
the second half then Hal Swan picked
up good yardage on a pair of runs moving the Sharks into Westside territory.
Tronti then found Marshall Few open
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Quint Boyd, #5 cuts behind a teammates block.