NEASE 47, BEACHSIDE 17
Aiden Phifer ran for a touchdown and threw two more to Chase Phifer and Brayden Felder before halftime as Nease topped the Barracudas (6-3) in a St. Johns County clash. … Maddox Hunstad caught an Eddie Jordan touchdown in the first quarter, the first points against Nease (8-2) for more than three games. … Camden Clinton ran for a pair of touchdowns.
PONTE VEDRA 17, CREEKSIDE 17
Ponte Vedra (8-2) stayed on course for a high seed in Region 1-5A with another dominant defensive performance keyed by Talan Babin and JP Dolan. … Davitt Doherty caught two Shark TD passes, a 20-yarder from Cole Rosendahl and a 50-yarder from Sam Cote. … Creekside (4-6), which has already won District 1-7A, got its touchdown on a Josh Guy fumble return after a strip-sack by Brian Harris and Rohan Thomson. … Fionn Day, Trey Butz and Hudson Hauseman had interceptions.
BARTRAM TRAIL 51, RIBAULT 8
Arthur Lewis IV ran for four touchdowns and 96 yards as the Bears (3-7) capped their season with a rout at Ribault (1-9). … Coleson Baum connected on 7 of 8 passes for 150 yards and touchdowns to Leo Marucci and Brady Soares. … Bartram Trail avoided a 2-8 season, which would have been the school’s first since 2008.
OAKLEAF 31, TOCOI CREEK 8
Jordin Price’s punt return started Oakleaf (8-2) on the road to victory at Tocoi Creek (4-6). … Jack McKissock also threw TD passes to Mike Conner and Trace Burney. … AD Mentor intercepted a pass for Oakleaf.
YULEE 36, MENENDEZ 12
Buoyed by a five-takeaway defense, three of them from senior safety Shamar Gibbs, Yulee (8-2) brought back the buzz and built momentum for the pending playoffs by defeating Menendez in their Oct. 31 high school football regular season finale. … Jayden Timmon ran for 102 yards and two Hornet touchdowns. … Jaryius Lewis and Kayne Vona ran for two scores for Menendez (3-7).
FOUNDATION ACADEMY 28, ST. JOSEPH 14
Braydon Marks passed for three touchdowns, two to Cole Huntley, and Winter Garden Foundation Academy (9-2) halted the perfect season of the Flashes (9-1) in the Sunshine State Athletic Association playoffs. … Senior QB Cody Ott ran for a score to give St. Joseph a brief lead.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Ponte Vedra, Nease win St. Johns County Week 11 football
Reporting by Clayton Freeman, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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