Sports & Leisure

Ponte Vedra High girls soccer players including Piper Dotsikas, Angeline Daly, Abby Miller and Marissa Reinker celebrate Dotsikas’ goal against Gulf Breeze in last Friday night’s regional final playoff game at the Shark Tank. PV earned a 2-0 victory and its sixth consecutive appearance in the state’s final four taking place this week at Melbourne High. (photo by Rob DeAngelo)

Ponte Vedra High girls soccer players including Piper Dotsikas, Angeline Daly, Abby Miller and Marissa Reinker celebrate Dotsikas’ goal against Gulf Breeze in last Friday night’s regional final playoff game at the Shark Tank. PV earned a 2-0 victory and its sixth consecutive appearance in the state’s final four taking place this week at Melbourne High. (photo by Rob DeAngelo)

Ponte Vedra girls return to soccer Final Four

Beaches1
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Ponte Vedra High girls soccer finds itself in a familiar position this week: Playing in the Class 3A semifinals with a chance to advance to tonight’s state championship game.
Works by “Arnaldo Roche, including “New Light,” is part of the group exhibition, “Friends,” at the J. Johnson Gallery in Jacksonville Beach. (photo submitted)

Works by “Arnaldo Roche, including “New Light,” is part of the group exhibition, “Friends,” at the J. Johnson Gallery in Jacksonville Beach. (photo submitted)

'Friends' exhibit open at J. Johnson

Beaches1
Monday, February 1, 2016
A diverse group exhibition, featuring prints, painting, photography and sculpture by a variety of artists who have exhibited with the J. Johnson Gallery over the past 15 years, is open at 177 4th Ave. N. A reception for “Friends,” which, will be on display through March 17, will be held from 6-8 p.

Fletcher High’s Dylan Speckman completes Ironman triathlon

Beaches1
Sunday, January 31, 2016
On Jan. 9, Dylan Speckman, a junior AICE honor student at Fletcher High, finished his first Ironman distance triathlon in Naples. He placed first in his age group (22 & under) with a time of 15 hours, 3 minutes, 35 seconds and was the youngest competitor in the event of more than 70 participants.

JBBA registration open for spring baseball season

Beaches1
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Registration is now open for the Jacksonville Beach Baseball Association’s 2016 spring baseball season. JBBA is located at Wingate Park (361 Penman Road S.) and offers baseball to all children ages 4-16. The cost is $120 per player, which includes a full uniform. The season will run from Feb.

Upward Flag Football registration under way

Beaches1
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Registration for Upward Flag Football league and cheerleading in Jax Beach is currently under way. Practices begin Sunday, Feb. 14, at 1:30 p.m. at San Pablo Elementary School fields next to Fletcher High School. Season takes place from Feb. 28 through May 1 every Sunday except for Easter.
U.S. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts congratulates Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bernie Webber (right), Seaman 1st Class Richard P. Livesey (second from right) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Andy Fitzgerald during the Treasury Department’s Gold Lifesaving Medal ceremony in May 1952. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

U.S. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts congratulates Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bernie Webber (right), Seaman 1st Class Richard P. Livesey (second from right) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Andy Fitzgerald during the Treasury Department’s Gold Lifesaving Medal ceremony in May 1952. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Member of 1952 Gold Medal crew was Mayport recruit before his 'Finest Hours'

Beaches1
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Five years before he became a member of the celebrated “Gold Medal Crew,” Richard P. Livesey of Fairhaven, Mass., was a wet-behind-the-ears recruit stationed at the U.S. Coast Guard Receiving Center in Mayport, Fla.
Joan Houghton and one of the "Mutts Gone Nuts." (photo from www.muttsgonenuts.com)

Joan Houghton and one of the "Mutts Gone Nuts." (photo from www.muttsgonenuts.com)

See 'Mutts Gone Nuts' on Sunday

Beaches1
Thursday, January 28, 2016
“Mutts Gone Nuts” will be at the Wilson Center for the Arts Sunday, Jan. 31, at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. The disorderly duo, Scott and Joan Houghton, and their pack of pooches have created a comedy dog thrill show like no other. Tickets start at $26.50 and can be purchased at fscjartistseries.

Women's fishing clinic coming in February

Beaches1
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Learn the skills to successfully cast your line into the sea by attending the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Women’s Fishing Clinic Feb. 20 in St. Augustine. The free, day-long clinic is from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Anastasia State Park, 1340-A A1A S.
Raymond Jones with a nice sheepshead caught with Captain Dave Sipler. (photo submitted)

Raymond Jones with a nice sheepshead caught with Captain Dave Sipler. (photo submitted)

Weather is fickle but some nice catches

Beaches1
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Captain Dave Sipler's Sport Fishing had John Forhand and son Chase aboard the Jettywolf Jan. 23 for a day of "float-rig fishing" with live shrimp. The duo caught 15 speckled trout from 15 to 19 inches, a pair of three-pound sheepshead, a 14-inch flounder, a 23-inch redfish and a 13-inch croaker.