John Solak
@CoachJohnSolak
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Husband - Father - Head Basketball Coach at the back-to-back-to-back 6A-12 Champion Palmetto Ridge HS 🏆 🏆 🏆
Joined March 2019
For the third time in as many years, the Palmetto Ridge Bears are your 6A-12 CHAMPIONS! I am SO PROUD of this TEAM! 🏆 🏆 🏆
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It turns out we were ready! Two HUGE wins for both JV and Varsity over Immokalee. Evan Adams 21; Eugene McCray 17; Ethan Bates 15 on varsity. Sophomore Brayden Jimenez dropped 30 (7 triples) in the JV game. Both squads 6-0. Gulf Coast next.
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Great start to the season. We have one game this week, on the road at Immokalee on Tuesday!
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Another SWEEP for the Bears! Freshies were off tonight but JV and Varsity both improved to 5-0. Varsity won 79-46. Ethan Bates led us with 20; Eugene McCray 19; Evan Adams 10. Again powered by the best student section in SWFL!
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Game day!! It’s a rematch of last year’s district championship game! Palmetto Ridge vs Gateway at 7:00 pm AT THE RIDGE!
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Gotta earn it each and every day!
The updated rankings as of Wednesday afternoon, 12/3:
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Tonight we completed our 17th second half comeback victory over the past four seasons. In the same time span we are 50-0 when leading at half. A true testament to the confidence, poise, and perseverance of our players and their belief that we are never out of it! 🐻 🏀
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Palmetto Ridge got another SWEEP, this time over Aubrey Rogers. Varsity wins 91-79. Ethan Bates dropped 29, Eugene McCray 20, Judah Lopez 15, Evan Adams 14 for the 4-0 Bears!
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Great sweep for the Bears freshmen, JV and varsity. Eugene McCray led varsity with 18 and 9 assists among scoring contributions from 12 others. Big game for all three levels tomorrow at home vs Aubrey Rogers!
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Coaches! Polls have been sent out for your updated area rankings through Tuesday night (12/2). Polls are due Wednesday at noon!
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Season is very young, big week of 3 games starts tomorrow!
Two weeks of games in the books... Collier-Lee County basketball W/L summary:
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Offense is simple: create an advantage, make the read, live with the result.
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We need a game. Ideally late January to make up for our turkey shootout opponent dropping out last minute. If you want to schedule a game let me know and we will try to find a date.
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This young man gets it and will have an incredibly bright future. It has trickled down to HS too. Win at all costs. Cheat if you must. Refuse to sit at the table without a deck stacked in your favor. Abandon tradition. Abandon accountability. Just create the illusion of success.
As my football career came to an end last weekend — and with it my time in this program and in college football — I felt like I needed to share my thoughts on where the game is today. My path was far from normal; not many guys play seven years. But even with my unique journey,
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We heard a lot of talk before the game, but turns out the story at the end of the night was a SWEEP for the Bears! Sophomore Tristen Nunez dropped 35 in the JV win; Judah Lopez dropped 27 and 13, Ethan Bates 18, Eugene McCray 16 in a big varsity win. Both squads 2-0!
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Great start, as expected! @Adams_Evan12 🔥
Started my Senior Year with a WIN over Cypress Lake. 16 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB. 3/5 from 3, 6/8 from the field in 12 MIN of play.
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When the Shot GOES up is when the toughness SHOWS up. Or it doesn’t.
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