Schobert Signs with Tenn. Wesleyan

Contributed photo _ Hunter Schobert, center front, is flanked by his parents, Christopher and Tricia Schobert. Back row, left to right, ERHS Principal Tammy Helton, Tenn. Wesleyan Assistant Coach Monger, CFC Coach Andy Wishart and ERHS Coach Jeremy McIntyre.

Hunter Schobert, Captain of this year’s East Ridge High School soccer team, has signed scholarship papers to continue his athletic career on the next level.

According to Pioneer Coach Jeremy McIntyre, Schobert will play college soccer for Tennessee Wesleyan College next year.

Schobert has played soccer all four years of his high school career. He served as Captain in his junior year as well. This year Schobert was credited with eight goals and five assists in helping the Pioneers to a perfect District 6 A/AA record and a sterling 10-2 overall record. As a freshman he played on the squad that won the region championship. He also plays for Chattanooga Football Club I.

He said playing for Tennessee Wesleyan seemed like a “smart decision.” Schobert, who is a Methodist, said he likes the idea of his college having a Methodist affiliation.

“They’ve got a really good team,” he said. “I’ve practiced with some of their team and it really got me motivated. I thought it would be amazing to be a part of that team.”

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.