Pioneers Drop Home Opener to Polk

Photo by Reese Shipley/FiveFiveSix Creative _ Kashawn Cosey runs around a sealed left side of the Polk County defense during the Pioneers’ loss to Polk County Friday night.

Polk County broke a 21-game losing streak by beating East Ridge, 35-28, Friday night at Shanks Field/Raymond James Stadium.

Logan Griswold carried the ball 40 times for the Wildcats racking up 200 yards rushing. Polk County had 320 yards of total offense compared to East Ridge’s 247.

Kashawn Cosey accounted for much of the Pioneers’ offense and scoring, finishing the night with 120 yards rushing. He scored on a 72-yard run for the Pioneers on its first possession and had a 23-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Cosey caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Eric Bennett in the fourth quarter of the game.

Lorenzo Stewart accounted for East Ridge’s other score on a 65-yard jaunt in the first quarter.

East Ridge will host Brainerd this Friday night and try to get new head coach Tim James his first win on the young season.

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.