Pioneers Edge Eagles behind Moore's Rushing

Mr. Football is back!

Traneil Moore scored on a 76-yard run with less than six minutes to go in the game to lead East Ridge to a 35-28 win over Signal Mountain, Friday night on the mountain.

Moore, the recipient of the Mr. Football Award last year, had knee surgery in the off season. In his first game back, he rushed for 165 yards on 20 caries. Moore also scored on runs of 20 and 11 yards in the second quarter, as the Pioneers built a 28-14 halftime lead.

The win improves East Ridge’s record to 2-1 on the young season. The Pioneers will host Central next Friday at Raymond James Stadium.

East Ridge quarterback Alonzo Russell was 7-of-13 for 134 yards, including a 40-yard scoring strike to Marquis Hinton.

Signal Mountain, which remains winless on the year, amassed 360 total yards to East Ridge’s 295. However, the Pioneers protected the ball, turning it over only once while forcing four Eagle turnovers.

Photo by Larry Sewell – Traneil Moore runs to daylight in the Pioneers, 35-28, win over Signal Mountain, Friday. Moore rushed for 165 yard including three touchdowns.

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.