East Ridge Upsets Hixson in Girls' High School Soccer

East Ridge upset Hixson on its home pitch, 1-0, Tuesday in girls’ high school soccer action.

The only goal of the match was in the second half as Allie Argueta put in a free kick from 20 yards out into the upper left corner of the goal.

The win lifts the Lady Pioneers to 5-2-1 overall and 2-0-1 in District 8/AA.

Coach Jeremy McIntyre said Lucy Lopez very well could have had three goals but “Hixson’s keeper had to make some big saves.”

McIntyre praised the great defensive effort by Macy Payne, Frida Jacobo, Jasela Perez, Kieralee Huff and Olis Diaz. Goalkeeper Nia Barnes gets credit for the shutout.

East Ridge has one district game remaining on Monday against Sequatchie County. The winner of the game will get the top seed in the upcoming district tournament.

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.

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