East Ridge Bests Howard in Boys Soccer

April 11, 2017 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

East Ridge scored in the final minute of the match to edge Howard, 4-3, in District 6 A/AA boys soccer, Monday.

Alex Vicente led the way for the Pioneers with two goals. Adam Adem and Bryan Alonzo accounted for the other scores.

Joel Matias and Rivaldo Yoc Bamaca each were credited with assists.

The win improves East Ridge’s overall record to 4-2 on the season and evened its district ledger to 1-1.

East Ridge will travel to Hixson to take on the ‘Cats at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

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.