East Ridge Downs Red Bank, 2-0, in Boys Soccer

East Ridge improved to a perfect 5-0 in District 6 A/AA boys soccer play with a 2-0 blanking of Red Bank, Tuesday at Camp Jordan.

Hunter Schobert and Adam Adem accounted for the Pioneers’ scoring with Rijad Kazic picking up two assists.

East Ridge outshot Red Bank, 15-4, as Goalkeeper Tony Acuff notched another shutout.

Coach Jeremy McIntyre singled out Gray Smith, Jarwin Vasquez, Candido Vicente and Jamie Aguilar for their stellar defensive play.

East Ridge with an overall record of 6-1 will next play district rival Hixson on Monday April 18 at Camp Jordan. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

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.