Lady Pioneers Clinch District with Win Over Hixson

East Ridge Goalkeeper Morgan Montieth kicks downfield during the Lady Pioneers’ district-clinching win over Hixson at Camp Jordan.

East Ridge clinched the regular-season District 6 A/AA title Wednesday night with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Hixson in girls’ soccer at Camp Jordan.

Lady Pioneer Coach Jeremy McIntyre said it was a “great game in the trenches,” as East Ridge improved its record to 7-0-1 and a perfect 6-0 in the district.

“This was a tough game,” McIntryre said. “We scored in the first half and then early in the second. It was nice to have a two-point cushion.”

Serena Smith drives around the Hixson defense on her way to a first-half goal in the Lady Pioneers win at Camp Jordan Thursday evening.

Serena Smith scored about three quarters of the way through the first half on a break-away goal, squeezing the ball in the extreme right corner of the Lady ‘Cats goal. The half ended with the 1-0 lead.

Kayla Deck gave the Lady Pioneers a 2-0 lead early in the second. Then it was up to goalkeeper Morgan Montieth. The senior consistently repelled the 18 shots a determined Hixson team sent her way. “(Montieth) made some really good saves when we needed them the most,” McIntyre said.

Hixson’s goal was compliments of Karla Martinez.

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.