Lady Pioneers Win District Soccer Tournament

Alejandra Argueta’s “rocket shot” from 30 yards out lifted East Ridge to the district tournament crown with a 3-2 win over Hixson, Thursday.

“This was an exciting game,” Lady Pioneer Coach Jeremy McIntyre said in a game summery provided East Ridge News Online. “We had to come from behind twice to win the game.”

Trailing 1-0 at the half, Lucy Lopez got East Ridge on the board. Only a few minutes later, Hixson got the upper hand with a goal. Lopez once again countered with her second goal to knot the game at 2-2.

With 10 minutes left, Argueta scored the game winner.

McIntyre said that Hixson put on an “onslaught” in a desperate comeback attempt. He credited the defense of Frida Jacobo, Macy Payne, Ashley Mendez, Olis Diaz, Kieralee Huff, and goalkeeper Nia Barnes in preserving the win.

“The team was exhausted,” McIntyre said. “Very exciting.

Lopez was named the MVP of the tournament, while Jacobo was named to to the All-District Team.

East Ridge will host the region semifinals Tuesday, taking on McMinn Central at Camp Jordan Park. Time of the match has yet to be determined.

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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