Pioneers Blank Warriors in Boys' Soccer

The East Ridge boys’ soccer team won its second District 6-A/AA match of the week, shutting outs Marion County, 7-0, Friday in Jasper.

Luis Guzman led the Pioneers with three goals and an assist, while Marco Briseno added a pair of goals. Rivaldo Yoc Bamaca also scored and had an assist for East Ridge, now 2-1 on the year and 2-0 in district play.

Ahmed Arbab had two assists for coach Jeremy McIntyre’s squad. Hunter Schobert, Sean Fannin and Coy Vandergriff also picked up assists in the game in which the Pioneers outshot Marion County, 13-5.

East Ridge will host Sale Creek in a District 6-A/AA matchup at Camp Jordan on Monday. The Junior Varsity match is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., while the varsity will play 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.