Pioneers Fall in OT to Indians

Sequatchie County downed East Ridge, 21-14, Friday night in Dunlap in quarterfinal action of the TSSAA Football playoffs.

The Pioneers stretched Sequatchie County to the limit, as the undefeated Indians needed a batted and ultimately intercepted pass in the end zone in overtime to prevail.

East Ridge (7-6) took a 6-0 lead when quarterback Eric Bennett found Alonzo Russell on a 21-yard pass. Sequatchie County took a 7-6 lead on a 25-yard scoring pass.

Defense prevailed in a scoreless third quarter, before the Indians took a 14-6 lead on a four-yard run by Ethan Barker.

The Pioneers forced the overtime on a four-yard scoring run from Traneil Moore with 5:37 seconds left in regulation. Moore scored on the two-point conversion as well.

Sequatchie County scored in overtime on a 10-yard run by Barker. Barker had 20 carries for 105 yards.

Moore finished the night with 110 yards rushing on 21 carries.

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.