Pioneers Roll Over Howard

East Ridge got another stellar performance from running back Traneil Moore and whipped Howard, 42-12, Friday night on the Tigers’ home field in a Region 3-3A game.

Moore rushed for just under 200 yards, scoring two touchdowns on runs of 31 and 56 yards. He left the game late in the first half after suffering a minor knee injury. The injury is not considered serious.

The Pioneers moved to 8-0 on the year, 4-0 in region play. East Ridge will host Loudon next week at Shanks Field.

Jesse Jones continued his fine play as a receiver catching a 22-yard pass from Eric Bennett in the second quarter. The Pioneers led at the half by a score of 21-6.

Lorenzo Stewart kept the pressure on Howard with a 15-yard scoring run earlier in the third quarter. Jones capped the end of the third by scoring on an eight-yard jaunt. The Pioneers put an exclamation point on the win in the fourth quarter, as quarterback Matthew Yarbrough found Juwan Simmons on a 15-yard scoring pass. Reliable C.J. Bond converted on four-of-five PATs for East Ridge.

The loss kept Howard winless in the region. The Tigers dropped to 2-7 overall on the season.

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.