Rams Romp Over Sale Creek

Catholic’s Eric Lindsey puts a big hit on the Sale Creek quarterback during the Rams’ 24-0 win on Saturday afternoon at the OLPH football facility.

The Catholic Rams remain undefeated on the season as they easily dispatched visiting Sale Creek, 24-0, Saturday afternoon at Billy Warren Field on the campus of OLPH.

Stalwart Dallas Brown led the way for Catholic (9-0) with a 48-yard scoring toss to Sean Collyer in the first quarter. Reeve Mullinax got into the act with a 12-yard rushing touchdown.

Michael Howard broke through the Sale Creek defense for a 27-yard score late in the first half.

Catholic topped each of its touchdowns with 2-point conversions. The first two were on Brown runs, while the last was a toss from Brown to Evan Nowell.

Up 24 points in the second half, the Catholic staff used that cushion to give some of its younger players some playing time.

Catholic has two games left on its schedule _ Silverdale on Tuesday and Dayton City on Thursday _ to complete its first undefeated season since 1966.

Coach Billy Dearing was pleased with the outcome of the game and had high praise for his team.

“It was a good effort by you guys,” Coach Dearing said in a post-game meeting in the end zone. “This is a team. Be happy and proud that you are 9-0. That’s a heck of a thing.”

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.