Red Wolves Battle to Draw Against Forward Madison

The Red Wolves ended their home schedule on Saturday at CHI Memorial Stadium with a 1-1 draw against Forward Madison.

The only goal of the game by the home team happened early when Greg Hurst put the Wolves on the board with a penalty kick.

The Red Wolves (5-4-5) kept that advantage for almost 60 minutes before Michael Vang scored for Forward Madison.

Red Wolves coach Jimmy Obleda told the Times Free Press that the team would try to finish the season as strong as possible and look to the future in building the team for next season.

And next season should look much different than the inaugural one, as the not-yet-completed facility will see the addition of executive suites and a giant scoreboard. Lights will be installed around the 5,000-seat stadium, the only one of its kind in the south devoted to soccer.

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.