Catholic Downs Normal Park, 30-8

Catholic’s Dallas Brown races toward the end zone.

The Catholic football team moved to 3-0 with a 30-8 victory over Normal Park.

Catholic is a cooperative football program consisting of students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help in East Ridge and St. Jude in Hixson, TN. Normal Park is also a cooperative football team with players from Normal Park Middle and Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences.

Catholic took an early 16-0 lead after touchdowns from standout Dallas Brown. Brown finished the evening with 281 yards of offense and three touchdowns. Also scoring for Catholic was Reeve Mullinax, Charlie Menham and River Stump.

Catholic also moved the ball through the air. QB C.J. Petrin had completions to Brown, Stump and Sean Collyer. Catholic’s offensive line was anchored by Ben Bambrey and Maverick Tucker.

Quentin Wilson accounted for the Normal Park Lightening’s touchdown.

The game was a hard hitting affair. Several players for both teams played tough physical football. Catholic was the beneficiary of three turnovers. Defensive end Bradley Summit had an interception, Michael Howard recovered an on-side kick, and Tucker Berry recovered a fumble. Catholic’s defensive line kept Normal Park in check. Brendan Greene and Landon Cooling made several big stops.

Catholic next plays Grace Academy while Normal Park takes on Boyd Buchanan.

_ Story and Photo by L. Scott

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.

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