Tiller Gets No-Hitter as Pioneers Down Tigers

April 24, 2019 By Dick Cook Leave a Comment

Justin Tiller twirled a no-hitter as East Ridge bested Howard, 12-2, Tuesday in high school baseball.

Tiller struck out eight and allowed two runs as the East Ridge defense made two errors.

Almost everyone got in on the offense, as Lathen Huff, Evan Brooks, Isaac King, Tre Jett, and Aubrey Fourte all had base hits.

East Ridge will host Tellico Plains on Thursday, Senior Night.

Howard _ 1 0 0 1 0 0 X – 2 0 6
East Ridge _ 3 5 0 1 1 2 X – 12 6 2

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.