ER Boys' Soccer Team Gets Win, Draw in Tournament

East Ridge finished second out of a field of eight teams in the Soddy Daisy Invitation boys’ soccer tournament this weekend.

The Pioneers fought CSTHEA (home school team) to a 0-0 draw, before besting Tyner, 5-1.

East Ridge coach Jeremy McIntyre said that CSTHEA had a very good defense and did a good job keeping East Ridge out of the box for the entire contest. East Ridge outshot the Patriots, 12-3, yet failed to score.

In the win over Tyner, Rijad Kazic scored twice and picked up an assist, with Adam Adem, Bryan Alonzo and Erik Lopez rounding out the scoring. Erik Matias was credited with two assists in the win – the Pioneers fourth against only one draw. Peter Vicente Itzep and Luis Padilla also had assists in the game.

Enrique Simental scored Tyner’s goal on a penalty kick.

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.