Lady Pioneers Down CSAS in Girls' Soccer

East Ridge blanked CSAS, 3-0, Tuesday in District 6 A/AA girls’ high school soccer on the road at CSAS.

Serena Smith had two goals, while newly-crowned Homecoming Queen Kendall Record scored. Emily Spiers an Kolbie Record were credited with assists.

The win improved the Lady Pioneers record to 6-0 in district play and 7-4 overall. East Ridge’s final regular-season home game is Thursday versus Sweetwater. After the game nine seniors on the squad will be honored in the traditional “Senior Night” ceremonies.

The District 6 A/AA Tournament starts Friday. East Ridge, by virtue of its top seeding, will have a bye into the semifinals. The Lady Pioneers are scheduled to take on the winner of the Central-Tyner matchup at Camp Jordan at 7 p.m.

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.