Pioneers Move to 3-0 with Win over East Hamilton

East Ridge downed East Hamilton, 21-13, Friday night in the Pioneers’ first Region 2-4A game of the season.

The win improves East Ridge’s record to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in region play. Next Friday the Pioneers host Brainerd in its home opener at the newly renovated Raymond James Stadium.

Alonzo Russell, filling in for injured starting quarterback Eric Bennett, led the Pioneers with 104 yards rushing on 16 attempts. He scored on a quarterback sneak in the first quarter.

Lorenzo Stewart rushed for 67 yards, including an 8-yard scoring run in the fourth.

Kashawn Cosey scored on a 27-yard run with under two minutes left to play in the game. Cosey finished the game with 72 yards rushing on 10 carries.

The Pioneers amassed 256 total yards to East Hamilton’s 285. However, East Hamilton was penalized 15 times for 105 yards.

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.