Pioneers Tame Lions in Double-Overtime

Photo by Larry Sewell – Traneil Moore slashes through the Red Bank defense in the Pioneers’ win over the Lions, Friday night.

East Ridge advanced to the third round of the TSSAA Class 3A Football playoffs with a 35-28, double-overtime win over Red Bank, Friday, at Tom Weathers Field.

East Ridge (7-5) will now travel to Sequatchie County next Friday in a quarterfinal game.

Eric Bennett connected with Jordan Harvey on a 10-yard pass in the second overtime to provide the winning margin.

Bennett finished the night with four total touchdowns, including a 56-yard toss to Harvey in the third quarter. Bennett was 5-for-9 for 87 yards passing.

Traneil Moore rushed 28 times for 134 yards, including a four-yard plunge in overtime on fourth down to keep the Pioneers in the contest.

Lorenzo Steward rushed for 51 yards on 10 carries.

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.