Pioneers Perfect!

Photo by Reese Shipley (FiveFiveSix Creative) _ East Ridge running back Traneil Moore cuts left during the Pioneers’ 28-13 win over CCS Friday night at Raymond James Stadium/Shanks Field.

East Ridge downed Chattanooga Christian 28-13 Friday night at Raymond James Stadium/Shanks Field to cap off a perfect regular season record of 10 and Oh!

The win over the Chargers gave the Pioneers the Region 3/3A title with a record of 5-0.

East Ridge’s Traneil Moore rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns to give the Pioneers a 14-0 halftime lead. Moore hurt his knee before halftime, only to return late in the fourth quarter.

Leading 14-13 in the middle of the fourth quarter, Moore rushed the ball twice for 30 yards and reached pay dirt for the third time, extending the Pioneer’s cushion. Deondre Chambliss’ 50-plus-yard interception return sealed the win.

Chattanooga Christian’s T.J. Smith scored the Chargers (7-3, 3-2) only touchdown on a 78-yard kick return. Placekicker Will Patton added to field goals.

Photo by Reese Shipley (FiveFiveSix Creative)

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.