Pioneer Soccer Team Remains Unbeaten

East Ridge’s boys soccer team remained undefeated on the year with a win over Lincoln County and a draw with Signal Mountain, Saturday, in the Cleveland Invitational Tournament.

The Pioneers (7-0-2) trounced Lincoln County, 6-1, getting four goals from Rijad Kazic and two from Adam Adem. Adem and Kazic were both credited with two assists in the contest. Yovany Nieves also picked up an assist in a contest where East Ridge out-shot its opponent, 16-4.

Goalkeeper Darian Smith continued his stellar play with three saves.

In the Signal Mountain game, East Ridge couldn’t get any of its 12 shots in the net. A defense led by Jaime Aguilar, Peter Vicente Izep, Caleb Serrato and Luis Padilla limited Signal Mountain to two shots. Smith was credited with two saves.

The Pioneers have a big District 8-AA match with Hixson on Tuesday at Camp Jordan. Game time is 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.