Pioneers Rally for Win over Howard

East Ridge got two fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally past Howard, 13-7, Friday night at Shanks Field/Raymond James Stadium in a key Region 3/3A football game.

Howard jumped out 7-0 in the second quarter after Juwan Gamble recovered a fumble by his own running back in the Pioneers’ end zone.

East Ridge found its stride in the fourth quarter. The Pioneers tied the game after Jordan Lindsey hauled in a nine-yard scoring pass. C.J. Bond’s conversion was true.

The Pioneers mounted what would be the winning drive with 2:50 left in the game. Traneil Moore rambled 29 yards for the score, but the conversion was blocked.

However, it took a B.J. Church interception to secure the come-from-behind win.

The win evened the Pioneers overall record to 4-4, 2-2 in region play. East Ridge will travel to Loudon in a non-region contest next week, then take on Chattanooga Christian on the road on Oct. 28 in a region match-up.

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.