Fall athletic awards

The fall sports athletic awards night took place at Lea Ledger Auditorium Thursday.  Student-athletes participating in cross country, volleyball and football received recognition for their dedication and hard work this past fall.

New Year’s Resolutions

This year, I have decided not to make any New Year’s Resolutions. I’m going to make brownies instead. After all, studies have shown that only about 12% of people actually achieve their New Year’s goals. Eighty-eight percent of us fail. So, with those statistics, why bother?

Map of History

For those who read this column in other publications, the flagship newspaper carrying this is the Cove Leader-Press, representing Copperas Cove, Texas.  Inside the Leader-Press offices are two copies of a “novelty” tourist map made in 1989.

2017’s big 10

As I’m writing this, 2017 has but a few days more to flip on the calendar. I’ve already completed my year in review article. While writing the review, I jumped headlong into the deep end of the calendar and it brought back lots of memories of the past year. In short, it’s been a busy year.

The Christmas ‘Dawg bowl

Why keep coaching when you could retire and enjoy relaxation every day?  Last Saturday I realized one of the reasons why I keep living my dream.  Former ‘Dawg players met at Bulldawg Stadium for their annual Christmas bowl game.  It was a great game played by some former ‘Dawgs.

You can’t play the game without a glove

Christmas is a day past now and I’m wondering how many future Bulldawg baseball stars opened a big square box and found a spanking new Rawlings (my brand), or a Wilson, or a Nocona, or a Spalding (a Rawlings subsidiary), or whichever, mitt, wrapped in tissue paper, with a tube of leather dressing...

Upcoming Movies 2018

Well folks, 2017 is coming to an end, so it’s time for the annual look at what’s coming up in the year ahead.

The week between

It’s that in-between time of year, when the weight of the previous months has piled up behind us, and there’s only a few days left of the year.  Most of the time, I like the idea of hibernating and doing nothing for that final week. It’s quieter, for one thing.

Royalty ring through holiday season to help those in need

The clackers inside the metal bells jingled out a familiar sound as the Copperas Cove Five Hills royalty cranked out 10 straight hours of fundraising for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in front of the Copperas Cove Walmart despite the dreary weather.

Lack of love for Bulldawg basketball is quite disturbing

I’m perplexed. What does the Copperas Cove Bulldawg basketball team have to do in order for the pollsters who decide on such things as rankings to at least let Billy White’s team into the top 20? Beat a top 10 team?  Done (Nov. 19, Lake Travis).