SERIOUS BUSINESS

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Bulldawg football team will begin its arduous preseason schedule with a road trip to face the A&M Consolidated Tigers at Tiger Field in College Station tonight.

Boyd wins opening XC meet in Temple

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   TEMPLE – Cove junior Amber Boyd began her 2015 cross country campaign much like her 2014 season – with a strong win at the Temple Invitational at Lions Park in Temple. Unlike last year, however, Boyd didn’t need a last-minute kick to notch a second-place finish.

Short-handed Dawg Tennis splits week

By TJ MAXWELL After pushing their season record to 9-4 with a couple wins earlier in the week, the Dawg tennis program suffered a pair of losses during the Centex Team Tournament  over the weekend to fall to 9-6 on the year.

A NOTCH ABOVE

By TJ MAXWELL The 2015 incarnation of the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs varsity football team is inexperienced, but hungry, says head coach Jack Welch. That hunger can sometimes negate  any inexperience, allowing a young team to rise to the occasion. Welch saw just that on Friday.

Gators, Fire and Velocity F.C. win city soccer championships

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Six weeks of battling on  the pitch culminated on Saturday with the championship  games in the 9-and-under, 12-and-under and 15-and-under coed soccer divisions of the Copperas Cove Parks and Recreation Youth Soccer League. Season frontrunners Velocity F.C.

BIG FINISH

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Starting slow but finishing strong is a trait ofthis year’s Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team. Head coach Cari Lowery likes the strong finish, but the slow start – not so much.

Cove’s Canete selected to Preseason All-Sun Belt Team

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press ARLINGTON – Former  Cove volleyball standout, Qiana Canete has made a huge impact on her University of Texas at Arlington Lady Mustangs’ squad and that impact was recognized earlier in the week with a selection to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team.

Clutch Like A Fox

Elle Fox, age 12, is used to competing with girls three and four years her elder.

SHORING FOR THE STORM

A long offseason finally came to a close for coaches, fans and players alike when the Copperas Cove Bulldawg football program donned their helmets and shoulder pads on Saturday for the annual Soap, Shampoo and Towel Scrimmage.   To view more please log in or subscribe to the digital edition. 

Dawg Tennis splits week, improves to 7-2

By TJ MAXWELL The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs Tennis team beat the heat and their opponents, Midlothian Heritage and Waco University, on Wednesday at Robinson High School in Waco.