Copperas Cove girls’, boys’ hoops each suffer another tough loss

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press The season started strong for both the Copperas Cove girls’ and boys’ basketball teams but has since fallen off the pace for one of the top four playoff-qualifying spots in District 12-6A with a string of losses.

Lady Dawgs can’t stop Gibbs, Lady Roos in 58-44 loss

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   In a pivotal game in the chase for one of the four spots to make the playoffs, the Lady Dawgs couldn’t slow down junior Taleiyah Gibbs in the first half as she scored 20 of her team’s 33 points to take a commanding 33-17 lead into the locker room at the half time...

Copperas Cove athletic program seeks fourth new athletic director, head coach in five years

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs athletic program is looking to fill its top spot for the fourth time in five years after head coach and athletic director, Jason Hammett, stepped down from that role on Tuesday after nearly two years at the helm.The Copperas Cove...

Bulldawgs stay in playoff hunt with 70-67 win over Wolves

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press The stakes were high.Another district loss for their seventh-consecutive loss would have put the Bulldawgs in a deep hole in the race for the top four spots in District 12-6A.Despite leading by as much as 10 midway through the fourth quarter, Copperas Cove found...

Lady Dawgs hoops back in win column

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press After a rough start to the District 12-6A schedule, the Lady Dawgs basketball team notched their second district win with a 57-52 win over the Bryan Lady Vikings to move to 2-4 in district play Tuesday night at Bulldawg Gymnasium.After falling behind 17-14 early in...

Lady Dawgs fall to 1-4 in District 12-6A with loss to Lady Tigers

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press After a strong preseason for the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs’ basketball team, it has been a rough start in District 12-6A play with four losses in five attempts, including Friday’s fourth-quarter collapse against the Belton Lady Tigers in a 47-37 loss after leading...

Lady Dawgs dominate CenTex Invitational while Dawgs finish 4th in return to the mat

By Ryan RobbinsSpecial to the Leader-Press The Bulldawgs and Lady Dawgs started the second half of the season by traveling to Austin to compete in the CenTex Invitational over the weekend.

Bulldawgs unable to keep pace with Eagles in second half of 74-53 loss

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs were looking to move to 2-0 in district play when the Ellison Eagles came to town Tuesday night and it looked like they were on track for that goal after the first eight minutes of action that saw them lead 22-16.The Eagles had different...

Bulldawgs go 2-2, Lady Dawgs 1-3 in holiday tournaments

By TJ MAXWELLCopperas Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs and Lady Dawgs basketball teams each got a hot start at their respective basketball tournaments before running into some tough opponents during their final tournament of the season.The Bulldawgs outscored their opponents – Waco and...

State Champion, DI signings highlight turbulent 2021 for Copperas Cove Bulldawgs

By TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove Leader-Press   After 2020 was all but wiped away by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and the worldwide pandemic that soon followed, a sense of somewhat normality returned to the country and the Copperas Cove athletics program.