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.

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.

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.

Bulldawgs, Lady Dawgs competing in holiday hoops tournaments

By TJ MAXWELLCopperas Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove basketball teams get a break from school over the holiday break, but not from competition as the Bulldawgs are currently competing in the 60th annual MT Rice Holiday Tournament in Waco while the Lady Dawgs are competing in the 20th annual...

Lady Dawgs finish 4th, Bulldawgs place 7th in Tournament of Champions

By Ryan RobbinsSpecial to the Leader-Press Being a champion takes sacrifice, and that is exactly what the Copperas Cove wrestling program did on Saturday. They sacrificed sleep in order to compete against some of the best programs in the state as part of The Tournament of Champions at Burleson.

Lady Dawgs drop District 12-6A opener to Lady Knights 53-41

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press Defense wins championships, but you can’t get there without some offense.

Varsity girl and JV boy wrestlers compete at Ellison Invitational

Special to the Leader-Press The Lady Dawgs and the JV Bulldawgs travelled to Killeen for the annual Ellison Inviational. Every school in the district was represented except for Hutto.

Lady Dawgs fall short in final non-district contest against Class 5A no. 11 Georgetown

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press Crisp passing and shutdown defense in the paint helped the no. 11 Georgetown Lady Eagles overwhelm the Copperas Cove Lady dawgs in their non-district finale Tuesday at Bulldawg Stadium.