Sports

Three more Cove seniors sign with colleges

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Two football players and an athletic manager participated in a signing ceremony Wednesday morning in the Copperas Cove High School’s weight room in front of friends and family.

Lady Dawgs’ soccer finding stride as season winds down

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The sports adage “if there was only more time on the clock” may ring true for the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs’ soccer team this season as they’ve found a way to earn victories but don’t have enough game left to make up that ground.

Lady Dawgs Softball off to hot start

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Copperas Cove head softball coach Bryan Waller is excited to be back on the diamond, especially with their solid 6-1 start after a turbulent year of Covid. “It feels good to be out here, especially back at home,” said Waller. “It’s amazing to be back mon the field.

Bulldawg Baseball ekes out 5-4 win in home opener

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Nearly a year has passed since the 2020 spring sports seasons were washed away due to the Coronavirus pandemic and with it a promising season for the Copperas Cove baseball program.

Dawg Soccer falls in shootout to Knights 4-3

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove boys’ soccer team had an opportunity to narrow the gap with fourth-place Temple as they took a 3-1 lead in the first half of their home match against Harker Heights Tuesday night at Bulldawg Stadium.

Cove hoopsters split with Temple, Ellison

TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Both Copperas Cove basketball teams were shut down by Ellison’s respective defenses in Tuesday night’s District 12-6A contests where the Bulldawgs hosted Ellison in a 79-48 loss while the Lady Dawgs fell 42-26 at the hands of the Lady Eagles at Ellison High School.

Sophomore, freshman lead Bulldawgs’ 73-62 comeback over Kangaroos

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove boys’ head basketball coach Travis Boyce Jr didn’t like the way things were going after his team was called for a half dozen offensive fouls and fell behind in Tuesday night’s must-win District 12-6A contest at home against the Killeen Kangaroos.

Dawgs rally for another comeback win; Lady Dawgs fall

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   They needed another rally to keep pace with the leaders of District 12-6A and the Bulldawgs basketball got just that with a 76-73 come-from-behind win on the road Tuesday at Shoemaker after dropping a home contest to Bryan on Friday.

Johnsons, three-pointers too much as Tigers down Dawgs 82-67

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   After making a second quarter run to tie the game at 37-37 entering the halftime break, the Bulldawgs couldn’t slow down the high-scoring Tigers who connected on four of their 13 three-pointers of the contest in the third quarter as they opened up a 67-51 lead...