Sports

Bulldawgs hold annual intersquad scrimmage

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Long-awaited familiar sights and sounds filled Bulldawg Stadium on Saturday morning as the 2020 version of the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs football squad got after each other in their annual intersquad scrimmage.

Dawgs get delayed football season underway

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   More than six months since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools and athletic programs nationwide, the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs, under the leadership of first-year head coach and athletic director Jason Hammett, suited up and hit the practice field this week to...

No. 3 Lampasas downs No. 13 Brownwood 55-23 to open 2020 football season

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The reigning Class 4A Player of the Year, Ace Whitehead, and the No. 3 ranked Lampasas Badgers continued their high scoring ways with a 55-23 rout of the No. 13 Brownwood Lions to open up the 2020 football season Friday night at Badger Stadium in Lampasas.

UFC bid for Cove’s Pati falls short

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The night may not have went as planned for Copperas Cove alum Jhonoven “The Samoan Savage” Pati in his bid to earn an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) contract Tuesday night during week 4 of the Dana White Contender Series.

Schools adjusting to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   As high schools throughout Texas are wrapping up week 2 of their two-a-days, others are just trying to get their schedules repopulated after having after the COVID-19 pandemic along with state and University Interscholastic League (UIL) mandates, delay the season...

Cove’s Stevenson signs to play soccer for Angelo State

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Haven Stevenson, a recent graduate of Copperas Cove High School, will take her skills to the next level as she recently signed to play soccer for head coach Travis McCorkle and the Angelo State Rambelles in San Angelo.