Lady Dawgs even record at 2-2 heading into 12-6A opener with Belton

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The shortened preseason for the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team got truncated even more over the weekend when one of their two scheduled contests was canceled, cutting the pre-district slate to just four games compared to the 25 games played before the...

Copperas Cove Bulldawgs open football season against similar opponent in Waxahachie Indians

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Tonight’s season opener between the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs and Waxahachie Indians will be a true test of who was able to improve over the COVID-19 affected offseason as both teams are coming off a losing season and coming into the 2020 campaign under new...

Cove battles Vandegrift in final preseason tune-up

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs and Vandegrift Vipers battled it out on the gridiron of Leander ISD’s Ed. W.

LDVB opens season with 3-1 loss to Top 20 ranked Liberty Hill Lady Panthers

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The young and inexperienced Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team ran into a bit of a buzzsaw to open the COVID-19 delayed 2020 season when they hosted the Class 5A Top 20 Liberty Hill Lady Panthers Tuesday night at Bulldawg Gymnasium.

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.

Copperas Cove fighters ready to join “Handz of Steel” Neal in UFC

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   As local sports fans patiently await the delayed start of the 2020 athletic season for the top two classifications, they don’t have to wait to see some Bulldawgs in action.

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...