Sports

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

david_morris
Mon, 08/31/2020 - 17:57
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

david_morris
Thu, 08/27/2020 - 15:52
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

david_morris
Thu, 08/13/2020 - 15:41
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

david_morris
Thu, 07/30/2020 - 15:59
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.

Another Copperas Cove fighter looking to earn UFC roster spot

david_morris
Mon, 07/27/2020 - 15:36
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The phrase “big things come in small packages” couldn’t be truer for the small mixed martial arts (MMA) training facility in Copperas Cove, StrKings, that has helped lunch the careers of Muay Thai World Champion Angela Whitley, no. 10 Welterweight in the Ultimate...

UIL allows distance learners to participate in extracurriculars

david_morris
Mon, 07/13/2020 - 16:12
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   As the fall season approaches, school administrators, teachers, coaches, parents and students are trying to adjust to a new normal that will likely force some distance learning into the fray as schools begin the process of reopening in the midst of the Coronavirus...