Copperas Cove wounded warrior competes in DoD Games

Special to Leader-Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Retired U.S. Navy Retired Construction Electrician, Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Thomas of Copperas Cove, will join more than 250 seriously wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans at the 2018 Department of Defense (DOD) Warrior Games...

Cove track athletes get in work at AAU track meet on Saturday

By TJ Maxwell Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Summer Track program recently hosted an (AAU) summer track meet at Bulldawg Stadium. Incoming senior Kyle Stifflemire neared his own school record by clearing 16-feet even for first place in the 18-and-under pole vault during Saturday’s AAU meet.

Five Cove student-athletes continue their journey at the college level

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Every young athlete dreams of fighting for a spot on that varsity squad, then continuing that dream as far as it will take them.

C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl will have a new home.

The C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl which made Copperas Cove its home for the last 17 years is moving.  Known locally as the HOT Bowl, it has produced one national junior college champion team, while hosting 17 junior college games and 5 NCAA Division II games.

Bulldawgs go 2-1 at Lake Travis 7 on 7 state qualifying tournament

By TJ Maxwell Cove Leader-Press LAKE TRAVIS - The 7 on 7 season is in full swing for the Copperas Cove football team. The Bulldawgs faced off with Highway 190 neighbor Lampasas for a friendly on Thursday before traveling to Lake Travis on Saturday for the first state qualifying tournament.

Stifflemire invited to compete at 43rd Annual Great Southwest Track & Field Classic

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Copperas Cove junior pole vaulter Kyle Stifflemire will compete with the big Dawgs in two weeks when he participates in the 43rd Annual Great Southwest Track & Field Classic at the University of New Mexico’s Track & Field Stadium in Albuquerque, NM to be held May...

C.H.A.M.P.S. HOT Bowl out of Cove

By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press  Held in Copperas Cove at Bulldawg Stadium for the past 17 years, the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl is looking for a new home in another city, as confirmed by Jack Welch, president of America’s Drug Free Productions, Inc., the group which holds the bowl on the...

Cove new head coach/AD brings winning resume to Bulldawgs

By TJ Maxwell Cove Leader-Press Copperas Cove’s new athletic director and head football coach Jack Alvarez brings a varied 20-year career to the Bulldawgs’ program.

All-District Athletes

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs were recently rewarded for their fifth-consecutive playoff appearance with eight selections to the 8-6A All-District list. Junior shortstop Jayda Carter and junior centerfielder Kristen Wasiak were named to the First Team.

Bulldawgs’ historic season ends in three-game bi-district battle

By TJ Maxwell Cove Leader-Press   WEST - The Copperas Cove Bulldawg Baseball team’s historic season came to a close Saturday after battling to a game three in the best-of-three bi-district playoff series against the Irving MacArthur Cardinals.