Teams announced for 17th annual CHAMPS Bowl

By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press For just the second time in program history, the Trinity Valley Cardinals and the Garden City Broncbusters will face off with championship implications. Twenty years ago, they played for a national championship.

Lady Bulldawg Basketball wins Bush’s Classic to improve to 7-0 on season

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Lady Dawg basketball team is off to a hot start with a 7-0 record, including their 5-0 run for the championship crown at the Bush’s Chicken Classic Basketball tournament at Bulldawg Gymnasium this weekend.

Turnovers spoil victories

Last week’s outcome was not what we wanted. I told the Dawgs team after the game mistakes you make in football and in life have consequences. Some are delayed, some are immediate. We turned the ball over five times. When you give your opponent a short field it is not good.

Cove must beat Belton and get help to make the playoffs

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove football team has an uphill battle ahead if they are to clinch one of the two remaining playoff spots in the 2017 UIL State Football Playoffs.

Trio of Bulldawg Baseballers sign to play collegiately prior to senior seasons

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Three Copperas Cove baseball players took the next step in their academic and athletic careers Wednesday morning when they participated in a mock signing event signifying their signing National Letters of Intent to play baseball collegiately.

Roundballs are bouncing again in Copperas Cove

Players in short pants, flying down the court, stopping on a dime and putting up a trey, or tossing a no-look pass to a teammate, who penetrates the paint and lays one in off the glass.  That’s basketball Copperas Cove style and it’s back at Bulldawg Gym!

LDVB season ends against No. 17 Southlake Carroll; 8 Lady Dawgs named to All-District squad

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press WEST – The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs’ 17-game win-steak came to an end in a familiar fashion. For the second-consecutive year, the Copperas Cove Lady Dawg volleyball team had their season ended at the hands of Southlake Carroll.

Cove PD bests fire department in Battle of the Badges

By BRITTANY FHOLER  Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Police Department and Fire Department came together for a good cause Saturday evening when they played basketball in a Battle of the Badges held in the Copperas Cove High School Gym #2.

Lady Dawgs sweep Cedar Hill 25-12, 26-24, 25-20; face Southlake Carroll in Area rematch

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press WEST – It wasn’t the cleanest game of their season but Copperas Cove head volleyball coach Cari Lowery knew coming in that playoff jitters might have been a problem for her inexperienced squad.

Undefeated Lady Dawgs sweep Shoemaker in playoffs dress rehearsal

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The present and future of Copperas Cove Volleyball appears to be blindingly bright as the entire program finished 99-15 overall and 35-1 in District 8-6A to finish as district champs at all three levels.