Dawg Tennis improves to 8-3 with 2-2 Midway showing

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press WACO - The Copperas Cove tennis team improved its record to 8-3 with a 2-2 performance at the Midway Team Tennis Tournament in Waco over the weekend despite being down five players.

Lady Dawgs improve to 18-4 with sweep of Pflugerville

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs improved to 18-4 on the season with a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-11, 25-20) of the Pflugerville Lady Panthers Tuesday at Bulldawg Gymnasium.

Students grapple for knowledge, success at BJJ seminar

By Azeita Taylor  Special to the Leader-Press With pure intensity and sweat running down their brows, mixed martial arts students from gyms and dojos all around the state of Texas grappled for a chance to learn new skills and hone old ones in Copperas Cove over the weekend.

Dawgs look sharp in annual Soap, Shampoo and Towel scrimmage

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   All the second-guessing, hearsay and conjecture is over and it’s time for football. The prognosticators have made their predictions of who will finish where but all that goes out the window when the pads are strapped on and the collisions begin.

The Big Un leaves one pressbox for another

“You say goodbye and I’ll say hello” - The Beatles Every year, in mid-August, I get sad, but then real glad right quick. Why sad?  That’s easy.

Cove Bass Club fishes Belton, Stillhouse lakes

By JACK JOHNSON Special to the Leader-Press   BELTON - The Copperas Cove Bass Club held their quarterly two-day bass tournament last weekend. The club fished Lake Belton on day one of the tournament and followed up with the second day on Stillhouse Hollow Lake.

Dawg Tennis loses close match to Harker Heights 8-11

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove tennis team was just a few points from keeping their unbeaten streak alive when they lost to the Harker Heights Knights in a close 8-11 match Tuesday at the Dawg Tennis Center.

Lady Dawg Volleyball shakes off cold start to beat Lorena 3-1

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Slow has not been a word associated with this year’s edition of the Copperas Cove Lady Dawg Volleyball team after reeling off nine-consecutive wins to start the season.

Cove’s Kayla McCloud signs to play basketball for Jacksonville Jaguars

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Sometimes the biggest decisions you regret in life are the ones you don’t make.  That was almost the case for Copperas Cove basketball standout Kayla McCloud who was unsure if she wanted to pursue her career on the next level.

Cove tennis, volleyball excels at weekend tourneys

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove tennis team held serve on their home court going 4-0 in the Centex Team Tennis Tournament this weekend to claim the tournament crown over rival Brownwood.