Sports

Adversity

david_morris
Fri, 05/19/2017 - 00:04
The Dawgs are wrapping up spring practice tonight at Bulldawg Stadium. Game time for the junior varsity is 5:00pm and the varsity begins at 6:30pm. The players have had a good spring training camp but there is still a lot of work to be done before the fall opener with A&M Consolidated.

Copperas Cove ISD set to begin summer camp season

david_morris
Fri, 05/12/2017 - 01:37
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   As students across the district get their caps and gowns ready as they prepare to conclude their high school careers, a bunch more student athletes will get a jump on the 2017-18 school year by attending the plethora of athletic summer camps offered by the Copperas...

Copperas Cove spring volleyball concludes season

david_morris
Fri, 05/05/2017 - 01:18
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Practice makes perfect and that makes Copperas Cove head volleyball coach Cari Lowery excited as more and more players participate in the spring league and summer camps.

Beefed Up O-line

david_morris
Fri, 05/05/2017 - 00:44
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Depth is a word often used by successful sports programs.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove senior Josh Canete competes in the high jump, where cleared 6-feet, 6-inches to win gold at the UIL Region I-6A Track and Field Championships held at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Maverick Stadium on Saturday. Canete advances to the UIL State Track and Field Championships to be held May 11-13 at the University of Texas’ Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove senior Josh Canete competes in the high jump, where cleared 6-feet, 6-inches to win gold at the UIL Region I-6A Track and Field Championships held at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Maverick Stadium on Saturday. Canete advances to the UIL State Track and Field Championships to be held May 11-13 at the University of Texas’ Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

Jumpin' Josh

david_morris
Mon, 05/01/2017 - 21:48
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press ARLINGTON – Josh Canete knew setting his new personal best height of 6-feet, 9-inches, set last week at the 7-6a/8-6A Area meet, would pay off in the future and that future came quickly.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Duncanville’s Lauryn Lewis scores under the tag ov Cove’s Rylie Radigan for the first of five third-inning runs for Duncanville.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Duncanville’s Lauryn Lewis scores under the tag ov Cove’s Rylie Radigan for the first of five third-inning runs for Duncanville.

Cove’s season ends with playoff sweep by Duncanville

david_morris
Mon, 05/01/2017 - 21:47
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press GLEN ROSE –  Not much went right for the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs in their fourth-consecutive trip to the playoffs as six errors contributed to their 9-1 loss to Duncanville and subsequent sweep in the bi-district round of the UIL State Softball Playoffs Friday at...
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL ABOVE: Copperas Cove slot receiver to-be senior Bryce Ranes pulls down a pass in front of two-way senior Floyd Connell. Connell was a starting outside receiver last year before splitting time at defensive back where he led the team in interceptions despite only moving to the position midway through district play. BELOW: To-be senior quarterback Jaylen Smith warms up his throwing arm during practice Tuesday at Copperas Cove High School.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL ABOVE: Copperas Cove slot receiver to-be senior Bryce Ranes pulls down a pass in front of two-way senior Floyd Connell. Connell was a starting outside receiver last year before splitting time at defensive back where he led the team in interceptions despite only moving to the position midway through district play. BELOW: To-be senior quarterback Jaylen Smith warms up his throwing arm during practice Tuesday at Copperas Cove High School.

Bulldawg football kicks off spring practices

david_morris
Fri, 04/28/2017 - 01:45
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Hope springs eternal every April as football teams across Texas embark on their spring practice schedules and that’s no different for Copperas Cove head coach and athletic director Jack Welch.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove senior first baseman Tyler Ingram makes a putout of Belton’s Peyton Vybiral during the fifth inning of the District 8-6A contest between the Bulldawgs and the Tigers. The two teams will face off for a chance at the final playoff spot tonight in Cove.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove senior first baseman Tyler Ingram makes a putout of Belton’s Peyton Vybiral during the fifth inning of the District 8-6A contest between the Bulldawgs and the Tigers. The two teams will face off for a chance at the final playoff spot tonight in Cove.

Bulldawgs face must-win after wild loss in Belton

david_morris
Fri, 04/28/2017 - 01:44
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   BELTON – The Bulldawgs found themselves needing one final run to gain an edge in the chase for a playoff spot in District 8-6A and they appeared to have gotten it.

Dawg baseball stays alive with sweep of Killeen

david_morris
Tue, 04/25/2017 - 02:26
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   KILLEEN – The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs’ playoff chance looked to be on the verge of extinction after Killeen took a two-run lead in the third inning and juiced the bases with no outs in the fifth inning. Copperas Cove junior pitcher Josh Ropple had other plans.