Sports

STARZZ hoopsters see action on Saturday

david_morris
Fri, 04/07/2017 - 05:53
Special to the Leader-Press   Five Central Texas STARZZ basketball teams took to the basketball courts in two cities last Saturday.

Team Cannon/Siegeler wins Triple T event on Belton Lake

david_morris
Fri, 04/07/2017 - 03:55
Special to the Leader-Press   BELTON - Matt Cannon, of Troy, Texas and Jared Siegeler, of Belton, Texas, weighed 25.20 pounds to win the third regular-season event of the Texas Team Trail presented by Cabela’s (TXTT) on April 1 on Belton Lake.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL The Copperas Cove Lions Club held its 29th annual golf tournament on March 25 at the Hills of Cove Golf Course. This year, 56 golfers made up 14 teams. Approximately $7,000 was raised at the event. The Lions Club raises funds which provide vision screening and for glasses for those who can’t afford them, with children being the ones who benefit from receiving the prescription eyewear. The Lions help provide eye exams and glasses for children whose families may not be able to afford them,

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL The Copperas Cove Lions Club held its 29th annual golf tournament on March 25 at the Hills of Cove Golf Course. This year, 56 golfers made up 14 teams. Approximately $7,000 was raised at the event. The Lions Club raises funds which provide vision screening and for glasses for those who can’t afford them, with children being the ones who benefit from receiving the prescription eyewear. The Lions help provide eye exams and glasses for children whose families may not be able to afford them,

Lions Club 29th annual tourney

david_morris
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 13:02
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove sophomore Aidan Chace makes a leap during the high jump competition Friday at Waco High’s Paul Tyson Field. Chace won the event with a leap of 5-feet, 6-inches to claim the gold.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL Copperas Cove sophomore Aidan Chace makes a leap during the high jump competition Friday at Waco High’s Paul Tyson Field. Chace won the event with a leap of 5-feet, 6-inches to claim the gold.

Lady Dawgs and Bulldawgs finish 2nd at Waco ISD Relays

david_morris
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 12:15
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   WACO – The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs earned podium finishes in 8 out of 17 events – including six gold-medal performances - to finish second overall with 121 points at the Waco ISD Relays at Waco High’s Paul Tyson Field on Friday.

Kentucky fans go way over the line this time

david_morris
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 12:14
“Big” Joe Lombardi   “Cup O’Joe” Want an example of why the NCAA basketball tournament is known as March MADness? One of the greatest sports books ever written was Instant Replay by Green Bay Packer star offensive lineman Jerry Kramer, where he described the team’s run up to the 1967 Super Bowl.

Cove students compete at the Texas Archery Tournament

david_morris
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 12:14
By Kierra Pixler Special to the Leader-Press   BELTON - More than 2,100 students from 85 schools gathered at the Bell County Expo Center last weekend for the 12th Annual Texas-National Archery in the Schools (NASP) Tournament and Scholarship Championship.

Dawgs 2nd at Midway, Lady Dawgs 1st at Joshua

News Staff
Fri, 03/31/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Cove track teams had success meets last weekend with the Lady Dawgs varsity and junior varsity bringing home the top spots at the Joshua Owls Relay while the Bulldawgs brought home the silver from the Midway ISD Relays in Waco.