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Courtesy photo/LESLEY ROBLEZ-THE RIDER - Shawnte’ Goff poses after practice last Tuesday at the Fieldhouse on the Edinburg campus. Goff is a senior and will graduate as the program record-holder in points, field goals made, defensive rebounds and games started

Courtesy photo/LESLEY ROBLEZ-THE RIDER - Shawnte’ Goff poses after practice last Tuesday at the Fieldhouse on the Edinburg campus. Goff is a senior and will graduate as the program record-holder in points, field goals made, defensive rebounds and games started

Cove alum finishes UTRGV career in record books

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Tue, 03/07/2017 - 05:00
By NATHANIEL MATA Special to the Leader-Press EDINBURG - Copperas Cove alum Shawnte’ Goff can walk around the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus freely. She isn’t mobbed by fans or anything of that sort but that doesn’t bother Goff; she’s able to work in a crowd or wide open.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove freshman Maddie Miller watches her putt fall in the cup during day two of the Marvin Dameron Invitational two-day tournament at the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco on Saturday. Miller shot a combined 193 to lead the squad.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove freshman Maddie Miller watches her putt fall in the cup during day two of the Marvin Dameron Invitational two-day tournament at the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco on Saturday. Miller shot a combined 193 to lead the squad.

GROWING GIRLS’ GOLF

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Tue, 03/07/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press WACO - The young Copperas Cove girls’ golf program continues to make strides with a middle of the pack finish at the Marvin Dameron Golf Tournament at Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco against a stacked field, including perennial state powers Montgomery, Coppell...
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior Kailey Walker takes a shot on goal in the first half of the Lady Dawgs’ 1-0 loss to Ellison. Lady Eagles Britney Guerrero and Kennedi Lewis defend on the play.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior Kailey Walker takes a shot on goal in the first half of the Lady Dawgs’ 1-0 loss to Ellison. Lady Eagles Britney Guerrero and Kennedi Lewis defend on the play.

Lady Dawgs lose 1-0 heartbreaker to Ellison despite dominating action

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Fri, 03/03/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs kept the action on the offensive side of the field for much the night with 17 shots on goal to just 10 for the Lady Eagles in their District 8-6A soccer match with playoff implications Tuesday at Bulldawg Stadium.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Copperas Cove football players from left: Quarterback Caine Garner (Division III University of Mary-Hardin Baylor), running back Elijah Washington (Div. III Howard Payne University) and deep snapper Sean Adams (Div. I New Mexico State) listen as associate head coach and offensive coordinator Tracy Welch speaks during a signing ceremony Wednesday at the school.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Copperas Cove football players from left: Quarterback Caine Garner (Division III University of Mary-Hardin Baylor), running back Elijah Washington (Div. III Howard Payne University) and deep snapper Sean Adams (Div. I New Mexico State) listen as associate head coach and offensive coordinator Tracy Welch speaks during a signing ceremony Wednesday at the school.

STEPS TO SUCCESS

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Fri, 03/03/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press Playing at the next level is a dream for most athletes. A foursome of Copperas Cove athletes recently turned those dreams into reality and commemorated it with a signing ceremony at the high school on Wednesday.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Amber Boyd competes in the 800m run at the Bulldawg relays. Boyd won gold in the 800m and 1,600m runs at the Big Red Relays on Saturday

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Amber Boyd competes in the 800m run at the Bulldawg relays. Boyd won gold in the 800m and 1,600m runs at the Big Red Relays on Saturday

Cove varsity track finishes 4th, 6th at Belton Big Red Relays

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Tue, 02/28/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press BELTON - The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs scored 73 points to finish fourth at the Belton Big Red Relays on Saturday while the boys’ team scored 66.5 points to finish fourth.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove sophomore Michael Goudeau twists his body to avoid a tag as he stole second base in the Bulldawgs’ 13-3 blowout of Academy in the championship game of their host tournament Saturday at Bulldawg Field.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove sophomore Michael Goudeau twists his body to avoid a tag as he stole second base in the Bulldawgs’ 13-3 blowout of Academy in the championship game of their host tournament Saturday at Bulldawg Field.

SMALL BALL, BIG RESULTS

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Tue, 02/28/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press A pair of blowouts began and ended the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs’ sweep of their host tournament over the weekend.

Cove Bass Club competes at Stillhouse Hollow Lake

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Fri, 02/24/2017 - 05:00
By JACK JOHNSON Special to the Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Bass Club held its monthly tournament on Stillhouse Hollow Lake last Saturday. The weather forecast for the day was cloudy, with a chance of afternoon rain and winds from 10-15 and gust up to 20 mph out of the south and south west.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove senior Dahmir Pearson attempts a shot in traffic with Cedar Hill 6-feet-8 sophomore Sammie Freeman and senior forward Xavier Whitaker (4) defending. Pearson led the Bulldawgs’ scoring with 14 points, including 12 for 14 free throws.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove senior Dahmir Pearson attempts a shot in traffic with Cedar Hill 6-feet-8 sophomore Sammie Freeman and senior forward Xavier Whitaker (4) defending. Pearson led the Bulldawgs’ scoring with 14 points, including 12 for 14 free throws.

BLOCKED BY HORNS

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Fri, 02/24/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press GLEN ROSE - The Longhorns of Cedar Hill showed why they were the no.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Nick Motley hits a forehand return during the Dawg Tennis Classic Saturday at Copperas Cove High School. Motley and doubles teammate Brett Alber finished fourth to lead Cove.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Nick Motley hits a forehand return during the Dawg Tennis Classic Saturday at Copperas Cove High School. Motley and doubles teammate Brett Alber finished fourth to lead Cove.

Dawg Tennis hosts tourney; wrestlers compete at Regionals

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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The Copperas Cove Dawg Tennis team played host to the annual Dawg Classic held at three area locations on Saturday. Some of the top finishers came on the home court for the Dawgs against some of the toughest competition.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove sophomore Mahal Thorpe leads her heat of the 100-meter hurdles during the the Bulldawg Relays held Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium. Thorpe finished second overall with a time of 15.86 seconds.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove sophomore Mahal Thorpe leads her heat of the 100-meter hurdles during the the Bulldawg Relays held Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium. Thorpe finished second overall with a time of 15.86 seconds.

IN THE BOOKS

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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press A new school record in the pole vault and a mark just one inch shy of the mark to win the 2016 UIL State Championship in the high jump is not a bad way for the Copperas Cove Bulldawg track season to get underway at their host Bulldawg Relays on Saturday.