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CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Brett Alber eyes the ball as he reaches for a backhand during district play. Alber and the Dawg Tennis team begin the playoffs Thursday in Waco.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Brett Alber eyes the ball as he reaches for a backhand during district play. Alber and the Dawg Tennis team begin the playoffs Thursday in Waco.

Playoffs begin Thursday for Tennis, Cross Country

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Tue, 10/18/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove tennis and cross country teams will get their postseason adventures underway on Thursday in Waco.   The Dawg Tennis team enters the playoffs as the no.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Brianna Acker hits into the defense of Belton seniors Chloe Bush (4) and Breanna Farrell during the Lady Dawgs’ 3-2 win over Belton on Friday. Cove is going to need Acker and the rest of the squad to play thir best game of the year in order to beat no. 1 state- and nationally-ranked Waco Midway.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Brianna Acker hits into the defense of Belton seniors Chloe Bush (4) and Breanna Farrell during the Lady Dawgs’ 3-2 win over Belton on Friday. Cove is going to need Acker and the rest of the squad to play thir best game of the year in order to beat no. 1 state- and nationally-ranked Waco Midway.

BATTLE FOR THE CROWN

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Tue, 10/18/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   No one gave them much of a chance last year when state-ranked Midway came to town last year after suffering a sweep at Midway in their first encounter a year ago and the situation looks even more dire with the senior-laden squad that’s ranked no.

Dawg Tennis gets good prep in warm-up against Pflugerville

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Fri, 10/14/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   PFLUGERVILLE - Cove head coach Paul Talbett wanted a test for his Copperas Cove tennis team before next week’s area playoffs begin.   He got just that in a 10-9 close loss to Pflugerville on Saturday.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove junior Talia Kinslow (7) hits for one of her game-high 21 kills in the Lady Dawgs’ 3-2 win over the Belton Lady Tigers on Tuesday in Belton.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove junior Talia Kinslow (7) hits for one of her game-high 21 kills in the Lady Dawgs’ 3-2 win over the Belton Lady Tigers on Tuesday in Belton.

EPIC CLASH

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Fri, 10/14/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   BELTON - One play can change the complexion of a game.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior defenders Antoine Smith (52) and Lucas Hogue meet at Ellison ball carrier Antares Gilliespie during the Dawgs’ 38-3 win over the Eagles on Thursday.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior defenders Antoine Smith (52) and Lucas Hogue meet at Ellison ball carrier Antares Gilliespie during the Dawgs’ 38-3 win over the Eagles on Thursday.

Dawgs clip Eagles’ wings

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Tue, 10/11/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   KILLEEN - The Ellison Eagles were the top-ranked offense in District 8-6A coming into Thursday night’s contest at home against the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs.   They would not leave that way.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Paul Muniz competes in the 100-yard butterfly. Muniz, along with teammates Jacob Guerrero, Carson McVeigh, and Christian Gaston, broke two school records during the Belton Invitational Swim Meet Saturday at the Roy and Jean Potts Swim Center in Belton. They broke the first record in the 200-yard medley relay with a fourth-place finish and time of 1:51.06 and broke another school record the 400-yard freestyle relay with a podium finish and time of 3:35.78.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Paul Muniz competes in the 100-yard butterfly. Muniz, along with teammates Jacob Guerrero, Carson McVeigh, and Christian Gaston, broke two school records during the Belton Invitational Swim Meet Saturday at the Roy and Jean Potts Swim Center in Belton. They broke the first record in the 200-yard medley relay with a fourth-place finish and time of 1:51.06 and broke another school record the 400-yard freestyle relay with a podium finish and time of 3:35.78.

RECORD BREAKERS

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Tue, 10/11/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   BELTON - The Copperas Cove AquaDawgs swim team competed in the 2016 Belton Invitational on Saturday at the Roy and Jean Potts Swim Center in Belton.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Latoya Alokoa hits a forehand during district play. Alokoa and doubles teammate Abby Mackwelung earned a straight-set win over Belton’s Kenzie Daniell/Erin McGoldrick 6-4, 7-6(2) during during Tuesday’ 14-5 loss to the Tigers.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Latoya Alokoa hits a forehand during district play. Alokoa and doubles teammate Abby Mackwelung earned a straight-set win over Belton’s Kenzie Daniell/Erin McGoldrick 6-4, 7-6(2) during during Tuesday’ 14-5 loss to the Tigers.

Dawg Tennis falls to Belton 14-5 to close district play

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Fri, 10/07/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Dawg Tennis team dropped their final district contest to the Belton Tigers by a score of 14-5, but the score is not indicative of the competitive play.
CCLP/ TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove senior Brianna Acker hit for a kill against Killeen’s Rhepsey Wyman during the Lady Dawgs’ 3-1 win (25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 25-11) over the Lady Roos on Tuesday in Killeen.

CCLP/ TJ MAXWELL - Copperas Cove senior Brianna Acker hit for a kill against Killeen’s Rhepsey Wyman during the Lady Dawgs’ 3-1 win (25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 25-11) over the Lady Roos on Tuesday in Killeen.

HOLDING ON

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Fri, 10/07/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   KILLEEN - A win is a win.   The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs’ volleyball team fought through adversity to stave off a much-improved Killeen Lady Kangaroos’ squad Tuesday in Killeen 3-1 (25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 25-11).
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs used a stifling defense to keep the Shoemaker Grey Wolves at bay in the District 8-6A home opener on Friday. The Dawgs won 43-7.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs used a stifling defense to keep the Shoemaker Grey Wolves at bay in the District 8-6A home opener on Friday. The Dawgs won 43-7.

Dawgs use stellar defense to suffocate Grey Wolves

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Tue, 10/04/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs had to fight for every point in the first half of their matchup with the Shoemaker Grey Wolves, but it would be Shoemaker doing most of the offensive struggling during the Dawgs’ 43-7 shellacking of the Grey Wolves on Friday...

LOCKED IN

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Tue, 10/04/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Tennis team needed a big win at home against Ellison on Friday to lock down a playoff berth and they got just that in their 16-3 domination of the Eagles.