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CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove sophomore Aidan Chace hIts for a kill against Ellison on Tuesday. Chace had a second-best 12 kills and 11 assists in the sweep of Ellison (25-22, 25-12, 25-14). Cove hosts Belton tonight with the varsity first serve set for 5:30 p.m.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove sophomore Aidan Chace hIts for a kill against Ellison on Tuesday. Chace had a second-best 12 kills and 11 assists in the sweep of Ellison (25-22, 25-12, 25-14). Cove hosts Belton tonight with the varsity first serve set for 5:30 p.m.

YOUNG GUNS

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Fri, 09/16/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   A mixture of senior leadership and youthful exuberance have the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team hitting on all cylinders to begin District 8-6A action.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Tessa Bliss hits a forehand return earlier in the year. Dawg Tennis improved to 17-5 on the season with a 3-1 weekend.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Tessa Bliss hits a forehand return earlier in the year. Dawg Tennis improved to 17-5 on the season with a 3-1 weekend.

Dawg Tennis improves to 17-5 overall; LDVB sweeps Roos for 21-11 record

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Tue, 09/13/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Dawg Tennis team continued its hot start of the 2016 campaign with two big wins over ranked opponents over the weekend as part of a 3-1 effort.   The Dawgs suffered a tough 12-7 loss to No.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove junior running back Tim Edwards scored three rushing touchdowns to go with Jaylon Hannah’s two and Caine Garner’s one as part off a 399-yard rushing effort against Franklin a week after throwing for 280 yards and three scores in the opener against Mexico’s Nuevo Leon.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove junior running back Tim Edwards scored three rushing touchdowns to go with Jaylon Hannah’s two and Caine Garner’s one as part off a 399-yard rushing effort against Franklin a week after throwing for 280 yards and three scores in the opener against Mexico’s Nuevo Leon.

DAWG SHOW

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Tue, 09/13/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Bulldawg football team showed on Friday that the run game is alive and well just a week after showing off a resurgent passing attack.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior running back Elijah Washington fights off a tackler during the Dawg’s opener against UANL.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior running back Elijah Washington fights off a tackler during the Dawg’s opener against UANL.

Dawgs looks to continue electric start; LDVB begins district play

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Fri, 09/09/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Electricity was in the air for the Dawgs for homecoming last Friday night a week in a win over Mexico’s Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León, or UANL, after electric storms washed away their season opener against A&M Consolidated a week prior.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove doubles partners Nick Motley, left, and Trystan Jackson celebrate during a match earler in the season. The duo won 2-of-3 doubles matches and 4-of-6 singles matches over the weekend to help Dawg Tennis improve to 14-4 on the season with district play set to start Friday in Killeen against the Kangaroos.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove doubles partners Nick Motley, left, and Trystan Jackson celebrate during a match earler in the season. The duo won 2-of-3 doubles matches and 4-of-6 singles matches over the weekend to help Dawg Tennis improve to 14-4 on the season with district play set to start Friday in Killeen against the Kangaroos.

DAWG TENN-ACITY

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Fri, 09/09/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The much-improved Copperas Cove Dawg Tennis team increased their overall season record to 14-4 with a lopsided win over Temple on Friday and a spilt with Bryan and College Station in games that went down to the wire on Saturday.
“Big” Joe Lombardi - “Cup O’Joe”

“Big” Joe Lombardi - “Cup O’Joe”

Former Bulldawg coach gets a big book profile soon

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Tue, 09/06/2016 - 05:00
Let me start by saying I don’t read Texas Monthly very often.   It’s a hot shot, slick magazine that’s way too liberal in its content for an old, died in the wool conservative kid from the coast.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Copperas Cove senior quarterback Caine Garner looks for a receiver in the first half of the Dawgs 27-14 win over Mexico’s Tigres De La Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León Friday night at Bulldawg Stadium. The Dawgs host El Paso Franklin this Friday nigth.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Copperas Cove senior quarterback Caine Garner looks for a receiver in the first half of the Dawgs 27-14 win over Mexico’s Tigres De La Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León Friday night at Bulldawg Stadium. The Dawgs host El Paso Franklin this Friday nigth.

AIR RAID

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Tue, 09/06/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   In a very limited sample the Cove football team has given some indication that the air attack of a few years ago, under the direction of Manny Harris, is alive and well in the 2016 edition of the Bulldaws with the twoheaded lefty monster of senior Caine...
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior quarterback Caine Garner makes a throw during the Dawgs’s scrimmage against Abilene on Aug. 19

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior quarterback Caine Garner makes a throw during the Dawgs’s scrimmage against Abilene on Aug. 19

Cove Bulldawgs football set for season opener….again

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Fri, 09/02/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove football team was all dressed up with nowhere to go last Friday when electric storms forced the cancelation of their season-opening clash against no. 20 A&M Consolidated.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Lady Dawgs, from left, Kiarraj Carlisle (10), Brinna Acker, Chyanne Chapman and Aidan Chace celebrate a Chapman block that ended their five-set match against Liberty Hill on Tuesday. The Lady Dawgs won (26-28, 21-25, 25-17, 25-19, 15-9).

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Lady Dawgs, from left, Kiarraj Carlisle (10), Brinna Acker, Chyanne Chapman and Aidan Chace celebrate a Chapman block that ended their five-set match against Liberty Hill on Tuesday. The Lady Dawgs won (26-28, 21-25, 25-17, 25-19, 15-9).

BACK ON TRACK

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Fri, 09/02/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team needed a spark.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Abby Mackwelung hits a backhand during a match against Lampasas. Mackwelung and sister, Zonya, went undefeated in their six singles and doubles matches on Saturday.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Abby Mackwelung hits a backhand during a match against Lampasas. Mackwelung and sister, Zonya, went undefeated in their six singles and doubles matches on Saturday.

Dawg Tennis sweeps; LDVB goes 2-4 at Texas Showdown

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Tue, 08/30/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove tennis team continued their strong start to the 2016 team tennis campaign with a sweep in Saturday’s quad match against San Saba and San Angelo Lakeview to move to 12-2 on the year.