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CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Zamira Manuel hits a forehand return during the Dawgs 15-4 loss to Harker Heights on Tuesday in Heights. The Dawgs fall to 18-6 on the season and 1-1 in district play. Cove returns to action today against the Midway Panthers on the road.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove’s Zamira Manuel hits a forehand return during the Dawgs 15-4 loss to Harker Heights on Tuesday in Heights. The Dawgs fall to 18-6 on the season and 1-1 in district play. Cove returns to action today against the Midway Panthers on the road.

SETBACK

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Fri, 09/23/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   HARKER HEIGHTS - The Copperas Cove Dawg Tennis team suffered their first setback in District 8-6A play in a 15-4 loss to the Knights Tuesday in Harker Heights.
CCLP/STEVEN DOLL - Copperas Cove senior quarterback Caine Garner gets trapped between Sachse defenders Micah Buchanan, Isaiah Humphries and Cedric Johnson during the second quarter of Friday evening’s game at Homer B Johnson Stadium in Garland.

CCLP/STEVEN DOLL - Copperas Cove senior quarterback Caine Garner gets trapped between Sachse defenders Micah Buchanan, Isaiah Humphries and Cedric Johnson during the second quarter of Friday evening’s game at Homer B Johnson Stadium in Garland.

Dawgs suffer first setback of season in 48-16 loss to Sachse

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Tue, 09/20/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   GARLAND – The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs football team found themselves in a 21-0 hole with just 5:39 ticks off the clock.   Big plays allowed the Mustangs to take that sizeable lead so quickly.
CCLP/LEE LETZER - Cove senior Brianna Acker hits for a kill against Belton junior Elicia Jackson and sophomore Kamryn Madden during the Lady Dawgs sweep of Belton on Friday. The Lady Dawgs improved to 23-11 and 3-0 in District 8-6A play. The Lady Dawgs travel to Waco to face the no. 1 ranked Midway Pantherettes.

CCLP/LEE LETZER - Cove senior Brianna Acker hits for a kill against Belton junior Elicia Jackson and sophomore Kamryn Madden during the Lady Dawgs sweep of Belton on Friday. The Lady Dawgs improved to 23-11 and 3-0 in District 8-6A play. The Lady Dawgs travel to Waco to face the no. 1 ranked Midway Pantherettes.

TOUGH ROAD TEST

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Tue, 09/20/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs swept their way to a 3-0 District 8-6A record and 23-11 overall record with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-18) win against the Belton Lady Tigers at home on Friday.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior defensive linemen Eric Cain (20) and Rylan Hunter swarm El Paso Franklin quarterback Kaleb Hatch for a sack in the Dawgs’ 42-10 win on Friday.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior defensive linemen Eric Cain (20) and Rylan Hunter swarm El Paso Franklin quarterback Kaleb Hatch for a sack in the Dawgs’ 42-10 win on Friday.

Dawgs face tough test against Sachse tonight

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Fri, 09/16/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Head coach/athletic director Jack Welch and his Copperas Cove Bulldawgs football team face their toughest test of their young season when they travel to Garland tonight to face the powerful Sachse Mustangs in the final non-district contest before the Dawgs...
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.
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.