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Courtesy photos - Cove senior Dustin Dean, left, and freshman Madelyn Miller each earned Beltway Junior Golf Tour’s Player of the Year award for finishing atop the tour standings in their respective divisions of the Centex Region.

Courtesy photos - Cove senior Dustin Dean, left, and freshman Madelyn Miller each earned Beltway Junior Golf Tour’s Player of the Year award for finishing atop the tour standings in their respective divisions of the Centex Region.

TOP OF THE HEAP

News Staff
Fri, 08/19/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The summer temperatures have been scorching and so have the golf games of Copperas Cove incoming senior Dustin Dean and incoming freshman Madelyn Miller.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Cyclists compete in the annual Cove House Classic Bike Tour near Topesy on Saturday morning.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Cyclists compete in the annual Cove House Classic Bike Tour near Topesy on Saturday morning.

Cove House holds annual bicycling event

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Tue, 08/16/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Despite looming storm clouds and the threat of rain, 95 dedicated cyclists participated in the Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter’s annual biking event on Saturday morning.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior running back Elijah Washington attempts to elude a tackler as senior quarterback Caine Garner looks on during the Bulldawgs’ annual Soap, Towel and Shampoo scrimmage Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Cove senior running back Elijah Washington attempts to elude a tackler as senior quarterback Caine Garner looks on during the Bulldawgs’ annual Soap, Towel and Shampoo scrimmage Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium.

READY TO ROLL

News Staff
Tue, 08/16/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove head football coach and athletic director Jack Welch wants his defense to get more involved in the outcome of games so it was only fitting that the first ‘official’ offensive touchdown of the season came from a defensive lineman.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove sophomore Aiden Chace set the ball during the Lady Dawgs’ loss to Vandegrift on Tuesday. The Lady Dawgs are currently 2-2 on the season.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove sophomore Aiden Chace set the ball during the Lady Dawgs’ loss to Vandegrift on Tuesday. The Lady Dawgs are currently 2-2 on the season.

Cove volleyball, tennis kicks off 2016 campaigns

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Fri, 08/12/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove volleyball team began their season with a pair of tough tests at home on Monday and Tuesday but came up on the short end of the stick.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior quarterback Jaylen Smith runs through the middle on a quarterback keeper during practice on Wednesday. Smith is expected to take of the majority of snaps at quarterback with last year’s starter Caine Garner expected to expand his role to receiver.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior quarterback Jaylen Smith runs through the middle on a quarterback keeper during practice on Wednesday. Smith is expected to take of the majority of snaps at quarterback with last year’s starter Caine Garner expected to expand his role to receiver.

DAWG DAYS

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Fri, 08/12/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   For football fans across this planet, the month of August springs hope eternal that this year will be that year that everything comes together for their respective teams and a championship awaits them at the end of their journey.
Courtesy photo - Cove’s Michael Hays recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for Brookhaven College

Courtesy photo - Cove’s Michael Hays recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for Brookhaven College

Hays signs to play baseball with Brookhaven College

News Staff
Tue, 08/09/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Former Copperas Cove third baseman and pitcher Michael Hays joins a laundry list of baseball seniors to enter the college baseball ranks after signing a National Letter of Intent to attend Brookhaven College in the National Junior College Athletic...
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove seniors Brianna Acker, left, and Chyanne Chapman attempt a block during the annual alumni game and Meet the Lady Dawgs event held Friday at Bulldawg Gymnasium.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove seniors Brianna Acker, left, and Chyanne Chapman attempt a block during the annual alumni game and Meet the Lady Dawgs event held Friday at Bulldawg Gymnasium.

NEW DAY

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Tue, 08/09/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Volleyball fans were treated to a rare sight when 17 former Lady Dawg volleyball players took on the 2016 rendition of the Lady Dawgs in the annual alumni game Friday night at Bulldawg gymnasium.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove graduate Marcus Brumfield competes at the UIL State Track Meet in May. Brumfield recently signed to run track for Wayland Baptist University.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove graduate Marcus Brumfield competes at the UIL State Track Meet in May. Brumfield recently signed to run track for Wayland Baptist University.

Brumfield signs with Wayland Baptist

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Fri, 08/05/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Just getting to continue his track career means the world to Cove graduate Marcus Brumfield but being able to stay close to family and ease the burden on his family put icing on the cake.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Campers compete in a two-man tire relay during the annual NFL Football Camp, hosted by the Copperas Cove School District, on Wednesday at Bulldawg Stadium.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Campers compete in a two-man tire relay during the annual NFL Football Camp, hosted by the Copperas Cove School District, on Wednesday at Bulldawg Stadium.

CAMPING IS FUN

News Staff
Fri, 08/05/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The official start of football season for the Copperas Cove ISD football program may still be six days away but that didn’t stop around 220 incoming junior high and freshman players from getting a jumpstart on their competitors by participating in the...
“Big” Joe Lombardi - “Cup O’Joe”

“Big” Joe Lombardi - “Cup O’Joe”

It’s the most wonderful time of the year...

News Staff
Tue, 08/02/2016 - 05:00
Thanks to the late crooner Andy Williams for that nugget, his biggest Christmas season hit ever and though it’s not quite the right weather for St. Nick, not with these 100-degree days, it is time for those visions of sugarplums to dance in my head.