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“Big” Joe Lambardi “Cup O’Joe”

“Big” Joe Lambardi “Cup O’Joe”

The Cup is filling up again...

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Tue, 07/26/2016 - 13:49
No doubt about it...radio was always my first love.   For 44 years, the alarm clock would jar me awake at 2 a.m. and off to the station I’d go, all set to play music, tell jokes about politicians (which often got me in trouble) and just generally wreak havoc on the airwaves.

Cove summer athletes fare well

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Fri, 07/22/2016 - 12:54
By TJ MAXWELL  Cove Leader-Press    While the Copperas Cove 7on7 squad was taking on some of the best in the state during the Texas 7on7 Championships in College Station, some other Copperas Cove-area athletes were doing the same thing across town in the track and field arena during...

LOSING A LEGEND

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Fri, 07/22/2016 - 12:45
By TJ MAXWELL  Cove Leader-Press    Charles “Peanut” Tillman literally hung up his cleats in a humorous video where he knocked random things from the hands of multiple people including his daughter before punching a time clock and hanging up his cleats for the final time.
COURTESY PHOTO - Hunter Shatto of Pennsylvania was the overall winner with a total weight of 5 lbs, 4 oz.

COURTESY PHOTO - Hunter Shatto of Pennsylvania was the overall winner with a total weight of 5 lbs, 4 oz.

Cove Bass Club competes at O.H. Ivie Lake

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Tue, 07/19/2016 - 05:00
By JACK JOHNSON Special to The Leader-Press   This month’s club tournament was a two-day tournament held at O.H. Ivie Lake near San Angelo. The club stayed at the Elm Creek Village and launched from their ramp.
FILE PHOTO - Copperas Cove head coach Cari Lowery talks to her team during their district contest at Waco Midway last year. Lowery and the Lady Dawgs are looking for their 10th-consecutive year in the state rankings and state playoffs and Lowery is looking to collect her 700th win as a coach.

FILE PHOTO - Copperas Cove head coach Cari Lowery talks to her team during their district contest at Waco Midway last year. Lowery and the Lady Dawgs are looking for their 10th-consecutive year in the state rankings and state playoffs and Lowery is looking to collect her 700th win as a coach.

Great Tradition

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Tue, 07/19/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   As the temperatures rise, the summer is winding down for the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball program.
COURTESY PHOTOS

COURTESY PHOTOS

GOLF

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Fri, 07/15/2016 - 05:00
LEFT: Cove alum Bryce Anderson, right, wins the Boys 15-18 division with a 74 at the West Texas Junior Champions Tour event at Hancock Park Golf Course in Lampasas. Dustin Dean, left, placed 3rd with a 77. RIGHT: Cove alum Tyler Morrison wins Girls 15-18 division with an 81.

BATTLIN’ BOYS

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Fri, 07/15/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Only one team remains standing of the 11 teams representing the City of Copperas Cove in their respective Texas Teen-Age Baseball district competitions.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior receiver Floyd Connell makes a catch between two Ellison defenders in their consolation bracket showdown during the 2016 Texas 7on7 Championships at Veteran’s Park in College Station. The Dawgs were 2-3 in the tournament.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior receiver Floyd Connell makes a catch between two Ellison defenders in their consolation bracket showdown during the 2016 Texas 7on7 Championships at Veteran’s Park in College Station. The Dawgs were 2-3 in the tournament.

Taking Strides

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   COLLEGE STATION – The last time Copperas Cove made an appearance at the Texas 7on7 Championships they came way disappointed with a 1-3 record and early exit despite having one of the top passing quarterbacks in the state at the helm in Division I signee...

To weight or not to weight? That is the question

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Tue, 07/12/2016 - 05:00
Jasper Johnson -“Hook Up”-   Well it’s summer, and while you are out on the water I’m sure you have seen the shad busting the top trying to get away from those hungry predator bass.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Rachel Morris of the 15-and-under Cove Chaos makes a play on the ball during the 15U District Softball Tournament in McGregor on Wednesday.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Rachel Morris of the 15-and-under Cove Chaos makes a play on the ball during the 15U District Softball Tournament in McGregor on Wednesday.

TTAS District softball underway; TTAB baseball begins on Monday

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Fri, 07/08/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Now that the Copperas Cove City League dust has cleared, the teams that survived will now test their mettle at the 2016 Texas Teenage Baseball/Softball playoffs.