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CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Incoming freshman Ali Chaney leaps for a spike attempt Wednesday during the annual Lady Dawg Volleyball Camp.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Incoming freshman Ali Chaney leaps for a spike attempt Wednesday during the annual Lady Dawg Volleyball Camp.

Campers get ‘head start on tryouts’ at summer camp

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Fri, 06/10/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   A winning program doesn’t come by accident. It comes from months and years of preparation, repetition and execution and Copperas Cove head volleyball coach Cari Lowry knows that all too well.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Copperas Cove seniors Devante Robinson, left, and Malyk Thomas participate in a signing ceremony at the high school on Tuesday. Robinson will join former teammate Montre Williams at Division II Northeastern State in Oklahoma. Thomas will play basketball for the NAIA Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Copperas Cove seniors Devante Robinson, left, and Malyk Thomas participate in a signing ceremony at the high school on Tuesday. Robinson will join former teammate Montre Williams at Division II Northeastern State in Oklahoma. Thomas will play basketball for the NAIA Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes

Ballin’ Out

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Fri, 06/10/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove seniors Devante Robinson and Malyk Thomas had to bide their time as several talented players blaze a path in front of them while they watched from the sidelines.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Tim Bechtold looks on as head baseball coach Dustty Brittain reads a laundry list of Bechtold’s accomplishments during the annual awards banquet at the Copperas Cove Civic Center on Thursday. Bechtold was named MVP for the second year.

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove senior Tim Bechtold looks on as head baseball coach Dustty Brittain reads a laundry list of Bechtold’s accomplishments during the annual awards banquet at the Copperas Cove Civic Center on Thursday. Bechtold was named MVP for the second year.

Bulldawg baseball honored at annual banquet

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Tue, 06/07/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Members of the Copperas Cove Bulldawg baseball team were honored Thursday night during the team’s annual awards banquet at the Copperas Cove Civic Center.
CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior Adrian Alejos stretches the ball across the goal line for a touchdown in the Bulldawgs’ 24-28 semifinal win over Ellison during the Belton 7-on-7 State Qualifying Tournament on Saturday at Tiger Field. The Bulldawgs went 4-0 to lock up a spot in the Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament in College Station July 7-9

CCLP/TJ MAXWELL - Cove junior Adrian Alejos stretches the ball across the goal line for a touchdown in the Bulldawgs’ 24-28 semifinal win over Ellison during the Belton 7-on-7 State Qualifying Tournament on Saturday at Tiger Field. The Bulldawgs went 4-0 to lock up a spot in the Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament in College Station July 7-9

State-ment

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Tue, 06/07/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   BELTON – A lunch and travel snafu couldn’t keep the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs from punching their third trip in four years to the Texas State 7-on-7 State Tournament to be held July 7-9 at Veteran’s Park and Athletic Complex in College Station.

Senior Swag Lady

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Fri, 06/03/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Copperas Cove head softball coach Bryan Waller really didn’t like the way his season began but loved the way his team grew over the course of the season despite having jut two seniors on the team that claimed the highest seed in the history of the...

Dawgs kick off 7-on-7 season at Lake Travis

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Tue, 05/31/2016 - 05:00
Special to the Leader-Press   The Bulldawg 7-on-7 squad competed at the Lake Travis State Qualifier Tournament last Saturday and won their pool with a 3-0 record. The scores were Cove 38, Austin High 13; Cove 41, Westwood 40; Cove 44, Pflugerville Connally 40.

Spring Forward

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Tue, 05/31/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   Prior to kickoff of the annual Blue and Gold scrimmage, the Dawgs received a word from one of Cove’s most famous alumni Charles “Peanut” Tillman.

Dewald signs with WVU golf program

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Fri, 05/27/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Just one day removed from helping fulfilling one goal by helping McLennan Community College men’s golf team secure a national title, Copperas Cove alum Drew Dewald signed his way to the next milestone of his career when he committed to play golf for the...

50/50

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Fri, 05/27/2016 - 05:00
By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Gone are the meat plows that helped pave the way for one of the top rush attacks in the state, but a stocked backfield of returning and up-and-coming skill players has Copperas Cove offensive coordinator and associate head coach, Tracy Welch, feeling...