Cove’s Howard wins at Stillhouse Hollow

By JASPER JOHNSON Special to the Leader-Press   BELTON - This month the Copperas Cove Bass Club held its quarterly two-day tournament on Stillhouse Hollow Lake and launched the tournament from River’s Bend Park.

Dawgs finish 5th, 6th at State Meet

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   AUSTIN – Lighting and torrential rains forced a six-hour delay and set an ominous tone for the 2016 University Interscholastic League Track and Field Meet’s final day of competition on Saturday.

Lady Dawg trio inks collegiate deals

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   To cap off a stellar day of student-athletes fulfilling their goals, a trio of Lady Dawgs got the chance to further their athletic careers and continue their education at the collegiate level.

Movin’ On Up

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Playing baseball together since before middle school, is was only fitting that the Copperas Cove baseball foursome of Tim Bechtold, Josh Carbajal, Jeremi Hawkins and Nicholas “Neeko” Kirk would share the stage once again when they participated in a signing...

Game of Inches

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press     Tied at one game apiece, it came down to mere inches in deciding which team would move on to the Area Round of the 2016 UIL State Baseball Playoffs to face Mesquite when the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs hosted the Naaman Forest Rangers in game three of...

Cove players storm Hurricane Junior Tour

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press     BROWNWOOD - Copperas Cove seventh-grader Elle Fox found herself in a familiar place over the weekend – first place.

Former Dawgs join ranks of the athletic elite

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   As former Dawg multi-sport standout Robert Griffin III is settling in his new Cleveland digs and standout Bulldawg wideout Josh Boyce is making himself at home in his new city of Indianapolis, two more former Copperas Cove Bulldawgs are getting a chance in...

‘We Have to Play Better’

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   GEORGETOWN - The little things can win big ball games or they can leave you scratching your head pondering the ‘what ifs’.

Fain’s two-run blast not enough to save series

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   WACO – The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs dropped game two in their best-of-three playoff series against Rockwall 13-3 on Saturday to end their season despite outhitting the Lady Jackets 11-7 in the contest.

Still Gold

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   WACO – Perfection.   A word strived for in sports, but rarely achieved.