Bulldawg basketball players honored at annual banquet

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   It was a disappointing year for the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs basketball team after missing the playoffs for the first time in four years but head coach Billy White Jr. knows that was because of circumstances and not effort.

YEAR OF FIRSTS

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   WAXAHACHIE – The Copperas Cove girls’ soccer team knew they had their hands full facing the team that finished as runners up to the No. 1 team in the state in the opening round of the playoffs.

Walk-off single by Carbajal propels Cove past Ellison

By TJ MAXWELL  Cove senior Josh Carbajal has been swinging the bat well but his timing may be even better.

GOING NATIONAL

by BY TJ MAXWELL  There have been a lot of highlights in the four-year career of Copperas Cove golf phenom Elle Fox, but the 12-year-old student of Copperas Cove Junior High will put icing on the cake next weekend when she competes alongside nine other girls from across the United States for the...

Cove golfers, golf alum play well in tournaments

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Cove golfers Elle Fox and Tyler Morrison both finished in the top four at the West Texas Junior Champions Tour Spring Showdown at The Hideout Golf Club and Resort in Brownwood over the weekend.

SLOPPY START

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Cove Bulldawgs knew they needed a near-perfect game to beat the perennial power Belton Tigers in their District 12-6A show down on Friday in Copperas Cove.

STRIKING BACK

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   HARKER HEIGHTS – The Copperas Cove Lady Dawg softball team began a furious three-day schedule with a shutout loss to Midway at home in one of their best defensive performances in the year on Monday before combining for 39 hits and 30 runs in a marathon...

Bechtold, Carbajal homer as Dawgs blast Roos 23-10

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   KILLEEN – Seniors Tim Bechtold (3-for-5, 5R, 2RBI, 2BB, HR), Terrance Chamberlin (4-for-6, 4R, 3RBI) and Josh Carbajal 2-for-4, 3R, 8RBI, 2BB, HR) were a combined 9-for-14 with 12 runs, 13 RBIs, three doubles, a triple, two home runs, and four walks as...

Rains wash away preseason finales for Cove baseball

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   Violent storms swept through area last week and washed five games from the Copperas Cove baseball schedule and the team’s final attempt to prepare for district action along with it.

LIGHTNING PACE

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press   KILLEEN – The secret weapon is not so secret anymore.