Second-chance points guide Ellison past Cove 75-59

By TJ MAXWELL   Not much went right for the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs in their District 12-6A opener at home against Ellison on Friday.

On the Line

By TJ MAXWELL   KILLEEN – The season was on the line for the Lady Dawgs , both literally and figuratively, on Friday night as they faced the Ellison Lady Eagles with an 0-3 district start staring them in the face if they could not pull out a road win against a game Lady Eagles’ squad.

Cove rally comes up short versus Belton

By TJ MAXWELL   A lopsided third quarter allowed the Belton Lady Tigers to open up a 16-point lead on the Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs heading into the final eight minutes of their District 12-6A contest Tuesday in Cove.

Preseason Finale

By TJ MAXWELL   WACO – The cliché, ‘I’m ready when I roll off the bus’ took on literal meaning for the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs in their non-district finale against the Waco La Vega Pirates on Monday in Waco.

Bulldawg wrestling gets underway at Ellison

By TJ MAXWELL Cove Leader-Press The varsity boys wrestling team ended the Ellison Dual tournament with a 4th-place team finish. The standouts were Lane Teeter (3-0), Michael Venardos (3-2), Dalton Penick (3-2) and Christian Schaefer (3-2).

Rebounds costly in Cove’s 12-6A opener at Killeen

By TJ MAXWELL   KILLEEN – Second chances are usually a good thing, but it couldn’t have been worse for the Lady Dawgs in the District 12-6A opener against the defending champion Killeen Lady Kangaroos Friday in Killeen.

Swimming Upstream

By TJ MAXWELL   KILLEEN – Pool time is a commodity for the Copperas Cove AquaDawgs swim team. With no hometown training facility and restricted access to the only competition pool to regularly train at, the AquaDawgs relish any opportunity to get in the pool competitively.

Dawgs cage Crocs in exhibition

By TJ MAXWELL   It goes in the record books as a win but the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs international contest against the Horizon Crocs of Australia on Monday felt more like a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition.

Dawg Fight

By TJ MAXWELL   The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs used a true team effort to down a feisty Burnet Lady Dogs’ squad in their non-district final.   All but one Cove player put points on the board in the dominant 62-39 win to push the Lady Dawgs to 13-4 overall.

No. 25 Cove dominates No. 19 Leander

By TJ MAXWELL The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs returned to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches state rankings last week with a No. 25 ranking and backed that honor up with a pair of dominant wins this week.