The Copperas Cove Lady Bulldawgs basketball hits the court for the first time of the season Friday, and they will do so under the direction of longtime basketball coach Derik Short, who is new to Copperas Cove.

With practice officially underway, the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs boys’ basketball team is ready to hit the floor and get the season started.

The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team improved its overall record to 7-4 after a five-set victory over visiting Georgetown East View in its home opener Tuesday evening.

While many junior high students were out at the lake or amusement park this summer, the Copperas Cove Junior High Starlettes dance team was learning outside the classroom through a private dance camp that pushed the students to their physical, mental, and emotional limits.

Coming fresh off a split in its first two games of the season, the Copperas Cove Lady Dawg volleyball team was back on the practice court early Wednesday.

Both girls started cheering at age 5. Both girls cheered in junior high and high school, serving as captains of their squads. Both girls earned the honor of All-American cheerleader. Now, it is time for the two sisters to say goodbye.

SAN ANTONIO — Copperas Cove High School Special Olympics athlete and senior Kelsey Jones struggled on her first few throw attempts at the shot put event at the area Special Olympics Unified Track and Field meet last month. Jones’ throws were disqualified because of the athlete’s form.

Money raised at a fundraiser car wash in Copperas Cove last Saturday will go toward a couple of different things. The Copperas Cove High School Copperettes Dance Team held a car wash fundraiser at Sims Automotive last Saturday.

Several Copperas Cove High School students clapped, chanted and cheered boisterously Wednesday as six of their peers signed scholarship offers or letters of intent to perform at the collegiate level in a ceremony at Cove High’s Lea Ledger Auditorium.

Boxers from Copperas Cove’s Cross Box Fitness Club and other boxers from around Texas met in the ring last Saturday in the Copperas Cove Civic Center.

One of Copperas Cove’s baseball players, who hopes to see playing time on the gridiron as a member of the varsity football team in the fall, said Tuesday that the new football coach has come in with a positive and strong attitude.

It’s a-”bout” to get physical inside the Copperas Cove Civic Center. On April 2, several boxers from across the state will duke it out in a boxing show that is scheduled to have 25 bouts starting at 2 p.m.

WACO — When reflecting on his upbringing in Copperas Cove, former Bulldawg quarterback Robert Griffin III said he hopes his success on the football field and subsequent induction into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco serves as inspiration for generations of young athletes.

A once-proud powerhouse in Texas high school football, the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs are a team their newest head coach Tony Johnson is familiar with.

Want to watch the “Big Game” on the big screen? Tickets are still available to watch Super Bowl 56 at The Cove Theater in downtown Copperas Cove on Sunday. Super Bowl 56 features the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams.

Gold letters flashed up spelling C-O-V-E. Blue and gold pom-poms shook, and flags spelling D-A-W-G-S waved in the background. The voices of the Copperas Cove High School cheerleaders could be heard throughout the arena as they left nothing on the mat, giving their all in the UIL Spirit State…

DALLAS — Defense! Defense! The chant and the music began as the S.C. Lee Junior High School cheerleaders bounded on to the floor at the National Cheer Association State Championships at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas with the hopes of advancing to the national contest.

Jaylin Smith, a former standout wide receiver from Copperas Cove, will get a taste of championship experience when he takes the field this evening as part of the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos team that will compete for the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I natio…

GATESVILLE – Friends, neighbors, family members, and fans lined up early last week to get a sneak preview and signed copy of local football legend Francis Marion “Cotton” Davidson’s memoir: “Cotton Davidson: The Rifleman of the American Football League.”

A group of about 200 of his peers, including his baseball teammates, cheered when Copperas Cove senior Travis Sanders put pen to paper Wednesday to solidify his commitment to play baseball at Texas Tech in Lubbock.

A magician digs deep into his top hat that proves three is a magic number in the “Schoolhouse Rock” video that teaches kids about math. Three also proved to be a magical number for Copperas Cove High School that earned All-American status with three of its varsity cheerleaders and three of i…

S. C. Lee eighth grader Eva Revilla took a deep breath before performing her last dance at summer camp in her junior high career. She made every step count and it paid off. The petite brunette danced away with not only the Outstanding Performer Award at the American Dance//Drill Team camp bu…

S. C. Lee Junior High eighth grader Isabella Sequenzia took a deep breath before walking in front of the judges to begin her cheer routine at the National Cheerleader Association Camp. She worried that her nerves would take over and she would forget the cheers she learned earlier in the week.

The Copperas Cove Lady Dawgs volleyball team has been a prominent and consistent staple in the state playoffs for the past 15 years, and head coach Cari Lowery hopes to make it 16 this season.

The Copperas Cove High School Cheerleader Booster Club held a car wash fundraiser to help support the Bulldawg cheerleaders as they approach the start of the upcoming football season.

Sheronika Walker was overweight, out of shape, suffering severe depression and facing potentially serious health issues after losing her second baby nearly three years ago.

Instruments glistened in the sun, water jugs sat uniformly along the sidewalk and the unmistakable sound of a metronome keeping time filled the air Thursday morning as the Pride of Cove varsity marching band began practice as a full unit.

Some of Copperas Cove High School’s varsity Lady Dawgs basketball team got to meet an alumnus with an illustrious career Wednesday afternoon.

A’Zariah Knotts says she had a bit of a hard time deciding which college to attend, but she thinks she made the right choice and is excited about going to play basketball at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs baseball team will play a playoff game in front of its home fans at 6 p.m. Friday against Mansfield.

Bob Jericho is excited to start his new position as the vendor at the Hills of Cove Golf Course in Copperas Cove.

Standout running back Brody Sanders is one of five more Copperas Cove High School athletes headed off to college next year to continue their athletic careers.

COVID has changed everyday life, and that includes the life of cheerleaders who imagine themselves cheering on the sidelines of every game, representing their school in cheer competitions and mentoring younger students.

Alina Salazar, a Copperas Cove High School senior and softball player, has earned the right to continue her playing career at the college level.

Jeremy Carter, a Copperas Cove High School senior, and member of the football team, recently signed a letter of intent to play at his dream school — the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton.

When Copperas Cove High School senior and football player Thomas Holman Jr. was considering which college to sign with, he said it was a conversation with the coach and players of the school he ultimately chose — Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma — that helped him ma…

When considering her options for where to attend college and continue her track and cross country career, Copperas Cove High School senior Breonna Reese had on priority in mind: Her Christian faith.

On Feb. 3, seven student-athletes from Copperas Cove High School signed their letters of intent to compete at the collegiate level.

When Copperas Cove golf coach Cooper Carlton saw Elle Fox drive a ball off of a tee, he knew she was something special. The problem was, he had to wait two years to coach her: She was in fifth grade at the time.

For many, perhaps everyone, 2020 will go down as a year they’d rather forget. However, the huge news that came in 2020 is unforgettable.

COPPERAS COVE — Athletes from Copperas Cove are getting ready for the next step in their competitive evolution by signing letters of intent to play for collegiate teams.