Copperas Cove’s Devante Purnell celebrates a goal with teammate Perry Cannon Jr. (10) during their 3-0 shutout of Salado during a scrimmage tournament Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium. Cove won both games in the tournament with the second coming in a 2-0 blanking of Connally.

Cove Soccer teams hold scrimmages

Tue, 2015-01-06 05:00 News Staff

By TJ MAXWELL

The Copperas Cove boys’ and girls’ soccer teams got in some scrimmage action over the weekend to kick off the new year. The boys’ earned a sweep on a frigid Saturday at Bulldawg Stadium with a 3-0 blanking of Salado, followed by a 2-0 shutout of Connally. Devante Purnell had two of Cove’s three goals in game one of the two-game sweep.