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Wolf ace makes college baseball debut

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Landon Roberts, Walla Walla on September 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts, sporting a new diamond look. (Photo courtesy Jon Roberts)

The uniform is crisp, the skill level impeccable.

Landon Roberts, a fifth-generation Coupeville High School grad, has taken his love for baseball to the next level, making his debut with Walla Walla Community College.

His first outing repping the Warriors came Sunday against a crew from Spokane, with the former Wolf playing multiple positions during a season-opening doubleheader.

Roberts pitched 1.2 innings of relief in the first game, before patrolling centerfield for five innings in the finale.

The former Wolf also collected a single and a walk in three trips to the plate, scoring twice and picking up an RBI.

Walla Walla plays fall ball doubleheaders through the end of October, before Roberts and Co. move into weight and strength training for two months.

Games pick back up in mid-February, if Mother Nature allows it.

During his CHS days, Roberts, who hails from a large clan of very successful Wolf athletes, was a captain for his cross country, basketball, and baseball teams.

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Landon Roberts heads East for baseball dreams

Posted in Baseball, Wolves in college, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, Landon Roberts, Walla Walla, welding on July 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts is taking his talents to Walla Walla. (Photos courtesy Jon Roberts)

New adventures await Landon Roberts.

The Coupeville High School grad, coming off a stellar senior year where he was honored as the CHS Male Athlete of the Year, has signed to play college baseball next spring.

Roberts is headed to Walla Walla Community College, and he put pen to paper Tuesday to make his hardball commitment official.

Landon, who joined big sis Lindsey as well as parents Jon and Sherry in being honored as a CHS Athlete of the Year, will also be pursuing educational goals in Eastern Washington.

He will be working towards obtaining an Associate of Applied Science degree in Welding and Fabrication.

The parental units watch their son make it official.

Landon is a fifth-generation Coupeville grad, with numerous members of both sides of the family having attended CHS.

The latest all-star from the clan was a team captain for all three of his teams, helping guide the CHS cross country, basketball, and baseball programs to great success.

The Wolves come out to support one of their own.

The harriers advanced to state during Roberts final two seasons, with the Wolves finishing in the top 10 in the team standings both times.

On the basketball hardwood, he was tabbed as the varsity Defensive MVP as a senior, while also proving to be a deadly shooter in high-pressure moments.

On the baseball diamond, where he helped the Wolves advance to state as a sophomore and junior, Landon was a pitching ace who also filled in wherever help was needed.

That included doing time as an infielder, an outfielder, and, late in his prep career, as a rock-solid catcher.

He capped his CHS run by playing in the All-State feeder games, joining a select group of former Wolves who have gotten the call.

Wolf coaches hail the three-sport captain.

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“The adrenaline from sports gets me going”

Posted in Baseball, tagged baseball, Christopher Zenz, CHS Wolves, freshman, Metallica on June 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Christopher Zenz will be a freshman at CHS this fall. (Photos courtesy Emily Zenz)

Christopher Zenz is a man of many pursuits.

The Coupeville High School freshman-to-be, who already has a season of high school baseball under his belt, is not one to sit around.

As a middle schooler, he ran cross country, then made his CHS diamond debut as an 8th grader, while away from school he’s an avid horseback rider.

Toss in his love for “cooking, music, motorcycles, traveling, concerts — Alice Cooper, Metallica, etc. — and old ’90s movies” and Zenz is a busy bee.

Zenz, who comes from a musical family, has grown up with a great appreciation for music.

As he makes the transition from CMS to CHS as a student, he plans to stay with baseball and horseback riding, while picking up basketball.

Regardless of the activity, Zenz looks forward to what each day brings.

“All of the adrenaline from sports just gets me going and gets me up in the morning,” he said.

Zenz picked up considerable on-field experience this spring, playing in the outfield for Steve Hilborn’s CHS baseball squad.

It was an opportunity he appreciated.

“My favorite sport is baseball because it was just so much more exciting than any other sport,” Zenz said.

“It was so much fun to be there with all of the high schoolers and just playing baseball.”

The Wolves were a team in transition, rebuilding their roster after back-to-back trips to the state tourney, and having plucky players like Zenz suit up kept the program chugging along.

Zenz enjoys an active lifestyle.

As he looks towards his sports future, both on the diamond and off, the young athlete hails his stepdad, Benjamin Howe, for “helping me practice everything and continuing to help me even through his tough schedule.”

With a full four years ahead of him, Zenz will rely on his positivity as he grows his skill set.

“One of the things that I think I do the best is not giving up when everything goes downhill,” he said.

“The things that I could work on are trying to be a bit more patient with people and the game that I am playing.”

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Wolf senior shines in final spotlight

Posted in Baseball, tagged All-State, Anacortes, baseball, CHS Wolves, feeder games, Landon Roberts on June 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Landon Roberts is itchin’ to run. (Photo by Lindsey Roberts)

“They call me Wheels, cause I’m always rollin’!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

He made his final moments count.

While Coupeville’s Landon Roberts is playing American Legion ball this summer, and hopes to continue his hardball adventures in college, Wednesday night put an official cap on his time as a high school baseball star.

The Wolf senior repped the red and black in the Northwest Senior Feeder Games in Anacortes, playing well on both sides of the ball.

The event, which featured a doubleheader at Alton R. Daniels Field, is one of the precursors to the All-State games in Yakima.

Roberts earned four innings of field time in each feeder game, patrolling right field in the opener and center field in the finale.

At the plate, the Wolf ace rapped a double off an Anacortes hurler.

In the field, he had plenty of time to enjoy the scenery, finally getting a ball sent his way at the very end.

Fielding it smoothly, Roberts pulled in the fly ball for the night’s final out, officially putting a stamp on his CHS diamond career.

The feeder games drew seniors from a wide range of schools in the region, with La Conner’s CJ Edwards being the only other player from the Northwest 2B/1B League.

South Whidbey (Sage Northup and Grady Davis) and Oak Harbor (Jayson Champignon and Brayden Rupp) also sent two players each to the hardball festivities.

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Prairie pics from a classy clicker

Posted in Baseball, Girls Tennis, Softball, tagged baseball, CHS Wolves, girls tennis, Julie Wheat, Softball on May 30, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Wolf netters Delanie Lewis (left) and Ember Light celebrate Senior Night. (Julie Wheat photos)

The prairie is alive with the sound of a legend clicking away.

Julie Wheat was quite the volleyball and softball star back in the day for the Wolves, and she was an early inductee into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame.

You can find her in our lil’ digital shrine under her maiden name of Swankie, but these days she’s a wife, mom, and talented photographer.

To see the full breadth of her work, check out her web site at https://www.julienatalieimagery.com/.

During recent Senior Night festivities, Wheat went to work documenting softball, baseball, and tennis, as you can see in the pics above and below.

To see much more from those games and celebrations, and possibly purchase some snaps for Grandma Betty Sue out in Grand Rapids, pop over to:

Baseball:

https://julienatalieimagery.pixieset.com/coupevillebaseballseniornight20242025/

Girls Tennis:

https://julienatalieimagery.pixieset.com/coupevilletennisseniornight20242025/

Softball:

https://julienatalieimagery.pixieset.com/coupevillesoftballseniornight/