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Landon Roberts prepares to bring the heat. (Photo courtesy Jon Roberts)

The lanky lefty is still dealin’.

Coupeville grad Landon Roberts is currently playing fall ball with the Walla Walla College baseball squad and put together a stellar inning of work Friday.

He’s participating in a “friendly” Black vs. Gold World Series in a best-of-five rumble in which the team is split in half.

With each pitcher on the roster given a frame to work, Roberts faced four batters, whiffing three of them to help stake his guys to a 2-1 lead in the face-off.

The former Wolf, a three-sport star and CHS Athlete of the Year winner, is in his second season at Walla Walla.

Fall ball wraps up at the end of the month, with the Warriors returning to full-time action again next spring.

According to the team website, the first game against Blue Mountain is a mere 124 days away.

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Landon Roberts is back in black.

Give them their moment, and they’ll deliver.

Coupeville grads Landon Roberts and Madison McMillan are part of deep diamond rosters at Walla Walla College and Edmonds College, respectively, so neither former Wolf is playing full-time as a freshman.

But they’re drawing notice when they get the call.

Roberts is part of a pitching staff which has used 14 hurlers this season, but he’s appeared in four games, which puts him in the thick of things for a squad where no mound man has more than nine games to their credit.

His best performance came recently against Wenatchee Valley, where he came on in relief and picked up his first collegiate strikeouts, whiffing two of the four hitters he faced.

Madison McMillan (left) is pounding the softball.

McMillan, meanwhile, is part of an Edmonds squad which is streaking at 27-2 after sweeping a doubleheader against Shoreline Sunday.

The power-hitting third baseman picked up four hits, three runs, and a walk as the Tritons came out on top 26-2 and 20-0 in games mercy-ruled after five innings.

On the season McMillan has racked up a .394 batting average across 19 games, with 12 runs, 13 hits, three doubles, three home runs, 18 RBI, and seven walks.

Unofficially, she should be sitting with five taters but has twice had umps wave off moonballs due to team base-running technicalities.

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Marcelo Gebhard has a reunion with mom Stephanie.

A pack of Wolves are living out their dreams of playing college sports this fall.

Coupeville grads are suiting up for football, volleyball, soccer, softball, and baseball teams across the state and the USA.

Madison McMillan (softball) and Landon Roberts (baseball) are involved in fall ball activities on the diamond at Edmonds College and Walla Walla College, respectively, while Nezi Keiper is anchoring the defense for an Edmonds women’s soccer squad which is 6-3-1.

Landon Roberts and Pops, AKA Jon Roberts.

Out on the gridiron, Marcelo Gebhard is suiting up at Lewis-Clark Valley College in Idaho, while Ben Smith is lining up for Lakeland University in Wisconsin.

Smith, a grad student, has racked up five tackles, a sack, and a quarterback hit in two games, while Gebhard’s team seemingly posts no stats on the internet, frustrating his hometown sports reporter.

Ben Smith checks in with his fan club president, mom Deb.

Back closer to home, former Wolf teammates Lyla Stuurmans and Mia Farris are slated to oppose each other for the first time as college rivals this Friday, Oct. 10, when Skagit Valley College hosts Whatcom College.

Stuurmans has played in 19 matches for an SVC squad which sits at 11-10 on the season and is filling up the stat sheet just like she did back in her days at CHS.

The always highlight reel-worthy hitter has compiled 110 kills, 53 digs, 31 block assists, 17 service aces, five solo blocks, and 147.5 points.

Farris, living up to her high school nickname of “Mia the Magnificent,” continues to soar high as one of three Whatcom spikers to have played in all 16 of her team’s matches.

Keaton and Vivian’s lil’ sis is a perpetual powerhouse, popping for 46 kills, 23 aces, 113 digs, eight assists, seven block assists, and 73.5 points.

She’s #1 on her team in digs and sets played (52) and #2 in aces.

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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 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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