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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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Cheer captain and artful welder, Kassidy Upchurch is a young woman of many talents. (Lincoln Kelley photos)

Their skills are many.

A batch of Coupeville High School students spent last weekend competing in area competitions with a focus on their work with both metal and sweet sugar.

Shepherded by CHS teacher Lincoln Kelley, the first group of Wolves visited Everett Community College Friday, Jan. 17, where they vied in the SkillsUSA Welding Sculpture, Welding Fabrication, and Technical Welding competitions.

Delanie Lewis, who displayed her project “The Nutty Giraffe,” placed twelfth in Welding Sculpture.

She had a busy day, taking part in an interview, showing her art piece, and taking a written knowledge test.

Meanwhile, Kassidy Upchurch claimed ninth in Technical Welding, where she demonstrated Oxy-Fuel Cutting, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and the ability to construct a project from blueprints.

Jesus Madrigal and Danica Strong make the sparks fly.

Finally, the trio of Danica Strong, Jesus Madrigal, and Landon Roberts collected fifth place in Welding Fabrication.

The trio followed blueprints, measuring, cutting to length and various dimensions, fitting, and then welding together the pieces.

The result was a jet stove constructed from stock materials that had been provided.

Marz Halstead is on point in the kitchen.

After a few hours of downtime, Kelley was back on the road Saturday, taking Marz Halstead and Tenley Stuurmans to Arlington for a pastry and baking arts contest.

The duo baked a braided bread roll, two types of yeast rolls, a cherry pie, chocolate chip cookies, and biscuits, while also decorating a cake.

Get in my stomach.

Stuurmans placed ninth, with Halstead claiming eleventh place in a very close contest where the difference between first and ninth was less than seventy points.

While it was a long weekend, Kelley came away pleased with the skills shown by his young proteges.

“Great work by every one of our contestants,” he said. “They represented Coupeville very well.”

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