Coupeville Sports

Raymond Beiriger (52) and teammates celebrate beating South Whidbey and reclaiming The Bucket last season.

As spring football practice kicks into high gear, we’ll be taking a look at a variety of players from Coupeville High School, with an emphasis on younger players and rising stars.

Raymond Beiriger is hard to pin down.

The Coupeville High School senior has speed and agility, which comes in handy at all of his positions and helps to balance out his belief that “I would love to work on my size; I am a small twig compared to some of the other seniors.”

But the second-year man, who bounces between wing and running back on offense and “money” on defense, has that ability to make people miss. Which means you don’t have to be as big as six-four, 312-pound teammate Nick Streubel.

“I find myself to be quite agile,” Beiriger said. “I am able to twist out of tight spots.”

While he hasn’t played as long as some of his teammates, Beiriger has quickly come to love the sport.

“I started last year and I started to prove to me and everyone else that I could,” he said. “I like everything. It’s a thrill, a rush, it’s exciting.”

Beiriger, who enjoys being outdoors (walking, running, freestyle rock climbing), picks math and weight training as his favorite classes. Which is good, since his goal is “to become faster and stronger and to improve myself from last year.”

Whether he’s on the gridiron or busy doing something else, he also knows he has a large group of fans and supporters in his extended family.

“My grandma, my mom, my dad, my step dad and my grandpa all push me to do my best and push myself to become better,” Beiriger said.