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Pics from the past rain down

Posted in 2013: Looking Back, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Raymond Beiriger (23) exits after scoring his first varsity touchdown. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Bring on the photos.

Coupeville Sports started slowly, picture-wise, with some of the earliest stories between August 15-December 31, 2012 running without any accompanying art.

But once we got over the initial hump, plunging into the first full year of the blog, pics rained down from the heavens.

Photo whiz kids Shelli Trumbull and John Fisken kept their cameras humming throughout 2013, and we begin to hit our groove.

Looking back at that time, these are the photos I think best define the year that was.

Ally Roberts is a medal-winning machine. (Jennifer Roberts photo)

Brendan Coleman, master of the vuvuzela. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wolf coach Dustin Van Velkinburgh and son Chayse enjoy a light meal before their workout. (Jessica Van Velkinburgh photo)

Two medals is twice as nice for Madison Tisa McPhee. (Photo courtesy Mad Dawg Productions)

Bowling’s best promoters are (l to r) Taya Boonstra, Carrie Walker, and Carly Kessler. (Ebey Bowl photo)

“Are you not entertained?!?!” (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Jae LeVine comes unzipped. (Joline LeVine photo)

Lisa Edlin hangs out with daughter Madeline Roberts on a foggy football Friday. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Waiting to take the court are (l to r) Haley Marx, Katie Kiel, Lauren Escalle, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, and Bessie Walstad. (Photo by Jennifer Swenson)

Nick Etzell swoops to the hoop. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Robyn (left) and Julia Myers play in the mud. (Photo courtesy Robyn Myers)

Arianna Johnson keeps the bench entertained. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Xavier Clark unleashes “The Stunner.” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Charles Arndt (and his bicycle) may have left some tracks in the mud. (Photo courtesy Georgie Smith)

Valen Trujillo (right) hugs Tiffany Briscoe while Miranda Engle basks in the glow. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Erin Rosenkranz, ever on the attack. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

After surgery to repair a severed tendon in his thumb, Wolf baseball player Brian Norris has a conversation starter. (Lorene Norris photo)

Kacie Kiel (left) and Samantha Martin charge into action. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“You keep on doing that, young man, and your face is gonna stay that way!” (Shelli Trumbull photo)

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The kid is alright!!

Posted in Football, Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , on August 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Raymond Beiriger (with ball) comes off the field after scoring against Chimacum. (John Fisken photos)

Raymond Beiriger (23) comes off the field after scoring against Chimacum. (John Fisken photos)

Beiriger with Wolf coach Tony Maggio.

Beiriger with Wolf coach Tony Maggio.

It was Coupeville’s version of “Rudy.”

Last fall, the Wolves capped off a 54-0 rout of visiting Chimacum by giving the ball to one of its hardest workers, an unheralded senior who hadn’t had much of a chance at the spotlight.

Raymond Beiriger, who celebrates a birthday today, was the guy who showed up for every practice, put in work and then stayed around afterwards to help put the equipment away before even thinking about leaving.

Every high school program needs a kid who plays his heart out, regardless of whether he’s a sandwich (or a few hundred sandwiches) away from being an imposing figure on the gridiron.

So it was nice to see CHS coach Tony Maggio call Beiriger’s number, and then watch his teammates celebrate and jump Beiriger after he plunged in for a touchdown run.

In typical fashion, after the game had ended and the local media waited to interview him, everyone had to wait.

Why? Raymond was busy putting equipment away, same as he did after every game, win or loss, big moment or not.

Now, he’s a Coupeville grad and off to other things. But he will always have that moment, when he took the ball and found the promised land.

I hope it meant as much to him as it obviously seemed to mean to his coaches and teammates.

And I hope he has an excellent birthday just days before CHS kicks off a new fall football season.

He was one of the best to wear the red and black, and that was true even before he scored.

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