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(PHOTOS) Girls Basketball Team Wins Tourney After Coach's Death

The under-15 St. Louis Park squad went 3-0 over the weekend.

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The St. Louis Park under-15 girls basketball AAU team won a tournament this past weekend, just days after their coach passed away.

Patch reader Deb Bjorgaard reports that the Orioles were a successful 3-0.

Bjorgaard said she wasn't sure the girls could play after learning their coach, Joel Koch, of a heart attack, but she said they "pulled it together and ended up winning all of their games."

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Thanks to Mike Resnick (via Bjorgaard) for the photos.

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