Tears to smiles

• Chase Coley hugged her grandmother, Jan Behrens, who drove in from St. Charles to see the Minneapolis Washburn game. At right, Chase's younger sister, Kendall, 9, hugged their dad, Tylor. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley in a team huddle between her dad, Tylor, and teammate Megan Lucas after the Minneapolis Washburn win over Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley in a team huddle next to her dad, Tylor, and teammate Megan Lucas after the Minneapolis Washburn win over Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley in a team huddle next to her dad, Tylor, and teammate Megan Lucas after the Minneapolis Washburn win over Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Tyler Coley gives his daughter Chase Coley a kiss after the Minneapolis Washburn win over Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley in a team huddle with her dad, Tylor after the Minneapolis Washburn win over Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley was fouled by Minneapolis Edison's Nyesha Whitmore, left, while she went up for an offensive rebound in the second half of their game. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• The Minneapolis Washburn team huddled before heading out for the second half of their game against Minneapolis Edison. Chase Coley is at left; her father, head coach Tylor Coley is at right. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Minneapolis Washburn coach Tylor Coley addressed his team in a hallway at halftime during their game against Minneapolis Edison last week. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley and teammate Allie Crocker, left, headed to the halftime break inspired by the performance by the Minneapolis Washburn dance line they'd just witnessed. At right was Elizabeth Peterson. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley and teammate Allie Crocker, left, headed to the halftime break inspired by the performance by the Minneapolis Washburn dance line they'd just witnessed. At right was Khadijah Segura. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley blew water from a half empty water bottle at her teammate Audrey DeVaughn while they were on the Minneapolis Washburn bench during their game against Minneapolis Edison last week. At left was Aliyah Wilson. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Minneapolis Washburn coach Tylor Coley kissed his younger daughter, Kendall, 9, before the Millers game last week against Minneapolis Edison. Kendall serves as ball girl for the team, which her older sister, Chase, plays for. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Kendall Coley, 9, was in the middle of the Minneapolis Wasburn as they psyched themselves up before their game against Minneapolis Edison last Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley, left, and Minneapolis Washburn teammate Aliyah Wilson cracked up in the locker room before their game against Minneapolis Edison last Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Chase Coley, left, listened while her dad gave the Millers their game plan before playing Minneapolis Edison last Wednesday. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Minneapolis Washburn coach Tylor Coley gave his team the game plan in the locker room before their meeting with Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. His daughter Chase is second from the right in the second row. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Minneapolis Washburn coach Tylor Coley gave his team the game plan in the locker room before their meeting with Minneapolis Edison on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
  

• Minneapolis Washburn's Chase Coley honors her mother, Kelli Jo, with a tribute on her letter jacket. Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune