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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- When the high school football playoffs start this week, the Lakeridge Pacers football team will be playing with a chip and an angel on their shoulder.

In 2022, the program was rocked after Jeff Weiler — a prominent youth football coach — died by suicide.

Three and a half years later, his sons, Drew and Joe, start for the team at quarterback and right tackle, respectively.

“My rib protector says Dad on the back,” said Drew. “And the other one is the date he died, so I keep him with me everywhere t

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