Fred Bowen

Thirteen-year-old Josh joins an elite travel league soccer team on which the individual members are all talented but not playing well as a team, so their coach suggests that they do some team-building exercises.

As a school assignment, eighth-grader Matt Monroe keeps a journal about his team's football season.

Eighth-grader Jack Lerner relies on pitching fast balls until a young college coach teaches him that throwing the heat may not be the best way to win games.

Seventh-grade basketball star Brett is used to being good, if not the best, at everything he does, but after finding one thing he cannot do he loses confidence and starts making mistakes.

Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well.--Provided by Publisher.

Soccer-playing twins Aiden and Ava try to lead their teams to championship seasons while also solving the mystery of their town's missing soccer trophy.

Mike's passion for baseball clashes with his father's concerns about his responsibilities, so Mike must find a balance between his passion for the game and his after-school work.

Sam is proud that his touchdown in the final play of a game left his football team undefeated, but when a videorecording of the game reveals that the touchdown was scored illegally, he and the other Cowboys must decide whether to reveal the truth. Includes facts about a similar situation faced by Cornell University's team after a game with Dartmouth in 1940.

Eighth-grade soccer forward Nick Osborne and his teammates are highly competitive but, with help from his soccer-playing aunt, Nick begins to see that good sportsmanship is more important than winning. Includes a recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and the real story behind the novel.