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Last Day of JV practice
Coach Kloss asks Liam to be on varsity to replace an injured player -
Missing Mackenzie
He calls Kenz because she is the only person who knows the right thing to say to Liam when he's upset -
Prayers don't seem right
Coach Kloss prays with the team and Liam finds this strange but the rest of the team prays with him and goes along with it -
First Real Game
"Bergie" is Liam's nickname and he's slowly getting used to it in this first game where he cant concentrate because he's so nervous -
Trying to get through school
Liam's bestfriend Seth is trying to make him relax about the game, he just started playing and it's okay if he's not the best -
Trash Talk
Darius was new to the school and recently quit the team because he was insulted by something that Coach Kloss said to him. Liam finds himself stuck when all of the other seniors are talking badly about him -
The Reason for the Loss
They were tied within the last few minutes of the game but when Liam missed 2 free throws it was over and he knew everyone was going to be mad -
HAF meetings
Liam is invited by the boys varsity team to join their HAF meetings every thursday morning for all varsity sports -
Jealousy
Mackenzie talks about people she's been hanging out with while she's in France and Liam seems a bit jealous and angry that he cant be with her -
Fitting In
Liam starts to really connect and work with the team well as they are racking up the victories -
Mom doesn't know where her boundaries are
Liam's mom asks a ton of questions that he really doesn't want to answer so he gets annoyed and she thinks something is bothering him but it's just normal teenager stress -
Liam attends his first HAF meeting
He's surprised to see so many varsity players there along with coaches and tons of breakfast foods. But he's more surprised that yet more prayers are taking place -
Valentines Day
An early French chocolate gift comes to Liam as a Valentines Day surprise from Kenz -
Trying to talk about prayers
Liam tries to confront Coach Kloss about how he doesn't understand the prayers before and after games but Coach just says he'll handle it -
Visit to Grandma
Liam's dad gets on his case about visiting grandma so one morning he decides to see her and think that maybe she can help with his situation -
No More Phone
Mackenzie tells Liam that she cannot talk on the phone anymore and that they have to email from now on -
Their Spot
Liam drives late one night after a game to a spot where he can just think and not have to deal with mom when he comes home -
Emails
Emails are short between Liam and Kenz so he starts worrying about a boy she's been mentioning and he cant focus on anything else but that and the prayers that Coach Kloss is leading -
Mom butts in
Mom wants Liam to speak up about Coach Kloss but she doesn't understand that it's a slow process and he needs to do it his own way when the time is right -
Searching for Answers
Liam looks online for ways to stop these prayers in school and if they're okay. He called a place that writes letters to the superintendents and principals but he didn't take it that far yet. -
Liam and Pelke talk
Liam tries to talk to Pelke about how what Coach is doing is wrong but Pelke snaps back and says it doesn't matter to him and the other players because if they go along with it then they still have a spot on the team. But Liam doesn't want to be fake just to keep his position -
Grandma is losing it
Liam visits Grandma again but she barely recognizes him but that doesn't stop him from venting to her -
Liam tells them to send the letter
Liam goes through with the letter that states that what Coach Kloss is doing is unconstitutional and wrong in the locker room so he gets called down by the principal and he is furious -
Mom is proud, Dad is upset
His dad thinks it was wrong for Liam to step up and do something about how these people do their jobs because its been done a certain way for a long time but his mom agrees with what he's done and now that has him torn -
Coach Kloss is angry
Coach Kloss is upset with Liam so Liam quits the team and is now being bullied by the other players -
Playing with Girls
Liam starts to practice with the girls team when their Coach asked so they could get better and he is surprised to see Darius there too -
Broken Heart
Mackenzie sent an email to Liam that was breaking up with him because she wanted to see other people and he is destroyed because he gave her everything -
Darius finally opens up
Darius invites Liam to play ball with a bunch of college kids -
Mackenzie wants him back
Liam gets an email from Mackenzie saying she's sorry and JeanBaptiste was a jerk and that she misses Liam but he just deletes it -
Awkward moment
Liam tries to ask Iris out, a girls varsity basketball player but she hints at the fact that she's not interested in boys -
Tough Game
Horizon girls were tied and then they made two free throws with 5 seconds left but Clearwater through a shot from half court and made it so they lost by one point to a team they could have beaten to go to states. -
Drake challenges a game
Drake and four of the other starters challenged Liam, Darius and three of the girls starters to a game. Whoever got to 100 with no substitutes wins. And Liam's team ended up winning by 13 which shut the boys up for awhile. -
A girl
Chloe, a girls starter, has told Iris to hook her and Liam up and he is perfectly fine with that