Summary

It is twelve days before Thanksgiving, and Nate's team is playing an away game against the Dennison Browns. Winning would mean going to the championship playoffs in two weeks. Abby had told him yesterday that she is going back to Boston for some more tests on her eyes which will determine whether she should enroll at Perkins permanently. The coach starts Eric as quarterback in the game, and the first half ends 14-0 in Dennison's favor. Coach then puts Nate in as quarterback. Before long, Valley scores and then scores again with only five minutes left on the clock. Nate gets crushed in a tackle, and somebody steps on his hand; but, he gets up trying to hide the pain on his face. He figures that if he can make a fist his hand is not broken. Nate doesn't want anyone, including his...