Chico, a native of Puerto Rico and an excellent swimmer, joins the Royals baseball team but has trouble making friends with String, the most popular member of the team.

New to the Royals baseball team, Chico Romez is accepted by all the players except one, String Becker, the most popular player on the team, who finds fault with and snubs Chico

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Voted captain of his baseball team, Jimmie declares himself pitcher even though Paul is a better pitcher. Paul leaves for another team, and Jimmie's team starts losing. Can Jimmie regain the confidence of his friends?

Unjustly dismissed from the football team for drug possession, Scott learns that only by finding out who planted the marijuana in his duffel bag can he clear himself with his parents.

As he is helped by an assistant referee to prepare for a wrestling match with the neighborhood bully, Sean begins to wonder if his mentor could be his long-lost father.

Running has always been the fastest and easiest way for Billy Chekko to get around. Now that he's on the track team, running has a whole new meaning. It's his chance to show his family and his friends what he's really made of. But when Billy is goaded by a bully into a race he stands little chance of winning, he's faced with the greatest challenge of his life. Will he decide to run or walk away?

Eddie doesn't like the idea of girls playing baseball in his league, but when one of his pitches injures a girl, he rethinks his attitudes.

Forced to referee rather than play basketball due to the after effects of polio, Rusty believes he will never play again until a new man in town organizes a team and coaches him.

A magic candy bar improves Rabbit's basketball game more than is really desirable.