Sports stories

Michael Strike, captain of both the school soccer and chess teams, sees newcomer Zahir Jamiat as a rival.

With the soccer finals coming up, Alecia Sheffield must find a way to reunite her teammates who have been sidetracked by other interests.

Debbie has a hard time connecting with her adoptive mother and wishes she could be more like her coach who knows everything about hockey.

When their new school does not have a soccer team, high schooler Gavin and his friends must figure out a way to keep playing soccer.

Lizzie learns to overcome her shyness when she is named captain of the boys' soccer team and becomes embroiled in a school controversy over whether girls should be allowed to join.

Branko Stimac, having moved from Croatia to Alberta a few years earlier, sturggles to fit in with the other kids who prefer to play hockey, even after he makes the Edmonton Selects soccer team.

Noah, his best friend Lucas, and his rival Eric take a team-building trip to Rattlesnake Point to improve their rock-climbing skills and learn how to work together, but when Noah's father makes a critical mistake, the trip turns into a lesson on survival for the boys.