After June's temper explodes, the coach takes her off the vollyball team and her boyfriend ends their relationship, but her friends Rose and Kim try to help her from losing her temper.
A group of friends deal with hurt feelings and envy when Kay finds out that Torie is dating her ex-boyfriend, Lance, which leads to Kay dating Brad to make Torie jealous.
The students realize they need to elect a new class president after Trace moves away, and when Cory and Brock enter the race, Jazz and Dru wonder if either of the candidates will make good leaders.
Josh makes a promise to his dad to not drive friends with his newly-acquired driver's license, but when he takes his friends Phil and Susan to the dance, he endangers the bond of trust with his father.
When football teams from opposing schools stay at the same hotel and are ordered to be polite and keep to themselves by the coach, Cole begins to wonder if Rick is up to no good, especially when Garrett, from Oak Hill High, goes missing.
Ben learns the importance of being responsible when his mom tires of rushing to his rescue with forgotten homework and textbooks and decides to let him get in trouble for his carelessness.
Steve's lie about liking to break codes comes back to haunt him when Quinn gives him a message to decode, and he must either figure out the code or tell Quinn the truth.