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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twelve-year-old Cap Wadell wants to play on a "real" football team, but his middle school in a small Texas town does not have enough players--until his grandfather revives interest in the game of six-man football.
Casper "Cap" Wadell, age twelve, aspires to be a quarterback, but his Texas school's low enrollment thwarts his ambitions. His grandfather, Tully Wadell, proposes rejuvenating the six-man football league and the Cowpens Panthers for which he had played as a boy. Cap and his closest friends, Ben Worthy and Hoot Coleman, train with the resurrected Panthers team coached by Tully. Classmate Jimmy Cash arrives at practice with his grandfather, Sable Cash, Tully's former boyhood rival. Tully rejects Sable's offer to assist coaching, but Sable observes drills anyway. Their antagonism intensifies as each man wants his grandson to be starting quarterback. Sable is sure that Tully will choose Cap rather than Jimmy. The Panthers play several games, revealing Cap's and Jimmy's strengths, but an emergency threatens their performance in an important game. The storyline follows expected Matt Christopher style, emphasizing sportsmanship, teamwork, and themes of family and friendship. Characters recognize that compromise aids success, which is not only equated with victories on the field but personal improvement. Information about six-man football and how its rules and eighty-yard fields differ from traditional football are woven into the story. This depiction of six-man squads will appeal to many young sports fans unfamiliar with the existence of those teams. Supplement with Laura Wilson's nonfiction book, Grit and Glory: Six-Man Football (2003). This book is part of "The New Matt Christopher Sports Library" series. Reviewer: Elizabeth D. Schafer
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