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Publisher
Texas State Historical Association
Language
English
Description
Pigskin Pulpit weaves together a compelling story, making use of extensive interviews with more than eighty Texas high school football coaches. Most of them entered the profession between the 1930s and the 1950s, and collectively their voices provide a character study of a unique breed of men whose deeply planted values were nurtured in the common experiences of traditional Texas culture, economic depression, and times of war. The book also surveys...
2) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
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The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.
4) Play ball
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Most girls, when the get to a new school, just want to fit in. But Dashiell Brody isn't like most girls. A natural at softball, Dashiell discovers her new school has a championship level baseball team, and Dashiell wants to play ball. One girl's quest to play the national pastime with the boys will turn her family, her school, and her state upside down.
5) Bleachers
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents a novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion.
6) Interference
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
Kate Hamilton is a congressman's daughter, used to the world of Washington politics, but after some pictures of her cause a mild scandal, she finds herself exiled to her aunt's West Texas farm and animal shelter, in the district where her father is planning to run for office--and then she discovers that politics in a small town can be even nastier than Washington, especially when it involves the local high school football team.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Griffin
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Jim Dent pens the compelling story of how a black and white player came together to break the color barrier in Texas football in 1965. Jerry LeVias and Bill Bradley bonded as friends at the Big 33 high school all-star game, producing a dramatic finish that fans still talk about. Jim Dent takes the reader to the heart of Texas football with the incredible story of how two young men broke the chain of racism that had...
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Language
English
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"The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opioids to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything--including the plum NFL job he had been...
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
Their whole life together has been a series of miracles. Can they really hope for more? After overcoming a crisis in their marriage, Abby and John Reynolds are experiencing a season of joy and restoration. For the first time in years they're making time to enjoy life and embrace each other. And John loves his coaching job . . . at least he did until high-school politics make him wonder if it's time to quit. As they wrestle with that situation, something...
Author
Series
Fergus and Zeke volume 3
Language
English
Description
Fergus and Zeke can't compete in their students' field day challenge, so they create their own and have to use their new skills to figure out how to get back inside the school when they're locked out. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.
11) Football queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean Carter has been waiting for three years to become a Little Dazzler--a junior cheerleader for the high school's Dancing Dazzlers--so she can cheer for her brother's high school football team.
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 2
Language
Español
Description
¡Nate el grande superará a todos los demás! Pero no le será fácil. No puede librarse de Gina, esa eterna enemiga que siempre está dispuesta a echarlo todo a perder. ¿Ganará Nate, o tal vez perderá? ¿Aprobará o suspenderá? ¿O quizás acabará castigado OTRA VEZ? Reseña: «Con Nate te lo vas a pasar en grande». Jeff Kinney, autor del Diario de Greg--
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina,...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer. When the accident sends Irene's car to the shop for repairs, the girls are forced to carpool, and their rocky start only gets worse. In trying to get back at her toxic ex, Scottie bribes Irene into a fake-dating scheme that...
15) Hometown legend
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Language
English
Description
In Athens City, Alabama, hard times have driven the town to desperation. But with the return of an old friend, the town's football team might be able to bring back the glory.
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Anywhere football is played, Texas is the force to reckon with. Its powerhouse programs produce the best football players in America. In The Republic of Football, Chad S. Conine vividly captures Texas’s impact on the game with action-filled stories about legendary high school players, coaches, and teams from around the state and across seven decades.
Drawing on dozens of interviews, Conine offers rare glimpses of the early days of
...Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Language
English
Description
"Here is an easy-to use handbook for beginning high school baseball coaches and veterans alike. It takes coaches step by step through the season, from the player search and the first team meeting through the end of season banquet"--Provided by publisher.
19) The final season
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Norway, Iowa, the high school baseball team is led by legendary Coach Jim Van Scoyoc who has won 19 State Championships. But the small town heroes are dealt a series of unexpected blows that threaten to rob them of their 20th championship win. Talk of a school merger gets serious and Coach Scoyoc is fired. He is replaced by his 24-year-old assistant coach, Kent Stock. Failure seems inevitable. Based on the true story of Kent Stock....
20) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
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