Summary

Isaac would normally be ready for the challenge of beating out eighth graders to make the team, but he is exhausted today. Dos Equis plans to help out the team from the sidelines, and the two boys apologize to each other. Isaac says that Marco cannot dribble because of his injury. The coach is impressed that Marco believes he can make the team only using his bad hand. Nick and Ryan come up and say they will not play with Byron because of how he treated Marco, and the coach tells Byron that he has broken their word not to bully people anymore, and he kicks him off the team.

Marco knows he made the team as Chapter 38 opens, but he wants to earn his spot. He runs as hard as he can, and each time that day, he beats a few...