Chapters 25 and 26 Summary

When Danny's mother arrives at camp, Tess is with her. Mrs. Walker plans to drive Danny, Will and Ty back to Middletown after the championship game and Tess has decided to ride back with them. His mother meets Danny's friends and he is happy that she is there, but can't help wishing his dad had come also. As the group is eating dinner, Danny looks across the mess hall to see Lamar staring at him. Lamar points to himself and mouths the word "me," then points at Danny and mouths "you."

Before the game, Coach Powers gives the team a pep talk and Danny begins to see why he might have been a good coach at one time. The game begins and at halftime, the Lakers are ahead by 14 points. During halftime, the coach is yelling at the team and makes...