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1) Radio
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
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.
4) Overcomer
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school basketball coach John Harrison receives unfortunate news that will change his life. The largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down, forcing many families to leave in search of other job opportunities. John and his family are faced with an uncertain future, and his dreams of winning the state basketball championship are in jeopardy. He agrees to coach the cross-country team where he meets a runner who is on her journey of discovery....
6) Overcomer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After his team is reduced to nothing when the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down, a high school basketball coach mentors a struggling student in cross country.
Pub. Date
[2008]
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....
9) The new guy
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Terminally nerdy Dizzy Harrison is routinely laughed at, ridiculed and picked on. His senior year is nothing but an exercise in pain and torture. After purposely getting expelled from school, he enrolls in a rival school with a new look, a new story and a new attitude. But when his past re-surfaces and threatens to expose the real Dizzy, he must rise to the occasion to show the world exactly what he's all about.
10) Possums
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Mac Davis stars in this feel good story about a team facing an impossible task with an indominatable spirit. And about the town that gets behind them and learns a few important things about itself.
12) Varsity blues
Pub. Date
[2009], ℗♭2009.
Language
English
Description
Set in a Texas town where high school football is king, the head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning, and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night.
13) Winning favor
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Two small-town friends, who grew up playing basketball together in driveways and local tournaments, find themselves on opposite sides of the court when their high school teams face each other for the state championship title. Learning the importance of friendship, family and community along the way, the boys discover that it takes a lot more than just talent and raw skill to accomplish their goals." -- from container.
14) Gibsonburg
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of a high school baseball team that won the state championship with a losing record.
15) Playin for love
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Coach Banks is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. but that's about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy, the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She's a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team, and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he's going to stay in the game.
16) Rudy: Radio
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Although people have told Rudy all his life he's not good enough, smart enough or big enough, nothing can stop his impossible dream of playing football for Notre Dame.
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...
18) Wildcats
Series
Shout select volume 115
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Wanting to follow in her father's footsteps, the daughter of a famous football coach leaves her job as track coach at an affluent high school to coach an inner-city high school football team.
20) Hurricane season
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of basketball coach and mentor Al Collins, who led his team to victory after Hurricane Katrina ravaged their homes and destroyed their spirits. Collins attempts to create a winning basketball team using players from five of the hardest-hit high schools in the area. Takes a look at the disaster and shows how heroes can rise from the most devastating of circumstances.
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