Knights Of The Hill Country by Tim Tharp. If the Kennisaw Knights can go undefeated one more season, they’ll become legends of Oklahoma high school football. But for the team’s star quarterback, this may be a heavier burden than people realize.

Box Out by John Coy. At first Liam is thrilled to make the varsity basketball squad, but the thrill begins to wear thin when the coach starts requiring team prayer sessions and a star player is forced off the team. Should Liam go along like everyone else, or speak up?

The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock.  D.J. Schwenk is the first girl linebacker in northern Wisconsin and has had a really great boyfriend and a super best friend but feels she is losing them and doesn’t know why.

Boost by Kathy Mackel.  Thirteen-year-old Savvy's dreams of starting for her elite basketball team are in danger when she is accused of taking steroids.

The Rhyming Season by Edward Averett. A senior basketball-player shoulders the hopes of a dying mill town and her bereaved family when she and an eccentric English-teacher/coach try to lead their team to state basketball history.

Crackback by John Coy. Miles barely recalls when football was fun after being sidelined by a new coach, constantly criticized by his father, and pressured by his best friend to take performance-enhancing drugs.

Warrior Angel by Robert Lipsyte. Native American boxer of the Moscondaga Nation, Sonny Bear must fight to retain his heavyweight championship title.

Over The Wall by John H. Ritter. Thirteen-year-old Tyler, who has trouble controlling his anger, spends an important summer with his cousins in New York City, playing baseball and sorting out how he feels about violence, war, and in particular the Vietnamese conflict that took his grandfather's life.

Open Ice by Pat Hughes.  Hockey has been Nick Taglio's life since he was five years old, so when a massive concussion benches him--possibly for good--everything seems to fall apart, including his schoolwork, his family relationships, his friendships, and his love life.

Fifteen Love by Robert Corbert.  Mia, a violist, and Will, a tennis player, each relate their feelings about each other, school, friends, and family troubles as they struggle to understand the opposite sex and to survive being fifteen.

Rivals by Tim Green.

Josh has been sidelined by a dirty play and a serious injury. At a baseball tournament he spots suspicious activities and when he tells his friend, Jaden, she is not interested. Suddenly things begin to get dangerous.

Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman.

13-year-old Kevin Johnson is a great kid, friend, and soccer player, but he is heading for juvie. His soccer team is heading for the state cup and he wants to prove that he is a star player. One night he ends up in jail. Are his dreams over?

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen.

Sixteen-year-old Jessica is a runner until a tragic accident costs her one of her legs. She wonders if the other girl who died in the accident may not be better off until she meets another girl with cerebral palsy.

Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp.

Kennisaw , USA is the place where football seems to be as important as God and country. Hampton Green is the star of the team. His home life is another story and his friend Blaine is making demands on him that are impossible for him to take.

Hoops by Walter Dean Myers.

Seventeen year old Lonnie Jackson is warned by his coach not to give in to the pressures that come with being a top basketball player. He then finds out that some heavy bettors are pressuring his coach to keep him on the bench during a big upcoming tournament.

Pop by Gordon Korman.

Marcus moves to a new town in the dead of summer and becomes friends with the town prankster who was actually once upon a time a famous NFL Linebacker.

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher.

T.J. avoids sports of any sort until his English teacher encourages him to form a swim team. Finally, he decides to do just that and gathers a motley crew of participants.

Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz.

Tokyo ,  Japan in 1890 at a boarding school. Toyo Shimada finds that the upperclassmen brutally pick on freshman. Between that and not being allowed to play baseball by his father, Toyo finds he has much to overcome.

The Bat Boy by Mike Lupica.

Brian Dudley has his dream job of being a bat boy for his hometown Major League baseball team until a fading star baseball player returns. But one-time baseball idol turns out to be not quite the hero Brian expected.