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Tyler is a good hockey player, but not a great one. That honor belongs to the obnoxious Riley, a sixteen-year-old spoiled superstar who makes Tyler’s life miserable. When Tyler and Riley are sent to volunteer at a local youth program, Tyler finds the passion and commitment he needs to step up his game on the ice – and off.

Casey is at the end of his final year in high school. He hasn’t applied to college, and, other than skateboarding, he doesn’t believe he’s good at much of anything. When a young movie star offers him a job as a stunt double in an upcoming skateboarding movie, Casey is stoked. It’s his dream job. But when word gets out about Casey’s new gig, a local skater has other ideas about who would make the best stunt double. What price will Casey pay to realize his dream?

Del plays striker on his high school soccer team, the Cardinals, and they've gone almost three seasons undefeated. To Del, it's just a game, but some of the players think winning is all that matters. When an ugly tackle results in a major loss for the Cardinals against their main rival, the Rebels, things get heated between the teams. That night, one of Del's teammates has his ankle broken by an unknown assailant, leaving him unable to take part in the playoffs.

Reggie Scott has always prided himself on being a hard-hitting middle linebacker. But after he is involved in a play on which an opposing player is seriously injured, things change. Football doesn’t seem to matter so much when another boy is lying on the field, unable to move. When Reggie is accused of being a “dirty” player, he is forced to confront his guilt and decide if he can continue to play football.

Layne wants nothing more than to follow in his father’s footsteps and to be a bull rider. His dad was one ride away from a National championship when he got trampled to death. Layne wants to be able to give his dad that championship, by winning it for him. What he doesn’t want, though, is to end up like his father and die in a rodeo arena. When the chance comes, Layne realizes he must face up to his greatest fear.

Jack’s dad is tough on him, but he has learned to live with it. For the most part, Jack has it pretty good. He’s a star player on his high school basketball team with everything going for him; scoring records, popularity and an easy path to a college scholarship. Then, the unbelievable happens, and bad news leads to worse news. Almost as fast as the crash that put his mom in the hospital, everything that Jack believes in starts to crumble. His only hope is to discover what’s really going on, and quickly. If he doesn’t, Jack may lose much more than a basketball career.

Ian has been spending his summers on Key West for years, helping his Uncle Gord at his dive shop and spending as much time as he can underwater. When he’s not diving, he’s admiring Sherri, the girl who works at the dive shop. A series of accidents leads Ian to believe his uncle is in grave danger, but the truth turns out to be more terrifying than he could have imagined.

After discovering tainted water in the creek near his grandmother's cabin in the Kentucky hills, senior Roy Linden slowly uncovers a connection between his high school team's new star quarterback, his own football future, and the source of the pollution. Roy Linden should be thrilled. His high school football team, the Johnstown Striking Cobras, just got a new quarterback, and that means a chance at a winning season and a college scholarship for Linden, the team's senior receiver. But then he stumbles onto a deadly secret in the small coal-mining town.

When Renata is chosen to play the lead role in the school musical, students who used to ignore her start saying hello and congratulating her in the hall. She is happy until it becomes evident that Karin, a wealthy girl who expected to get the lead role, will go to great lengths to ruin Renata's reputation.

Corbin plays hockey and is known as a scrapper on and off the ice. Fighting makes him feel strong. His friend, Darius, is popular, and his reckless risk-taking makes Corbin feel alive. But at a party in Riley Park, Darius crosses a line with a girl both boys like, and later Darius and Corbin are attacked. Darius is killed, and Corbin is seriously injured. Left with a clouded memory and a weakened body, Corbin struggles to identify the assailants and fights against the loss of his friend. Will he ever be able to give up the fight and find the strength in acceptance?