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Hungover from celebrating the district championship, Tre lies in bed, regretting his decision to party and lie to his parents about staying at Wes’s house. He repeatedly types and deletes a text to Dallas about asking the team to commit to sobriety, fearing how Mason will react. When his mother enters his room, Tre confesses to lying. She reveals that they already heard about the party from town gossip but chose not to fight with Tre the week of the regional tournament, though they’re frustrated and disappointed. Tre shares his idea to get the entire team to stop drinking and partying until the season ends. Mom praises his bravery and suggests hosting a team meeting the next day with pizza.
On Monday after practice, the team gathers at Tre’s house. Tre gives a speech, telling his teammates that they’ve become like brothers to him and mentioning how Jaxon would have helped them reach the state championship last year. Mason interrupts to say that Tre has stepped up and made Jaxon proud. Tre formally asks the team to commit to sobriety, admitting that he drank last weekend but felt terrible and realized that it hurt his game.



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