The Comeback Challenge (2009)
“Friday afternoon was sunny and cold, just the way he liked it for a game.
When he stepped out on to the Knightstown Middle School soccer field in his scarlet shirt and his silver-gray shorts, he was revved up and ready to play ball. Looking over to the grandstand behind the Scorpions’ bench, he could see Grandma and Grandpa Conway huddled together. They saw him looking in their direction and waved.
Craig booted a white-and-black sphere in his direction.
“Go, Scorpions!” shouted the freckle-faced red-head.
“Go, yourself, Pepper!” Mark called back. He smiled wide as he kicked the ball back to Craig.
Over the past week and a half, he had grown comfortable with Craig and some of the other guys. In fact, most of his teammates seemed to have accepted him with eagerness. Only Vince Loman kept his distance, and though Mark didn’t understand what the boy had against him, he decided to just try to ignore it.
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