All-American Sports #1

Chat Chatfield watches his star pitcher Wally Craig lose focus just before the biggest game of the season, and after some detective work, discovers the young athlete is being pressured by a professional gambler to throw the match—with threats against his girlfriend hanging over his head. Now the coach must decide how to protect his player without making things worse.

A young track star at Rock Ridge High dazzles everyone with his athletic prowess, catching the eye of Coach Chat Chatfield, who sees Olympic potential—but also senses danger in how quickly the attention goes to his head. When Greg's late nights with Lannie Marshall begin to interfere with his training and rest, Chatfield tries to warn him that champions don't stay on top without discipline, setting the stage for a hard lesson in what it takes to remain a winner.

Chat Chatfield, the coach at Rock Ridge, benches his talented but undisciplined quarterback Don Davis after the young athlete ignores orders and plays dirty during a game against Fairmont—a decision that sets off a chain of events neither man expected. When Davis mysteriously disappears from school days before the crucial Sutter game, Chatfield realizes his snap judgment may have driven the boy away, and he races against time to find him and uncover what's really troubling his star player. "Wise Guy Quarterback" is a character-driven sports story about the distance between a coach and his athlete, and the cost of not looking deeper.