The team travels to Austin to play the Knights, who are the top team in the league. However, none of the kids fully understand know how to play, and they lose 18–0. They decide not to play anymore, until they discover the talent of new classmate Juan Morales (Anthony Esquivel), but have to persuade his reluctant mother to let him play. The team, now known as the Big Green, steadily improves with Juan, and they go on a remarkable run with a record of eight wins, two losses, and one tie, which earns them a re-match against the Knights in the championship. As the town goes crazy for the final, hometown boy and current Knights coach Jay Huffer (Jay O. Sanders) returns to Elma, and finds in the bar the drunken and prejudiced father of Kate Douglas (Jessica Robertson), one of the players. He tells Jay, who works as an auditor for the IRS, via bribery that Juan's mother is an illegal immigrant. Later, Tom is forced to investigate the matter, forcing Juan and his mother to flee Elma. Kate is left furious with both her father and Tom over the situation, but Anna convinces her to stay on the team.