Best Case: A Rob Mathews Sports Season (The Rob Mathews Sports Series Book 9)

Best Case . . . as in best case scenario . . . is what the Hillsdale High baseball team and Rob Mathews may have to settle for in Rob’s junior year finale, both on and off the field!Striving for perfection, the Pirates learn from Coach Dave Wilson about adjusting goals on the fly. Determined to recapture the League Championship and make Trip McHenry’s “guarantee” of never losing to Pine Bluff again . . . in any sport . . . hold up, Hillsdale faces mounting pressure to come through. Nemesis Clem Danielson is fired up . . . as is all of Pine Bluff, to put a stop to the nonsense of losing to Hillsdale. Can Rob and Trip carry the Pirates to victory, not once but at least twice to keep the guarantee in place? And . . . it might have to be three times if both teams make the Sectionals! If they get that far it might not only be Pine Bluff standing in the way of fulfilling that guarantee . . . it might also be budding archrival Valley Christian . . . and their superstar junior Tony Russo . . . who is fast becoming an even bigger enemy than the Danielson brothers.Why? Tony Russo has continued to date Rob’s next-door-neighbor Allison Pierce . . . and Rob is not happy about it. But even as the Allison and Tony hookup bothers him, Rob, Kate Murphy, Trip, and Allison become fast friends, spending hours together as their friendships become stronger. Rob’s girlfriend, Kate, and Allison become best friends, and together they navigate the ins and outs of the quirky relationships and make it work. Rob continues to struggle with his deep feelings for Allison but also finds himself becoming more enamored of Kate with each passing day. The question that dogs Rob? What happens if Allison no longer has a boyfriend? What would he do? Best Case gives you a lot of answers . . . but also asks some new questions! ABOUT THE SERIES . . .Best Case is the ninth in a completed series of twelve books by Mac McGowan. Written with a light narrative hand, riveting sports action, and a sprinkling of humor, the stories flow along briskly. The series follows Rob chronologically through his high school career, in either a football, basketball, or baseball season. Rob will face bitter rivals in all three sports and questions of morals, ethics, integrity, and social interaction, on and off the field of play. Through Rob, his mother, the girl-next-door, his best friend, a special girlfriend, and his two mentor coaches, the reader will learn life lessons along with Rob.The series matures as Rob does, slowly working his way toward adulthood as the conflicts go from bullies to bad coaches to girl problems and work their way up to relationships, where to go to college, and how to look at long-term life goals. It takes a while, but we watch as Rob goes from caring only about what a girl looks like to a guy who understands what’s inside that matters. But make no mistake . . . action-packed sports are at the heart of all 12 books. The series offers an excellent opportunity for readers to enjoy thrilling wins and losses against bitter rivals on the field or court . . . and experience the joy and heartbreak of teenage romance, learn life lessons, make better choices, learn a little coaching philosophy, and become better people. More importantly, it offers an enjoyable, easy, fun, thrilling, and satisfying read. Read more