Matt has a problem with tardiness that angers his history teacher, causes his girlfriend to break up with him, and finally finds him missing the bus to a baseball game in which he was to be the starting pitcher.
When the opposing team is confronted with the need to forfeit, Cruz and his teammates try to decide if they want to win in that manner or if they want to play the game under slightly different rules so that they can let the best team win.
After Paz makes a commitment to go out with Juan, she discovers she would rather date Cruz, and even when Griff and Marge try to get her out of it, Paz still knows the right thing to do.
Kirk faces a real dilemma. His steady girlfriend Claire is angry that Kirk's boss asked him to give his niece a tennis lesson. Claire's jealousy makes her question if Kirk is faithful to her.
After June's temper explodes, the coach takes her off the vollyball team and her boyfriend ends their relationship, but her friends Rose and Kim try to help her from losing her temper.
Paz really wanted to go to the dance with Cruz, but Juan asked her first and she accepted; however, she had a difficult decision to make when Cruz finally called to ask her to be his date.