Original subtitles

- [Narrator] Previously on Fourth and Forever,

native son DJ Boldin returned home

to restore Pahokee's glory

- None of this stuff matters if we don't win.

- [Narrator] only to suffer a humbling loss.

Pahokee QB Mack Williams faltered

- Get him out the game.

- [Narrator] and offensive coordinator

Damien Berry felt the heat.

- [Announcer] The score is Palm Beach Lakes 48, Pahokee 0.

- Dang!

- [Narrator] On the other side of Muck City,

rival Glades Central notched a critical win

- Hurray for defense.

- [Narrator] and senior Jermaine Mays

vowed a comeback from an injury.

- I got to go to the hospital for y'all.

(music)

- [Narrator] For decades, the Green Bridge

connecting Muck City to the rest of Palm Beach County

was a symbol, a legend.

Any visiting high school knew

that once they crossed that bridge,

they were entering the lions den.

The notorious realm of two of the fiercest rivals

in high school football, Pahokee and Glades Central.

- Once you cross the bridge, the next stop is Belle Glade.

And just the word Belle Glade is intimidating.

We in Palm Beach, you hear Belle Glade, they like ooh!

- [Narrator] But times have clearly changed

and that ratchets up the pressure to win.

- We have a saying in the muckpen,

nothing cross the Green Bridge beat us.

It meant nobody was taking nothing from us.

- We're not used to losing to guys across the Green Bridge,

because on the muck, it was always about

us beating each other,

and we used to just tear everything up across the bridge.

- We built a legacy.

We were respected around the county.

Teams were hesitant about even putting us on their schedule.

- Let's just say the competition is behind to Pahokee.

That's just how it is.

(music)

- [Narrator] For the past few years,

teachers and administrators at Pahokee High

have been on a crusade to elevate academic achievement

to a level that ri the school's performance

on the football field, by strengthening programs in

math and science, and introducing cool new activities,

like a robotics club.

So when it came time to hire a new football coach,

Principal Dwayne Dennard needed someone who supported

his vision for the school, a special vision,

shared by native son DJ Boldin.

- Come to work early to get a head start.

- When I hired, it was Boldin, based on my vision

for all the students.

He came in, he did a really good interview,

detail interview of the vision that I want for my students.

- [Narrator] In addition to heading up the football team,

Coach Boldin pulls double-duty, teaching history

at the adjoining middle school.

- Then and only then will you flourish.

I do the academic part.

I'm very good at it.

And then I do the football part

and I'm getting very good at that.

The mindset that I have, that drove me to success,

but obviously after you have live life, you realize,

football isn't ething.

It's just an opportunity for something greater.

- Principal Dennard always talking about

changing the culture.

As far as everything around it, like,

he's reforming the school, he's reforming the players

and the coaches.

He brought us here to make a change, you know,

to push these athletes.

There's no reason we shouldn't light up the score board.

- [Narrator] Last week, Pahokee's new vision

was put to the test in the beat down

the Blue Devils received at the hands of Palm Beach Lakes.

- How can we refocus and see light at the end of the tunnel

so they can stay motivated and play the game of football?

- This is the first practice coming back from, you know,

a very horrible loss.

We have been beating Palm Beach Lakes since '96.

Like, it's been a long time.

- The game last week with Palm Beach Lakes was like,

basically we beat ourselves.

- When they was up the first half,

that's all you need to know.

- [Narrator] Principal Dennard wants the players to know

they stand at a crossroads, but that they still have

the power to live up to the expectations set by

the Blue Devil teams that have come before them.

- Your season is not lost unless you allow

your season to be lost.

You guys are legendary system.

This is a legend tradition.

What that say up there?

A tradition of building champions.

When you walk through this hallway,

that big poster, it says "Become Legendary."

- Doing the things when the scouts ain't looking,

doing the little small thing.

That's what I think being legendary.

- You gotta come together as a family,

and right now, when I see y'all out there,

you're not playing as a family.

You're not communicating.

So with that said, I bought every single one of you a shirt.

This shirt say right here, "Become Legendary."

We gonna give it to every single one of you.

2019, on the back say "you will remember us."

Your season is not lost.

The prize is still ahead of you.

Big dawg, I want the big dawgs to come here first.

- Being legendary is really leave your mark,

like, don't let nobody take your spot.

Everything about you is you, can't nobody take that.

That's called legendary.

(music)

- Everybody ready? - Ya'll.

- Everybody ready? - Ya'll.

- Everybody ready? - Ya'll.

One, two, three, hard work.

- [Narrator] On the Pahokee practice field,

the path to becoming legendary

starts with the steady drum beat of expectations

that Coach Boldin and his staff impart upon their players,

over and over and over.

- We gonna fix this.

Being on time, no slacking, constructive criticism.

- Held accountable to your brothers.

Respect.

Little simple stuff, keeping yourself accountable.

Accountability is a big thing

and part of this football team.

- Yup, yup!

There it is.

See how it is.

Stay in there, good job.

- [Narrator] Like Coach Boldin, nearly everyone on his staff

is a product of Muck City.

They hold legendary status and the college

and pro football pedigrees the young players aspire to.

- Myer, stay tight!

I'm the offensive coordinator.

Graduated from the University of Miami,

played for the Baltimore Ravens.

Won Superbowl with the Baltimore Ravens, basically,

I'm the guy that is behind the offensive madness.

- [Narrator] Coach Berry brings his experience

as an NFL running back to calling plays,

but when he was in high school, Berry was the enemy.

- Yes, I grew up in Belle Glade.

I graduated from Glades Central actually, the rival school.

- [Narrator] The jury's still out on

whether or not Pahokee fans can accept the former Raider

on the Blue Devil coaching staff.

- Let's go, Seminole.

- [Narrator] The former pro also set the bar high

when it comes to player discipline.

- Hey, hey, hey!

Let me coach.

Let me coach.

One thing we ain't gonna tolerate this year is disrespect.

No disrespectful kids.

We've spent a lot of time out here with them,

preparing them for games.

We trying to change the culture from the principal on down,

he say he want to change the culture.

So this is how we change the culture.

You cheatin' on rolls, bro.

You cheatin' on rolls, bro.

You cheatin' rolls, Potton.

Don't cheat me.

There ya go.

Put them all around that shirt.

Mmhmm, all that grass.

You gonna be itchy tonight.

- [Narrator] Coaches on the Pahokee staff

say they sense a tangible shift in attitude,

between today's players,

and previous generations of Blue Devils.

- It wasn't that back then.

It was more if your mom say "be quiet", you be quiet.

You know, if an adult is talking to you, stop talking,

but now it's like, a lot of kids, they have a rebuttal,

like they always wanna state their case.

- [Narrator] But Coach Berry hopes a good dose of discipline

will help the young athletes shape up to be better men.

- You know the plays, that why you doing this?

- And I was talking back.

- [Narrator] The back talk at practice, coupled with

the Blue Devils' poor offensive showing this season

have put Coach Berry, the Glades Central grad,

on the hot seat in Pahokee.

In times like these, Coach Berry relies on his faith

to help him stay on course.

- I'm a firm believer of faith, family, football.

And if you have your faith in God,

nothing else really matters, you know,

'cause He's gonna take care of you.

- [Narrator] Berry also relies on the council of another

Muck City legend, his father, Bishop Kenny Berry.

Kenny was a star cornerback for Pahokee,

which earned him a scholarship to the

University of Miami and a stint in the NFL.

Now, Bishop Berry ministers to his congregation

at Grace Fellowship in the heart of Muck City,

blending his love of faith and family

with his passion for football.

- A coach himself has to keep himself, what, motivated.

Just as God has given us plays.

And basically what you're trying to do,

just like a football team,

is trying to get the kids to carry out a play.

Our family, we try to get them to carry out a play.

- To understand that lessons are learned,

and football is one of those games

where you've got to have collaborative skill

in being able to cooperate one with another.

We're a small rural community.

You go down to Pahokee and there's not even

a Burger King or McDonald's or a Wendy's or Checkers.

People need to see the disadvantage that these communities,

you know, have compared to other communities,

while still being able to go out and be productive,

and still putting guys in the NFL,

you know, sending guys off to college.

- I remember I got my first offer, and it was just like,

whew,

'cause when you playin', you know, you kinda scared that,

well, maybe I'm not good enough,

and when that first one came in, I had tears in my eyes

because, I don't care if no other ones come in,

we got this one.

- Every player a college takes is an investment,

both of coaching time and scholarship money.

They don't want to waste a scholarship spot on a player

who's gonna flame out.

They check with teachers, principals, coaches.

They want to make sure that the player that they're taking

as a scholarship player is a player who's gonna succeed

in their team, and at the school.

- [Narrator] One of Pahokee's most promising

division one prospects is Delonus Kabir,

who goes by the nickname "Scooter."

He's a massive two-way tackle with great speed,

but when he was born, Scooter weighed just a few pounds,

and was small enough to fit into the palm

of his mother's hand.

- If I tell people I was emature baby,

and how small I was, they won't believe it cause like,

I'm real big now.

- Scooter, he's a big mild-mannered kid.

He's a nice kid, you're not gonna find a nicer young man.

- Scooter was like your typical church boy.

He goes to church.

He plays in the band at the school,

but if you've ever seen Scooter,

he's what, 6'4", 6'5", 330 pound kid,

beating the drums, like no, we need a lineman.

- [Narrator] But for Scooter, football is often times

a blessing and a curse.

- I'm always doing something dealing with football, like,

I miss out on, like, fun stuff that the family doing,

'cause I have to do football practicing.

- Everyone's just pushing him to play football

because of his size, like he had great size,

and football is not Scooter's first love,

but it's something that he grew to love.

He's seeing an outlet through this.

He has an opportunity to go to college

and have his school paid for by playing a game

that he's fallen in love with.

- This came from NC State.

It just tells me that they want to see me this summer,

getting me up this summer.

And then, this one is from Wake Forest.

They're telling me that I'm pretty good player.

I play the game the way my position should be played,

and stuff.

That's from the coach, he was like,

he can't wait to meet me personally.

This is from the University of Central Florida,

so you've got my jersey number.

This was just saying that they enjoyed having me up for camp

and hope I had a good time at the school.

This just a few, the rest are in my room on the wall.

- [Narrator] With all this attention, comes anticipation

that Scooter will soon make the biggest decision

of his life so far, where to play college ball.

It's a decision with life-changing consequences.

Because Muck City produces so many

college football prospects, it's now home to a

unique organization dedicated to securing scholarships

for that area's stand-out players, another step on the road

to turning today's students into tomorrow's legends.

- So today we're in Belle Glade.

It's a grand opening of the Student ACES Center,

which we call the SAC.

(cheering)

A center where the young men and women in our program

congregate, come to this facility, be able to learn

life skills, be able to really position themselves

for the future success.

- Today will mark the beginning of a childhood dream,

and it is through this program and this building that

not only the student athletes in the Glades area,

but the youth in this community, will be equipped with

knowledge and the resources needed to reach their dreams.

(clapping)

- [Narrator] KD Fletcher is a former scholar athlete

from Glades Central, who is now paving the way

for today's high achievers to maximize their potential,

and sort through their scholarship offers.

- She's like a mentor.

She really wanna help these guys out and

ale wants to see is see them be successful.

- Hello.

I never told them, ever, where I want them to go

or where I think they fit.

I let them make that decision for themselves.

- KD could be considered

their mom agent, and when I'm saying mom agent,

she's gonna tell them exactly what they're doing wrong

and put them in their place right there on the spot,

and ain't gonna sugarcoat it, but at the same time,

she's built that rapport with them, or that relationship

to say listen, you know this is what we have to do

in order to get you to this next level.

- This center is the first of its kind, in actually

the entire US, so this building is gonna be

one of those things that teach them, not just football,

but every other sport, just what do they need,

the requirements that are needed for them to be recruited

by a Division One school, and go on to the next level.

We know that every kid is not gonna be a NFL player.

We understand that, but we're also gonna prepare them

for life after athletics and be able to

grasp those opportunities.

- [Narrator] This week, Pahokee's Coach Boldin

knows the entire community expects him

to field a team that is focused and prepared to win.

- Ooh.

- [Narrator] But focus has been hard to come by

for transfer quarterback Mack Williams,

who is not only trying to cope with being

the starting QB for his former archrival.

He also just learned before his poor performance

at Palm Beach Lakes that his father Mack Sr.,

an ex-con, known in the Muck as "Littlemack,"

had just been arrested, again.

- The day I see him it was uptown, like, he had told me,

like, the police came over and try to get somebody, he left,

and the next day they had told me he was in jail,

'cause he kinda feel like he was in the middle of something,

like drugs or something.

I can't put it to my town to stay out the streets,

like that's his life he chose.

- [Narrator] But it wasn't just Mack who struggled

to stay focused at Pahokee's last game.

With the teams next challenge only days away,

Coach Boldin and company are growing impatient

with the lack of effort and the surplus of

idle chatter during practice.

- Where you supposed to be?

Where you supposed to be?

Where you supposed to be?

I mean, I'm talking right to you.

Check me, check me.

Line up, line up.

If we going, hey shut up Scooter!

Check me!

If you don't wanna be here, go!

If you do not believe we gonna win Friday,

do not show up, yo.

If you concerned about yourself, don't show up.

Too much selfish play round here.

We need team football, team football.

Just in case y'all didn't notice, we play big teams.

This is a team sport, fellas.

If you wanna be an individual, go play tennis.

Okay, let's send you out to practice.

- [Narrator] While Coach Boldin battles to impose order

and discipline on the Pahokee players,

Glades Central must focus on it's long time foe,

Cocoa High School, the team that has beaten the Raiders

twice in the state championship game.

For seniors like Jermaine Mays, taking down Cocoa

would be a historic accomplishment,

and possibly attract the attention from college scouts.

All the more reason Jermaine is anxious

for his recent knee injury to heal.

But a lack of financial resources to pay for his treatment,

and a fear of missing the rest of the season,

have Jermaine unsure of what to do,

which leads him to the SAC offices

and his new guardian angel, KD Fletcher.

- Sup man, pull up your pants, I always gotta tell you

pull up your pants.

Alright, so what's going on?

Talk to me.

- Everything good except for,

you know what I'm saying, I can't play 'cause of my knee.

- What's up with your knee?

- Got fluid in there, but I ain't tryin'

to go to no hospital.

- Yes.

- I mean, I know I got fluid, and I guess

that's all I need to do.

- No, but you need to make sure

there's nothing else serious.

What if it's something a lot seriouser,

you haven't gotten it checked out?

What's gonna happen when recruiting season kick up?

Come on now.

- I don't wanna be put in no position where

I gotta be cleared just to play, you know what I'm sayin'?

Friday, we supposed to make history as a class,

you know what I'm sayin'?

My class 2020, you know what I'm sayin'?

We gotta make history that night, you know what I'm sayin'?

So, I gotta be on the field.

I gotta be part of that.

- Let me explain something to you.

Whatever you don't fix now, Jermaine,

mean that they gotta fix it later.

Nobody ain't takin' no chances to recruit you

and not have opportunity to play you,

'cause when they get you, they need you fresh,

they need you ready to go.

I need you to get your knee fixed, okay?

- [Narrator] While Jermaine focuses on Glades Central's

next game versus Cocoa High, a senior on rival team Pahokee,

Scooter Kabir, is thinking ahead to next year

and everything, besides football, that's important to him.

- If I didn't have football, I'd probably be more into

like the nerdy types of books and like chess

and stuff like that.

I'm not one of those guys that's like, oh, my dream

is to go to the NFL.

- [Narrator] Instead, Scooter will choose where he wants

to play college ball based on academics, not athletics.

- I just wanna major in criminal justice and

wherever life takes me with that degree,

then I'll just follow it.

Really, I could be a judge or a lawyer, too.

I feel like, if I do that, like,

I can make a difference in my community.

A lot of times, in this community, like, African Americans,

they feel like the police are out to get them,

you know what I mean?

I feel like I could be one of the ones

that could change that.

- [Narrator] Tuesday afternoon.

It's three days until Glades Central kicks off

against rival Cocoa.

At the urging of KD Fletcher, Jermaine Mays has decided

to get his knee examined with the hope

he'll be cleared to play.

- We're going into someone's ER and getting that knee

checked out because this has been one of the seasons

where he has had one of the best seasons

I've ever seen him play.

What's goin' on?

- Cooler.

- So what's up?

You ready to get this over with?

- I am now.

I'm feeling, there's a lot of pain.

- You hurting today?

I can tell by the way you walking.

I want you to make sure that you keep

a positive mind through this too.

All right?

- I know.

I don't want them sitting me Friday night.

- You can't worry about that though.

That's the wrong thing to worry about,

but I'm being honest.

One thing that you're gonna find out

about the kids on the Muck, and in the Glades area,

they don't want to miss a dime of football.

They don't care how hurt they are.

If you would have got it done when you were suppose

to get it done, you wouldn't be in this situation.

Jermaine is a smart kid.

His dialect don't come up because he's kinda like

that type of macho guy, but Jermaine is a very smart kid.

What did you even do for this to happen?

- It was in practice.

- Oh, so it happened in practice.

- Well I wasn't going crazy in practice, like,

I was on every tackle, and then all of a sudden,

I was kneeling on the ground, hurt.

- It's really tough to be a senior football player

and have to miss time for an injury.

This is their last big chance to get on the field

and to play the game that they love.

- [Narrator] Jermaine is not the only one

who's anxious about the upcoming game.

At Pahokee, offensive coordinator Damien Berry

knows a win in Jacksonville will do a lot

to earn him some trust among Blue Devil fans.

All through the week, criticism of the Blue Devils

offense has been building online, and the rumor mill

has been lighting up with comments

calling Damien's loyalty into question.

- Let's go!

Give me somebody to replace him.

- Right now, it's like Coach Berry is being attacked.

You know, he's the bad guy.

He's from Glades Central, so it must be his fault.

He's human, like we all human,

and when you got social media, you got the fans,

you got the community.

It's like everywhere you go someone's

sticking him with a pencil.

They poking him and they poking him and

they poking him and they poking him.

- Bro, lotta people want your head, boy.

You a marked man.

- It's cause I'm black and I'm from Glades Central.

- I don't think it has nothin' to do with you being black,

I think it's your Glades Central.

(music)

- [Narrator] Jermaine's examination is over,

and the results are a mixed bag.

They reveal a knee contusion, but not permanent damage.

- Glad that's over.

See how easy that was?

- [Narrator] There's a chance Jermaine will be back

on the field this Friday, but his action may be limited.

- Okay, but nah, for real.

Glad you good.

I still don't think you could practice,

but, I know you ain't tryin' to hear that.

- Miss KD want me to take it light,

you know what I'm sayin'?

But, I gotta put it all on the field.

Appreciate you, though.

- Nah, you good.

I told you I just want what's best for y'all.

- Love, girl.

- Love.

- You gotta say that with more enthusiasm.

- Love, love, love!

Pull up your pants.

- [Narrator] It's game day for Pahokee,

and the team arrives early to make the nearly

five hour drive north to play Trinity Christian Academy.

- Just gettin' ready to board the bus, man.

Tryin' to get some last minute things done, man,

before we head to Jacksonville.

- [Narrator] Just before the team bus rolls out,

Coach Berry's frustration with all the

online criticism boils over.

- Let's talk.

Speak your piece.

- Everybody want me.

It's not about no other coach on this staff.

It's about me! (slaps hands)

And y'all ain't seein' it yet.

That's what I mean when I say I ain't got no help.

- Sorry to disturb, but the bus driver said if y'all

don't hurry up, he's not going to be able to stop.

- All right.

Leave.

- I understand your frustration, but don't help it to them.

You're feeding it.

- I'm so tired, man.

- I understand, you're feeding it.

- New coaching staff, that shows to me that

it's a development stage, in which,

that's where we are now.

(music)

- [Narrator] Glades Central is also hitting the road

for its game verus the Cocoa High Tigers.

Over the years, some of the Raiders toughest losses,

have come against Cocoa, so team chaplain, Desmond Harriot,

asked that the good Lord might step in

as a twelfth man on the field tonight.

- Lord, let every man remember his assignments

and play to the best of his ability.

Too long we have been hurt by that school.

We pray Lord that you would take vengeance for your glory.

Anybody else?

- Father God, everybody know what need to be done,

what's at stake, what's on the line, y'all,

but we can make history tonight, you know what I'm sayin'?

Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

- Don't hate, motivate.

- We're going on a mission.

That's important for the pride of the Raiders,

you know what I'm sayin'?

For the Raiders who were so dominant back then,

but they lost to Cocoa, you know what I'm sayin'?

If we beat them,

that gonna mean a lot to the whole community.

(music)

- The Cocoa team from two years ago like, these dudes,

oh God, you swear there was like a college team

that was out there.

These boys were big, man.

- We gonna pull this out.

Don't take but one point to win a game.

That's all it take, one point.

♪ And the home ♪

♪ Of the brave ♪

- [Announcer] The teams taking the field now

and Cocoa's going to be kicking off.

- We can win.

Without a doubt, we can win.

We just gotta go out there and play football.

- Make sure we back guys, make sure we back.

- [Narrator] In this match-up,

it's Glades Central's speed versus Cocoa's size.

- Don't worry about it, just keep playin'.

- [Narrator] And Cocoa sets the tone right away,

pummeling Glades Central on seemingly every down.

- Hey, hold the ball, hold the ball!

- [Narrator] Even though Jermaine has been cleared to play,

his recent knee injury has dropped him down the depth chart.

- The underclassmen at GC keep pressure on ya,

'cause all them boys, everybody want to get in,

everybody want to play.

- [Narrator] For now, all Jermaine can do is

stand and watch.

- Hurry up, hurry up!

- [Announcer] Touchdown scored by Jamie White.

- Hey, it's okay, it's okay.

- [Narrator] In the second quarter, Jermaine's cousin,

stand-out senior, Jim Davis, who plays both offense

and defense, gives the Raiders a much needed boost.

(cheering)

- Good cut, Jim!

- Man, I feel like, ain't nobody better than us.

That's the passing, it show on the field.

(cheering)

- [Narrator] But Davis alone can't slow down Cocoa.

- Man, come on man!

That's terrible there.

Guys, what are we doin'?

Touchdown.

Nobody hit him.

- Relax guys, it's just football.

- Right, right, right.

- [Narrator] Cocoa continues to manhandle

the Raiders offense.

- Man, c'mon, that bull crap man!

- [Announcer] At the half, Cocoa 17, Glades Central 6.

- C'mon man, y'all making it too difficult

when this game should be easy.

- I need to see you run over that linebacker.

Don't step around him!

- [Narrator] Early in the second half,

Jermaine thinks he hears his number called,

- No stay, no, no, no, no, no.

- [Narrator] but the coaches pull him back.

- There is so much adrenaline rushing

through my head right now.

I'm trying to balance out,

being focused versus what's goin' on.

- Let's go! Let's go!

- [Narrator] Trying to mount a comeback,

Glades Central bombs it to a deep receiver,

but the ball is intercepted,

- Stop throwing the damn ball that high!

- [Narrator] and Cocoa's offense takes advantage.

- [Announcer] And Cocoa's kick is good.

- The disappointing part of it is the lack of execution

and lack of concentration.

Our kids just wasn't there mentally.

- I understand coaches call plays,

but sometime as a player you got to be able to read

this stuff and do what you know best.

- [Narrator] In the fourth quarter,

the coaches send in Jermaine.

- They know when I get in there, you know what I'm sayin'?

I'm trying to make a play, you know what I'm sayin'?

I'm trying to put me heart on the field,

you know what I'm talkin' about?

- Hey, down the field!

Down the field!

Hit him! Hit him!

- There we go, 20.

- [Narrator] But Jermaine is not on the field for long,

as coaches continue to sub in younger players in his place.

But as he watches from the sideline,

- Kickoff return, let's go!

Kickoff return!

- [Narrator] Jermaine's cousin, Jim Davis,

- Get it out! Get it out!

- [Narrator] Returns a punt deep into Cocoa territory.

- Let's go, baby!

- [Narrator] Then, with the last minutes ticking down,

he makes a crucial first down catch, that keeps hope alive.

- [Announcer] Pass complete to number one, James Davis.

That will move the chains for Glades Central.

- When it's time to do somethin',

I'm gonna go all the way to do it.

- Outside release, get on the goal line

and take it across, man.

- [Narrator] With less than a minute to go,

Jim snags a touchdown pass,

and makes it a one possession game.

- Our team!

- [Announcer] James Davis with the touchdown

for Glades Central.

- [Narrator] Glades Central attempts an onside kick

hoping to get the ball back.

- Let's go! Let's go!

Hey, let's go!

Get the ball!

- [Announcer] Cocoa recovers the onside kick.

- [Narrator] History repeats as Cocoa runs out the clock

and runs their winning streak against Glades Central

to four in a row.

- Hey, my fault, y'all.

- [Narrator] As for Jermaine, he is doing his best

to contain his frustration, both with the Raiders loss

and with the injury that's kept him out of much of the game.

- Made me mad 'cause we supposed to beat them,

and I ain't ever gonna see Cocoa again.

Gotta take everything serious you know what I'm sayin'?

And bein' the lead on the team is important.

- Helmets up. Helmets up.

One, two, three, team!

(bus driving)

- [Narrator] In Jacksonville, Coach Boldin

and his Pahokee team are hoping to put

last week's poor performance behind them.

(music)

- This is our first time playing Trinity.

They're a really good football te

They're state champions and we're looking forward

to a big game tonight.

(whistle)

- [Narrator] From the opening plays, Trinity puts its

championship caliber talent on display,

gouging the Pahokee defense,

thanks to speedy number three, Kyjuan Herndon,

Trinity's best player and a top flight college recruit.

- It was the Kyjuan Herndon show against Pahokee

for Trinity Christian.

- Run fast, told you how to run fast.

Let's go, baby.

Come on, KJ.

- [Narrator] When Pahokee goes on offense, Coach Boldin

decides it's time to make a change at quarterback.

He benches junior QB, Mack Williams.

- Hey man, coach.

Coach him up.

- [Narrator] But on the first play from scrimmage,

the backup QB is sacked, and all Mack can do

is watch helplessly frhe sideline.

- Right now, I'm second string when I was first.

I feel like I deserve second string 'cause

if I don't know what I'm doin' I can't help my team out.

- We need another stop.

- [Narrator] Unfortunately, Mack isn't the only player

struggling to do the right things on the field.

- Scooter ain't in the five, man.

- [Narrator] Defensive tackle, Scooter Kabir,

is in the wrong position.

- Scooter, slide!

Slide, come up!

Slide, Scooter!

- Got to get in the five, coach.

- Scooter, you gotta line up on the tackle, man.

We, as coaches, can't do nothin' else.

We're putting y'all in positions.

Y'all gotta make plays.

- [Narrator] Trinity pulls away and wins easily.

- Y'all let these people score in 15 seconds, man.

- [Narrator] 42 to 7.

The post gamejourney back s

the Green Bridge is a long one.

By the time the team arrives, news of the blow out loss

is already circulating through the community,

and eventually makes its way inside the West County Jail

where one football parent currently resides,

Littlemack Williams, father of Mack Williams.

- So there's a couple people there that work in the jail

that actually are from Pahokee, so I'm like,

hey man, my son plays, number 16.

He was supposed to be the quarterback.

Mack supposed to be the star.

They were like, no, he got benched.

That's where I beat myself up.

Is it my fault?

If I was there, would it have been different?

- [Narrator] Coach Boldin sees a direct connection

between Littlemack's incarceration and his

son's difficulties on the field.

- It's very important for a quarterback to have

a clear mind when there is chaos at home.

The event, his father going off to jail,

and him and his father had a very close relationship.

- When I look up in the stands, he not there,

like, it don't get me mad.

It just have me like in the feeling, like,

I wish somebody was there to watch me play.

- A lot of decisions that Mack made, he just wasn't focused,

and that lack of focus, I believe,

came from his father not being present.

- [Narrator] Mack Williams is a junior,

which means he has the rest of this season,

and the next year, to get his game together

and reclaim the starting spot.

(music)

For seniors like Scooter Kabir, looking ahead to next year

means lining up all his priorities into one,

life-changing decision.

- What goes into it, obviously I want to

study criminal justice, so, the type of program they have

at the school, the distance away from home probably,

my family's availability to get to me when

they need to or when they can.

- [Narrator] With lots of high school football left to play,

Scooter is now ready to declare

which scholarship offer delivers all that.

- I decided to commit to University of Central Florida

because they have a great program

for what I want to study, criminal justice.

- With all of our kids,

as long as they're making their decisions,

and they're making it for the right reasons,

I will always back them up.

- Being legendary to me means leaving my mark

in a positive manner and then going to college

and actually graduating with my college degree.

- [Narrator] Next time on Fourth and Forever,

at Glades Central, Jermaine Mays finally

gets his chance to shine,

- He basically made the best hit of the game.

- [Narrator] While Coach Boldin looks out

for a traitor on the Pahokee coaching staff.

- I got a Judas in my camp

and I ain't feelin' it.