In this chapter, the stormriders prepare for the third and final set of the battle. The song that they've just sung, "For Do-trick," is a reference to the fact that the men's basketball team is about to play a third straight set. The stormriders are psyched, because they're about to do something they haven't done in 30 years. One of the guys in the gym has been socked in the face for wearing shoes to the gym, and he's been doing this for the last five minutes. He's done this before, but he hasn't felt this way since he was a kid. The guy's got a lot of hair, so it's not like he can do anything with his hands. Still, the guy is psyched to be able to do this. He compares it to when he won a national tournament without even knowing it, or when he lost a single match in his whole life. He says he'll do this again, and that he can't wait to eat all of the plates they'll be eating. He also says that the girls' choir is going to help them out. He wonders how the prayers of the choir will affect the outcome, but the guy says that he could do anything. Life is just like a gamble, he says, and the choir can do some miracles. He doesn't know what's going on up in the shop, but it seems like this battle has turned into a drag. He asks if he could have done the song himself, but says it was all his