The gang return to camp, this time with Coach Katowinski. Julie soon realizes that her feelings for Michael have changed. After kissing another guy, she decides that she has to tell him before someone else does. Meanwhile, Mary Beth takes on a job that makes her Kristy's boss.

Still in Texas, the team make it to the finals, but find that the coach of the rival team is Coach Katowinski's old assisant, who is now in a wheelchair. Coach finds out that the other coach might be able to get a great position coaching a college team, but it all depends on the outcome of the game against Deering, who is favored to win. Coach Katowinski feels sorry for him and gives the team the impression that he wants them to the throw the game. Meanwhile, Antonio tries to get Kristy to forgive him for pretending that he didn't know English.

Mary Beth and Hammer start having relationship problems when they disagree on their plans. So Mary Beth gives herself a make-over to look more like a biker to surprise Hammer. She and Kristy go to a biker hangout to find Hammer, only to find that they're at the wrong club and are alone with a bunch of tough bikers. Meanwhile, Coach Katowinski thinks about buying the Stadium. However, his new plans have the place full of senior citizens. Looking to get their hangout back, the gang try to convince him not to buy.

After finding out that the rival team of an upcoming game has a player that's HIV-positive, everyone but Michael wants to cancel. Michael brings his friend Joe to the Stadium to meet some of the Deering players, later revealing that Joe is the guy that's HIV-positive. After meeting Joe and finding out how normal he is, the Deering team decide that they want to play in the game. However, parents of other students complain and get the school board to cancel the game again. So the two teams try to have an unofficial game behind the school board's back and Julie tries to get over her fears about guarding Joe.

Mary Beth learns that if she wants to attend her dream college, California University, she needs to participate in more extra curricular activities. Aside from managing the basketball team and keeping up with school work, she joins the marching band, the debate team, and also takes a spot on the cheerleading squad. She's already incredibly busy, but after finding out that a new student council president is needed, she decides to run in the election. Trying to do so much proves to be a little too much for Mary Beth and she starts to crack under all of the pressure. Meanwhile, the Coach gets a new hot tub to be used only for sports injuries. When the Julie and the guys break the rules and use it for fun, Rico accidentally drops Coach's NBA championship ring down the drain.

After the Tornadoes make it to the sate championship, Hammer gets benched when his drug test results come back positive for steroids. Even though Hammer swears that he's never taken steroids, Silk and Rico refuse to believe him and blame him for losing the game. Meanwhile, Kristy meets an artist who asks her to pose for him. She does, but only to find that he's painted her head on a naked body. Kristy and the girls plan to alter the painting before it's featured in a show.

Things just don't seem to be clicking with the new team members. None of the plays are working out smoothly and a feature on the local news makes the team seem as if they are totally unprepared for their first game. After seeing this, Michael talks about how bad the new guys are and is overheard by Hammer who tells the rest of the new guys, causing a rift in the team. Michael and Julie decide that it might be best to just pretend like they're the only two on the team during the game.

After Kristy and Antonio start dating, Julie finds out that Kristy has run off to a wedding with him- possibly her own. So, Hammer, Rico, Silk, and Mary Beth go to where the ceremony is being held to spy. Mary Beth, Rico, and Silk disguise themselves as nuns, while Hammer pretends to be a monk.

After scoring low on the S.A.T.s, Hammer finds out that his scores aren't good enough for him to be able to be admitted into any of the colleges that he's planned on applying to. But when he learns that Duke University is sending a scout to watch him play basketball, he thinks that they won't pay attention to his academic achievements after seeing him on the court. Kristy tries to convince Hammer to take the S.A.T.s again, without much luck. Meanwhile, Julie and Michael's anniversary is coming up and when Mary Beth overhears Michael talking about buying a Ruby guitar, she mistakenly thinks that he's buying Julie a ruby.

Rico meets a girl at the Stadium and asks her out. He's excited about their upcoming date until he starts to get self-conscious about being with a girl that's taller than him. Meanwhile, Mary Beth accidentally gets throws Hammer's lucky jacket away and it's up to her and Kristy to find it before Hammer finds out.

After getting his first credit card to use in case of emergencies, Silk uses it a little too often and racks up a large debt. In order to pay off his bill, Rico, Hammer, and he decide to buy a television and raffle it off at the school dance. However, the plan comes to a halt when the TV gets broken in the school hallway. The guys use the team van to drive to Rico's uncle who can repair the TV, only to have the van break down on the way. They stop off to at an auto shop to have the van fixed, but Silk's credit card is maxed out and they can't pay for the repairs, leaving them stranded. Meanwhile, Mary Beth and Michael try and keep quiet about the fact that Julie has been named Indiana state player of the month. But when Julie and Kristy overhear the coach talking about a proposal (which is really for the announcement about Julie at the dance), they mistakenly think that he's getting married.

In this clip show, the Deering game reminisce about the past year and all of the important events that have taken place. Meanwhile, Mary Beth refuses to leave her room after a famous hairdresser ruins her hair.

The basketball team is thrown into chaos when new transfer Julie Connor tries out for the boys' varsity basketball team, prompting resentment from Team Captain Chris Atwater and jealousy from Head Cheerleaner Mary Beth. Meanwhile Coach Bill Fuller adjusts to his new job, and his new team manager, the enthusiastic Samantha. Danny, Earl and Michael are also introduced.

Mary Beth goes ballistic when she begins to suspect (incorrectly) that Chris and Julie have feelings for each other, leading to a fight between Chris and Mary Beth. Meanwhile, Danny tries to tell Julie that he likes her, but fails everytime.

It's Julie's first game with the Deering Tornadoes and the press are having a field day due to the fact that she is the first female on a boy's basketball team - but when Julie's attention turns to her own fame, her teammates begin to resent her. Meanwhile, Earl gives Mary Beth a pig in return for saving his life!

Michael's ego is crushed after he misses two free throws causing Deering to lose a big game, and he struggles with his loss of self-confidence until he gets a surprise visit from his idol, Detroit Piston's star Grant Hill (in a cameo role) who gives him a word of advice. Meanwhile, Samantha gives Danny lessons on how win Julie's heart, but it's Sam who falls for Danny.

When Coach Fuller introduces a different line-up to improve the team's performance, Chris quits as captain becasue he doesn't like his new lower scoring guard position - only to be replaced by Danny who lets it go to his head! Meanwhile, Michael takes a job at Earl's farm with... disappointing results.

Earl must pass a history test...otherwise he won't play in the crucial game against rival Dover high - sadly for Earl, he gets distracted by the advances of Linda Cantrell, whose motives in going after Earl may be less than pure. Meanwhile, Danny and Julie engage in a ""prank war"".

Chris and Mary Beth don't seem to agree on anything in their relationship, and the situation only becomes worse when Mary Beth goes out on a date with an old schoolmate without telling Chris! Meanwhile, the team heads to Coach Fuller's to watch a Tyson fight on a Saturday, which presents a problem for Danny who usually goes out on a date with Sam on Saturday nights.

Michael runs against Mary Beth for 'Student President', in order to save Earl's ""Future Farmers"" club from Mary Beth's pals who plan to replace it with the ""Gold Card Club"". Meanwhile, Chris and Julie bet on which of the attractive female teachers Coach Fuller will ask out on a date.

After an unexpected loss, the gang argue with one another but when a blizzard hits, everyone, except Michael, gets trapped in the gym over the weekend, including Mary Beth who is the ""parent"" of a baby doll for a class project. Meanwhile, Julie tries to cool things off with Chris because ""teammates can't be together""!

When Mary Beth's dad forces her to get a job, she decides to be the manager at the 'Sports Shack' store, where most of the gang work. Meanwhile, a visit by Russian exchange students brings romance for Earl but headaches for Michael, who just wants a ""Russian babe"", but ends up with more than he can handle.

Danny's parents are out of town so he stays with Coach Fuller... Unfortunately for Coach Fuller, Danny ends up inviting nearly the whole school over!

When Mary Beth finds out that Julie and Chris have been secretly dating, she tries to hide her true feelings for Chris, until Earl inspires her to write a poem about her broken heart.

Julie is annoyed when Chris resorts to an old habit to play well in the championship tournament... A good luck kiss from Mary Beth! Meanwhile, Danny is having a hard time saying the ""L"" word to Sam.