4. The Heart of the Game
Site rank 3, IMDb rank 10; Overall Score 13
Directed by Ward Serrill
The Roosevelt Roughriders are a high school girls’ team, coached by a rookie coach, Bill Resler. Despite their underdog status, the team manages to qualify for the state championship tournament, but loses their first game. Two years later, they get a much-needed boost in star player Darnellia Russell. Their path to the championship is interrupted when Russell becomes pregnant. The movie documents her fight to remain eligible to play for Roosevelt Roughriders against the bureaucracy of the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association).
