New York High School Football Finals: Team Spirit

The Community School was already buzzing early that morning. Students of all ages trudged from the dorms toward the cafeteria, yawning as they went.

A large group of younger students had just reached the cafeteria entrance when they noticed something was off. At this time of day, the cafeteria was usually at its liveliest, but today it was unusually quiet.

A bunch of clueless boys crept up to the cafeteria doors, only to find their principal, Alvin, mercilessly beating up several starters from the football team.

The school's most famous running back, "Lightning" William, was crouched on the ground with his arms over his head, letting out pained yelps.

The team's other two starters, "Road Bully" and "Landlord," kept their heads down and covered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

Alvin had left for the school first thing the next morning. Nick had just finished surgery and needed to be observed by Dr. Eide for a while, and Frank had insisted on staying with him. So Alvin had volunteered to take over the Director of the Punisher's Office's duties.

But the moment Alvin arrived at school, he saw a few boys from the team jumping from the second floor of the classroom building. It scared him half to death.

So those boys were in for it...

The team's head coach, Bill, came running over from the classroom building. He'd only just arrived at school himself, and now this had happened.

He handed Alvin a form. Coach Bill rubbed his bald head and said helplessly, "Principal Alvin, this is what they were doing..."

Alvin held up a hand to stop Bill, then glanced at the form in his hand and realized it was a report card.

After examining it closely, Alvin was so exasperated by the foolish boys that