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Titles in the series (24)
- Clutch Hitter
While playing baseball for the steel company where he works during the summer, high school star athlete Chip Hilton comes up against professionals participating illegally in amateur sport.
- Pitchers' Duel
During his senior year at Valley Falls High School, Chip pitches in the state championship baseball tournament, runs for student mayor, and fights a drive to force Coach Rockwell to retire.
- A Pass and a Prayer
The final season of team captain Chip's football career at Valley Falls High finds him fighting a new coach, who threatens to destroy the fair play, sportsmanship, and good citizenship that have made his team great.
- Strike Three!
When Chip Hilton learns the reason for the animosity shown him by two other members of the baseball team, he finds a way to overcome the problem.
- Hoop Crazy
A smooth-talking man who claims to have played basketball with Chip's father creates dissension on the Valley Falls high school team and plans to use Big Chip's pottery formula in his latest scam.
- Backboard Fever
When an injury prevents him from joining the college basketball team, Chip keeps busy serving as an emergency replacement coach for the high school and participating in an important basket shooting tournament.
- Freshman Quarterback
As a member of the freshman football team at State University, Chip Hilton encounters cliques, rivalries, and a conspiracy by the Booster Association to favor some players over others.
- Fiery Fullback
This final installment finds Chip, now a senior at State, hoping to quarterback the football team all the way to the Rose Bowl-and using his wholesome values to enlist the full support of a troublesome new player.
- Dugout Jinx
After graduating from high school, Chip is invited to join the Parkville Bears as a summer intern and he manages to save the Bears' season--and his own baseball future--from being spoiled by the schemes of an unscrupulous man.
- Touchdown Pass
In the process of learning to go beyond himself and to reach out to others, high school star football player Chip Hilton uncovers an act of sabotage at the local pottery.
- Fence Busters
As the freshman baseball team at State University tries to live up to its nickname, "Fence Busters," Chip must endure an injury and friction with a jealous teammate.
- Championship Ball
Written primarily for boys ages eight to thirteen, this fictional sports series gives young boys what they need most: a hero. First published in the 1940s, each book in the series has been updated to recapture young minds and hearts as it directs boys toward developing high moral character based on biblical values.
- Ten Seconds to Play!
Chip takes a job at a summer camp and meets a talented athlete who may be joining him on the football team at State University, and whose arrogance hides a secret problem.
- Fourth Down Showdown
Chip Hilton and his fellow sophomore stars of State's football team are riding high after their opening victory. State's hopes are suddenly shattered when Chip and his sophomore pals are all suspended for breaking curfew. There's a very good reason why Chip breaks curfew. Chip and his friends decide making the neighborhood a decent place is more important even than playing in State's big game.
- Tournament Crisis
Rivals for a starting assignment on State University's varsity basketball team, Chip Hilton and Jimmy Chung wage a fierce contest for the honor. When Jimmy's father becomes ill, Jimmy must leave State to run the family's restaurant. Chip masterminds a solution that benefits the Chung family, Jimmy, and the State U basketball team.
- Hardcourt Upset
After winning the Holiday Invitational Tournament, State University's basketball team had looked forward to a season of smashing conquests. But when Chip Hilton is benched because of a knee injury and the champs are beaten by their hometown rival, things take a turn for the worse.
- Buzzer Basket
State University’s basketball team is in jeopardy. At mid-season, a new coach, with an entirely different system of play, takes over. And Chip, who had been working too hard at his job at State Drug, his studies, and basketball practice, is temporarily put on the inactive list. The result is almost disastrous for the team. Chip Hilton is faced with one of his most severe challenges. Will he be able to pull the team together again? Can he convince Coach Mike Stone to adopt the type of play that has made the team champions? The inspiring answers await you in Buzzer Basket.
- No-Hitter
Chip Hilton's planned pleasant summer at home in Valley Falls is interrupted when State is selected to represent the United States in a college baseball series with two of Japan's finest teams. Chip and his teammates are thrilled by the opportunity. A trip filled with excitement and adventure, Chip experiences one of the greatest rewards of his young life when he undertakes to help a Japanese college student improve his pitching skill. Tamio Saito's greatest desire is to pitch for his alma mater's baseball team. How Chip wins the championship for his team with an almost unbelievable no-hitter pitching performance will thrill every baseball fan.
- Backcourt Ace
The State University’s basketball team is determined to give Coach Corrigan a proper victory send-off as he prepares to take a sabbatical leave following the Holiday Invitational. However, the State team, even with the nation’s top-scorer Chip Hilton, has trouble, and it could mean defeat in the tournament. They have no one tall enough to go up against their opponent’s giant pivot men, and they have begun the season with three straight losses. The solution seems to present itself when Chip finds seven-foot Branch Phillips, a State junior who has transferred from another college. However, Branch is supporting his mother and three sisters and has no time for basketball. But Chip and his friends overcome by pitting ingenuity and teamwork against all obstacles.
- Pay-Off Pitch
It's baseball season again, and Chip and his sophomore friends hope to build on their freshman success with the varsity team. But cliques within the team and rumors of a NCAA rules violation endanger the team's championship chances. The situation comes to a crisis when Coach Rockwell receives an anonymous tip naming five players as suspects-among them is his number-one pitcher, Chip Hilton!
- Home Run Feud
Chip sees the morale of his baseball team threatened by the arrogant behavior of first baseman and heavy hitter Ben Green.
- Hungry Hurler: The Homecoming
Home for the summer, college athlete Chip Hilton hopes to occupy the restless and destructive young people of the town by involving them in a sports program, with an emphasis on baseball.
- Comeback Cagers
After a hard-luck season and a stunning upset victory over Northern State, the State University basketball team finds out a selection committee has arbitrarily excluded State from National Tournament competition. Chip and Soapy, his best pal, don’t give up as they battle to sustain the morale of their teammates and to change the committee’s ruling.
- Triple-Threat Trouble
Trouble starts at State’s training camp when two obnoxious sophomores, nicknamed the Touchdown Twins, become more interested in personal glory than in team play. This leads to a showdown with Chip. The antagonism grows and eventually engulfs the entire squad to such an extent that an important game is lost. It appears that State’s defense of the conference title is hopeless. But Chip, playing in every game despite an injured shoulder, inspires the team to keep fighting. Through it all, Chip finds time to help a confused high school football star, Skip Miller, make the biggest decision of his life and struggles to convince the Touchdown Twins that you can’t win without team play and a tough, hard-hitting spirit.
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