favor, every other councillor votes to end the lockdown. Carter prepares to leave, but discovers the team is refusing to play, choosing to continue with their studying and hold to their goal. Cruz, whom Carter had repeatedly asked "what is your deepest fear," answers by quoting from A Return to Love. Carter decides to stay, and the team soon succeeds in their academic goal. Kenyon reunites with Kyra, learning she had an abortion. She said to him that she had a choice to make and she made it, for herself. They make up, and Kenyon asks Kyra to come with him to college, to which she agrees. The team play in the State Quarterfinals match against St. Francis, but lose by two points. Though they did not win, Carter expresses his pride that the team came together to persevere, give themselves options, and achieve the "ever elusive victory within." The film ends with the team celebrating with the community, and captions telling the fate of several key players who receive scholarships and go on to college. Cast Samuel L. Jackson as Coach Ken Carter Rob Brown as Kenyon Stone Robert Ri'chard as Damien Carter Rick Gonzalez as Timo Cruz Nana Gbewonyo as Junior Battle Antwon Tanner as Jaron "Worm" Willis Channing Tatum as Jason Lyle Ashanti as Kyra Texas Battle as Maddux Denise Dowse as Principal Garrison Adrienne Bailon as Dominique Dana Davis as Peyton Octavia Spencer as Mrs. Willa Battle Sonya Eddy as Worm's mother Debbi Morgan as Ken Carter's wife Production Production started in mid-2004 and ended in late 2004. Filming locations for the motion picture included, Long Beach, California and Los Angeles. Such locations in Long Beach included St. Anthony High School’s gymnasium. Soundtrack The soundtrack for the film was released by Capitol Records on January 11, 2005. The score for the film was orchestrated by Trevor Rabin. An extensive list of songs are featured on the soundtrack, which differs from the soundtrack recording. The recording includes five songs which were not featured in the film: "About da Game" by Trey Songz; "Balla" by Mack 10 featuring Da Hood; "Beauty Queen" by CzarNok; "What Love Can Do" by Letoya; and "Wouldn't You Like to Ride", by Kanye West, Malik Yusef, and Common. Release Following its cinematic release in theaters, the Region 1 edition of the film was released on DVD in the United States on June 21,