 CONT: In the first practice, Buddy and Whit both quit the team. Soon  after, Coach Dale allows Whit to rejoin the team at the request of  Whit and his father. But later in the season and through the  tournament, Buddy is also playing on the team, even though he was  never showed rejoining the team. A deleted scene with Buddy  rejoining the team was cut to reduce the films running time.