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Riley.
    It was his first touch of the game, and there were severalyards of open water ahead of him. He stroked toward the middle, keeping his head up as a mob of opponents swam toward him.
    Riley treaded his legs hard, lifting the ball with one hand and rising up as if to shoot. Just as two opponents were almost upon him, he tossed the ball to Barry, halfway to the goal and wide open.
    Barry feigned a shot and flipped the ball to Vinnie, who had a dead-on angle at the goal. He threw it high and hard, past the reaching arm of the goaltender and into the net.
    “Yes!” shouted Barry, smacking the water.
    The Cabin 3 players swam back to their end.
    “Great pass, fat boy!” said Vinnie, punching Barry on the shoulder.
    “Two
great passes!” said Tony. “Smart work!”
    By halftime, they were exhausted. Riley climbed onto the dock with the others and sprawled flat on his back.
    “You’ll be out for now, but stay ready,” Shawn told him. “You did a great job.”
    Cabin 1 started to dominate in the second half. Patrick Monahan had taken over Riley’s spot on the defensive end, and he was not a strong swimmer. Vinnie had moved into the goalie position, and he got bombarded with shots. The score was soon tied.
    Midway through the half, Shawn sent Riley back intothe water. “Sub for Eldon,” he said. “Keep up the strong defense, but don’t be afraid to attack. We need another goal!”
    So Riley watched for an opportunity. Hernando took a long shot that was deflected and spun to an open side of the Cabin 1 defensive zone. Riley reacted quickly and raced toward the ball. Barry, Hernando, and two defenders were in pursuit as well.
    Straining with every stroke, Riley reached the ball first, but he knew he’d be going under. He hugged the ball tight as a strong pair of hands pushed his shoulders down. Riley kicked to try to get free, but the buoyancy of the ball prevented him from going deeper.
    Suddenly the defender let Riley go, and he scrambled up to see that Hernando had dunked the guy. Riley stroked toward the center as two more opponents swam toward him. Tony, now on offense, was open to the right of the goal, waving his arms.
    Riley faked left, then threw the ball to Tony. His shot bonked off the side of the goal and fell to the water several feet in front. As the goalie lunged toward it, Barry swooped in and flicked the ball over his head and into the net. Cabin 3 had taken the lead!
    “How much time?” Riley called to Shawn as he swam back.
    “About three minutes,” Shawn called. “Defense!”
    With a big surge of energy, Riley moved toward the Cabin 1 player who was bringing up the ball. Barry got there first, putting the guy under and taking control of the ball.
    On the attack again, Cabin 3 finally got some teamwork going and passed the ball effectively. The ball came to Riley, then back to Hernando, then over to Tony.
    Clearly frustrated, the Cabin 1 players chased after the ball. They seemed more tired than Riley’s team, and time was running out. Tony fired a high, hard shot toward the corner of the goal, and the ball landed solidly in the back of the net.
    Fist up, Riley let out a deep breath. This game was theirs now, and he’d played a big role. The whistle blew, and they climbed out of the water with a victory.
    The sun was overhead, and there was barely a cloud. Dinner was several hours away.
    “Into the boats!” shouted Barry. “Time to catch some bass.”
    Several of them had brought fishing gear. They hurried to the other side of the dock and signed up for boats. A lot of rowboats and canoes were already out on the lake, with pairs or trios in orange life vests.
    Riley stood aside as the Monahans and Vinnie climbed into one boat; Hernando, Kirby, and Eldon into another; and Tony, Colin, and Diego into the third.
    The boats shoved off, with the campers whooping and laughing about their big win. Barry slapped the lake with an oar and sent a splash of water into Tony’s boat, but nobody