Life in 1967 was simple in small town America until the local bank is robbed and one teenager was able to identify a potential suspect. While searching for the thieves the local basketball team was on a roll winning games and was a serious contender to win the conference championship. One teenager named Porter is pursued by the bank robbers who intend to do away with him as a potential witness and a couple of local teenagers are on his trail to make sure he does not date there girlfriends. The ending is a thriller and everything up to that point has Porter considering whether he can survive.