Guest Stars Brad Leland as Buddy Garrity Dora Madison Burge as Becky Sproles Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Angela Collette D.W. Moffett as Joe McCoy Jeremy Sumpter as Joe Doyle "J.D." McCoy Lorraine Toussaint as Bird Merriweather Co Starring Derek Phillips as Billy Riggins Blue Deckert as Mac McGill Timothy F. Crowley as Coach Crowley David Cowgill as Slammin' Sammy Meade Stacey Oristano as Mindy Collette Aaron Spivey-Sorrells as Coach Spivey Russell DeGrazier as Coach Stan Traub Lamarcus Tinker as Dallas Tinker Troy Hogan as Principal Levi Burnwell Drew Waters as Wade Aikmen Lawrence Varnado as Mo Hall Danny James Hunter as Deacon Floyd Malone David Born as Superintendent Paul Dunley Joshua D. Moody as Moody Kevin Saunders as Lester Daniels Cedric Neal as Kennard Royce Todd Terry as William Simmons Chris Freihofer as Jake Reisen Amparo Garcia-Crow as Midwife Michael Crabtree as Sheriff Emerico McClinton as Police Officer #1 Devin Jacobson as Police Officer #2 Cynthia Jackson as Rita Brown Ausar Moore as Befuddled Lion Charlene Gorman as Hospital Adminstrator Uncredited John Christian Love as Lions Player #2