"When Winning Hurts" is the tale of the 1991 George Washington High School football team and a championship season that tells more than the glory of the gridiron and the pigskin. Beyond touch downs and ten yard fights lies a tale of heart ache and pain, loss and redemption. As the players make their way from game to game, life takes them to the deepest and darkest recesses of themselves. Young men are tested by trials that would break the sturdiest of hearts. Some triumph over their personal demons while others are run through. These remarkable men manage to step up to the challenges they face, and in doing so discover that winning isn't only something that happens on the field, but also in the heart. When Winning Hurts may be about football, but it speaks to the champion within us all.