Set in the mid-1980s, a small Texas town is rocked by a love triangle that takes place at its junior high school. Principal Hurley Fontenot leaves his wife to be with the pretty, young new school clerk, Laura Nugent. Their relationship is blossoming, that is until Billy Mac Fleming comes to town. Fleming, the new football coach, swept Laura off her feet. Both men wanted her, but only one could have her. It was a classic showdown of brains versus brawn. They would all end up heartbroken, but one would end up in a dark, desolate ditch, the victim of an execution-style murder.