The 1984 SCOL football season was about to begin, and there was no clear-cut favorite. Any one of five schools could win the coveted gold football, or, at least, the league championship. Circleville, Hillsboro, Wilmington, Washington C.H. and Miami Trace all appeared to have a legitimate shot. McClain and Madison-Plains, most people thought, would slug it out for the bottom two rungs on the league ladder.