Norway High School (Iowa)

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Coordinates: 41°54′11″N91°55′37″W / 41.903°N 91.927°W / 41.903; -91.927 Norway High School was a high school located in the town of Norway, Iowa. It was closed after the 1990–1991 school year, and the majority of students were merged into Benton Community High School. [1] The school's final baseball season was the subject of the movie The Final Season .

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Baseball program

The storied Norway High School baseball team amassed twenty Iowa state titles, with the first coming in 1965, and the last in their final season in 1991. Norway competed in the 1A class, the class for the smallest of school districts, of Iowa high school athletics. [1] Their final season was coached by Kent Stock, who took over for a retiring Jim Van Scoyoc, who had previously won three state coach of the year awards, and one national coach of the year award. [2]

Iowa Spring Baseball State Tournament Championships [3]
held from 1928-1972
YearWinner, scoreLoser, scoreSite
1967Norway, 4Mason City, 2Mason City
1968Norway, 18Decorah, 6Mason City


Iowa Fall Baseball State Tournament Championships. [3]
held from 1939-1985
YearWinner, scoreLoser, scoreSite
1965Norway, 2Spalding Catholic (Granville), 0Boone
1966Norway, 4Goldfield, 1Boone
1967Norway, 4Visitation Catholic (Stacyville), 0Boone
1968Norway, 3St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 0Boone
1970Norway, 5OLGC Catholic (Fonda), 1Norway
1972Norway, 1St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 0Boone
1974Spalding Catholic (Granville), 3Norway, 2Boone
1979Norway, 9Prescott, 0Boone
1982*Norway, 13Palmer, 1Boone
1983Norway, 8St. Mary's Catholic (Remsen), 6Boone
*5 inning game


Iowa Summer Baseball State Tournament Championships. [3]
held from 1946-present
All championships won at 1A level
YearWinner, scoreLoser, score
1983*Norway, 11Treynor, 0
1984Norway, 4Paullina, 1
1987Norway, 9St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 6
1990Norway, 4North Tama (Traer), 3
1991**Norway, 7South Clay (Gillett Grove), 4
*5 inning game

**8 inning game

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ The Final Season
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.iahsaa.org/baseball/Archives/BaseStateChamp_results.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. 1 2 3 Wulf, Steve (December 19, 1983). "He Has Returned To His Roots". Sports Illustrated. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2014.


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