- Norway High School (Iowa)
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Coordinates: 41°54′11″N 91°55′37″W / 41.903°N 91.927°W 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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Norway High School Baseball
The Norway High School baseball team was legendary. They 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] The school has not won a state championship since the merger.
Iowa Spring Baseball State Tournament Championships[3]
held from 1928-1972Year Winner, score Loser, score Site 1967 Norway, 4 Mason City, 2 Mason City 1968 Norway, 18 Decorah, 6 Mason City Iowa Fall Baseball State Tournament Championships.[3]
held from 1939-1985Year Winner, score Loser, score Site 1965 Norway, 2 Spalding Catholic Granville, 0 Boone 1966 Norway, 4 Goldville, 1 Boone 1967 Norway, 4 Stacyville, Marian, 0 Boone 1968 Norway, 3 Bancroft St. John, 0 Boone 1970 Norway, 5 Fonda OLGC, 1 Norway 1972 Norway, 1 Bancroft St. John , 0 Boone 1974 Spalding Catholic Granville, 3 Norway, 2 Boone 1979 Norway, 9 Prescott, 0 Boone 1982* Norway, 13 Palmer, 1 Boone 1983 Norway, 8 Remsen St. Mary's, 6 Boone *5 inning game Iowa Summer Baseball State Tournament Championships.[3]
held from 1946-present
All championships won at 1A levelYear Winner, score Loser, score 1983* Norway, 11 Treynor, 0 1984 Norway, 4 Paullina, 1 1987 Norway, 9 Bancroft St. John, 6 1990 Norway, 4 North Tama Traer, 3 1991** Norway, 7 South Clay Gillett Grove, 4 *5 inning game **8 inning game
Notable alumni
- Mike Boddicker - Former MLB player
- Bruce Kimm - Former MLB player, coach, and manager
- Hal Trosky - Former MLB player
References
- ^ a b Rodell, D., 2006. Diamond is Norway's best friend. Daily Iowan, [internet]29 June. 1-2. Available at http://media.www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2006/06/29/Sports/Diamond.Is.Norways.Best.Friend-2119421.shtml [accessed 24 May 2008]
- ^ The Final Season
- ^ a b c http://www.iahsaa.org/baseball/Archives/BaseStateChamp_results.pdf
External links
Categories:- High schools in Iowa
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1991
- Defunct schools in the United States
- Schools in Benton County, Iowa
- Iowa stubs
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