Norway High School (Iowa)

Coordinates: 41°54′11″N 91°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.

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]

Iowa Spring Baseball State Tournament Championships^[3]
*held from 1928-1972*
Year	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 1939-1985*
Year	Winner, score	Loser, score	Site
1965	Norway, 2	Spalding Catholic Granville, 0	Boone
1966	Norway, 4	Goldfield, 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 level*
Year	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