Norway High School (Iowa)

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.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 school's final baseball season was the subject of the movie The Final Season.

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. 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.[http://www.seanastin.com/cin06finalseason.htm The Final Season]

class="wikitable" \|+ Iowa Spring Baseball State Tournament Championships{{Cite web\| title=Summer state championship results \| url=http://www.iahsaa.org/baseball/Archives/BaseStateChamp_results.pdf \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625170124/http://www.iahsaa.org/baseball/Archives/BaseStateChamp_results.pdf \| archive-date=2008-06-25}} 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

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|+ Iowa Spring Baseball State Tournament Championships{{Cite web| title=Summer state championship results | url=http://www.iahsaa.org/baseball/Archives/BaseStateChamp_results.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625170124/http://www.iahsaa.org/baseball/Archives/BaseStateChamp_results.pdf | archive-date=2008-06-25}}

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

class="wikitable" \|+ Iowa Fall Baseball State Tournament Championships. 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 \| Visitation Catholic (Stacyville), 0 \| Boone
1968 \| Norway, 3 \| St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 0 \| Boone
1970 \| Norway, 5 \| OLGC Catholic (Fonda), 1 \| Norway
1972 \| Norway, 1 \| St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 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 \| St. Mary's Catholic (Remsen), 6 \| Boone
colspan="4" align="left"\| *5 inning game

class="wikitable"

|+ Iowa Fall Baseball State Tournament Championships.

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

| Visitation Catholic (Stacyville), 0

| Boone

1968

| Norway, 3

| St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 0

| Boone

1970

| Norway, 5

| OLGC Catholic (Fonda), 1

| Norway

1972

| Norway, 1

| St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 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

| St. Mary's Catholic (Remsen), 6

| Boone

colspan="4" align="left"| *5 inning game

class="wikitable" \|+ Iowa Summer Baseball State Tournament Championships. 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 \| St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 6
1990 \| Norway, 4 \| North Tama (Traer), 3
1991** \| Norway, 7 \| South Clay (Gillett Grove), 4
rowspan="2" colspan="3" align="left"\| 5 inning game *8 inning game

class="wikitable"

|+ Iowa Summer Baseball State Tournament Championships.

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

| St. John Catholic (Bancroft), 6

1990

| Norway, 4

| North Tama (Traer), 3

1991**

| Norway, 7

| South Clay (Gillett Grove), 4

rowspan="2" colspan="3" align="left"| *5 inning game

**8 inning game

Notable alumni

Mike Boddicker - Former MLB player{{cite web|last=Wulf|first=Steve|title=He Has Returned To His Roots|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1983/12/19/619683/he-has-returned-to-his-roots|publisher=Sports Illustrated|accessdate=May 5, 2014|authorlink=Steve Wulf|page=3|date=December 19, 1983}}
Bruce Kimm - Former MLB player, coach, and manager
Hal Trosky - Former MLB player

References

External links

[http://www.norwaybaseball.com Norway Baseball - Movie Tie-in Website]
[http://www.finalseason.com The Final Season - Official Movie Website]

Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1991

Category:Defunct schools in Iowa

Category:Norwegian-American culture in Iowa

Category:Schools in Benton County, Iowa

Category:1991 disestablishments in Iowa