Watch the final season movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Kent stock disrupts his life to become coach of the norway high school baseball team and try to lead them to victory. Its highschool team is the winner of many state championships, and the coach, jim van scoyoc powers boothe, is national coach of the year. Norway, iowa, one of the smallest towns in the midwest, with a fabled sports history. Norway recalls its final season eric frese, kyle schmidt, brad day, brad groff, steve moss, shawn moss, jim walter, jim vanscoyoc, kent stock jeff johnson. The final season clip whered you learn to hit like. For a short history of our town click on the history tab. The team has the best record in the history of the state, and his formidable predecessor, jim van scoyoc powers boothe, is a local legend. This film is based on a true story of a small town in norway, iowa whose high school baseball team is led by the legendary coach jim van scoyoc powers boothe, whos won 19 state championships. A heartwarming underdog tale based on a true story, the final season is set in small town of norway, iowa, where baseball is more than a tradition. Norway would score one run in the bottom of the 7th to beat the quad city 76ers 10 in game 2. Norway is the setting of the movie the final season. With sean astin, powers boothe, rachael leigh cook, jesse henecke. After the norway high school baseball coach, powers boothe jim van scoyoc, loses his job.
The final season is the true story of a coach who inspired his team and brought hope to a town when they needed it most. Norway high school was a high school located in the town of norway, iowa. What are some of the baseball players from the norway. History norway the town on the hill iowa was still indian territory in 1836, when osman tuttle, the norwegian founder of norway made his first trip to the united states, where he founded the town of norway, illinois. In 1991, the streak would end at 20 when our school closed. In 1905 jake kimm a baseball player constructed benton county savings bank in norway, iowa. His latest film, the final season, is based on the true story of a high school baseball teams last season. In 2006, a full length motion picture, the final season was filmed in our town. The final season movie trailer and videos tv guide. Baseball has been played in norway since our civil war veterans got back.
While you are waiting for the world series to begin, enjoy watching this 2007 film about the small town of the norway, iowa, high school baseball team. In 1991, the schools final year, norway would win its last state baseball. In 1965, norway high school won its first state championship. Its highschool team is the winner of many state championships, and the coach, jim van scoyoc powers boothe, is national. In may 1991, norway highs baseball tradition ends on a triumphant but. In the small town of norway, iowa, everyone comes together for high school baseball. When norway s high school must merge with another, he loses his job.
Norway is a small iowa town who holds a lot of pride in its baseball team, who has won 19 state titles in 24 years. Based on a true story, this isnt just a film about winning a baseball trophy. The final season is a 2007 baseball film starring sean astin, rachael leigh cook, tom arnold, powers boothe, larry miller, brett claywell, michael angarano, and marshall bell and directed by david mickey evans. Rachael leigh cook as polly hudson, school board budget officer.
In the small town of norway, iowa, the high school baseball team, led by legendary coach jim van scoyoc powers boothe, tvs deadwood. In the small town of norway, iowa, the high school baseball team, led by legendary coach jim van scoyoc powers boothe, tvs deadwood, has won 19 state championships. The eastern iowa city of norway, which was long known for its high school. Travel iowa is the official tourism website of the state of iowa, the hawkeye state. The final season clip where d you learn to hit like that. Jim van scoyoc coached the legendary norway high school baseball team to 12 state titles from 1972 to 1990 and was a key player in the bitter, unsuccessful battle to prevent the school from closing after the 1991 academic year a story chronicled in the 2007 movie the final season. Norway recalls its final season eric frese, kyle schmidt, brad day, brad groff, steve moss, shawn moss, jim walter, jim vanscoyoc, kent stock. Norway high school baseball the norway high school baseball team was legendary. For decades the norway baseball team epitomized success on the diamond. As life throws curve balls, and the passionate young players, their rookie coach kent stock and the hometown fans find that lifes greatest challenges strike off the diamond. Beliefnet presents an interview with sean astin, the final. But the small town heroes are dealt a series of unexpected blows that threaten. As depicted in the 2007 film, the final season, the nationally recognized norway baseball team came together under inauspicious circumstances. Unfortunately the small town heroes are dealt a series of unexpected blows that.
The final season clip how do you want to be remembered. They amassed twenty iowa state titles, with the first coming in 1965, and the last in their final season in 1991. Iowa baseball museum of norway norway, iowa travel iowa. Iowa was still indian territory in 1836, when osman tuttle, the norwegian founder of. Kent stock disrupts his life to become coach of the norway high school baseball team. The final season dvd university library iowa state. That remodeled building now houses a baseball museum that contains norway baseball history in the form of murals, displays, trophies, pictures, and other historic memorabilia. It is part of the cedar rapids metropolitan statistical area. The norway team is coached by local legend jim van scoyoc who led them to 19 straight state championships. He made it as far as aaa, where he played with the iowa cubs. Home page of the norway baseball museum kent stock web site.
Iowa native tony wilson is the executive producer of the final season and the driving force behind the story line, which focuses on norways final drive to a state championship in 1991. In the small town of norway, iowa everyone comes together for high school baseball. It was closed after the 19901991 school year, and the majority of students were merged into benton community high school. No one from the 1991 norway iowa high school team made it to the major leagues.
Coach van scoyoc says, baseball is the only game on earth where the object is to get home. The iowa man who was the inspiration for the 2007 baseball movie the final season is doing a booksigning in northeast iowa this weekend. Norway high school iowa wikipedia republished wiki 2. In the small town of norway, iowa population 586, everyone believes in the magic of baseball. In may 1991, norway highs baseball tradition ends on a triumphant but somber note as it wins its 20th state championship in its final season. They defied the odds under the leadership of then firstyear head baseball coach, kent stock, and proceeded to win norway s 20th state title. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill their former coachs shoes and that they can go out winners. When the school board threatens to merge the school with the large school of madison, the town is enraged. It was the final season for the school, which consolidated with benton. Norway is a city in benton county, iowa, united states. The film is set during 19891990 in the small town of norway, iowa, where the schools. Osman didnt stop looking for new land to explore, he crossed the mississippi and trekked west into what would become modern day benton county, iowa.
In the summer of 1991 norway highs baseball tradition ended on a triumphant but sombre note. Attractions include state parks, the iowa state fair in des moines, decorah bald eagles, pella tulip festival, amana colonies tours, the mississippi river and dubuque, maquoketa caves state park, and the loess hills. The final season tells the story of the norway high school baseball team that captured its 20th state title in 1991. The legend of norway baseball, which ended when the high school was closed and its students merged into a bigger high school, is about to return, thanks to a movie in the preproduction stages named the final season. From the director of the sandlot comes the true story of an underdog coach and the team that must defend their legacy against insurmountable odds. Norway baseball museum 112 e railroad st, norway, iowa 52318 rated 4.
Norways final season coach pens baseball book radio iowa. Norway celebrated its 150 birthday on august 24, 20, with a parade. That little homily, with its underlying nod to the small town, middleamerican hearth, is the heart and soul of the final season. A new movie hitting the screen this weekend showcases the final season of norway high school s baseball team, a squad from a tiny iowa town that produced 19 state championships and a major league star. The final season, from the director of the sandlot, is based on the true story of the norway, iowa high school baseball team. The schools final baseball season was the subject of the movie the final season.
A video clip of the actual coach stock thanking van scoyoc publicly for the opportunity opens the final scene. Find a tourism map, travel guide and the best things to do in iowa. The eastern iowa city of norway, which was long known for its high school baseball teams before the school closed years ago, has agreed to take ownership of. The final season 2007 baseball rules in the small town of norway, iowa. A movie was made about that final season and we celebrate our towns baseball history at the baseball museum of norway. At walford, in game 1, the geneseo rookies fell to walford 60. The film wrapped production in 2006 in shellsburg, iowa, and cedar rapids. You must be a registered user to use the imdb rating. Jim van scoyoc, who had coached for norway baseball, is heavily. The city is about 17 miles 27 km southwest of downtown cedar rapids. As kent stock sean astin prepares to take over as coach of the tigers, a norway, iowa, high school baseball team, he faces a daunting task. In the small town of norway, iowa, everyone comes together for high.