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 How do you want to be remembered?
In the small town of Norway, Iowa, everyone comes together for high school baseball. But life throws curve balls; and the passionate young players, rookie coach Kent Stock (Sean Astin), and the hometown fans find that life's greatest challenges strike off the diamond. 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.
Kent Stock (Sean Astin) had some mighty big cleats to fill when he stepped in for Jim Van Scoyoc (Powers Booth), head coach of the Norway Tigers, the most formidable high school baseball team in the history of Iowa. A school with only 100 students in a town of 586 people, the beloved Tigers won 20 State Championships in 26 years and the admiration of the entire town. Claiming that Norway grew ballplayers "like corn," Coach Van Scoyoc picked a winning team of 14 boys year after year, young men who grew up watching their older brothers, family and friends win state titles before them, and like a lucky glove passed down through generations, the coveted championship trophy was now theirs to win.
But in 1991 the Norway School Board decided it was going to merge Norway with a nearby high school in Madison, thereby shutting the school forever and crushing the town's hope of keeping their baseball tradition alive. Turning a deaf ear on the community's cries of protest, town officials refused to renew Coach Van Scoyoc's contract, and hired Kent Stock, a former girls volleyball coach, to lead the team in their final season.
Suddenly apathy instead of cheers met the Norway Tigers and their coach. Rumor had it that a Tee Ball player had a better chance of hitting a Nolan Ryan fastball than the Norway Tigers had of taking their 20th State Championship. Even the boys on the team had given up, fumbling grounders and dropping flies that they could have once fielded in their sleep.
But the rookie coach wasn't about to let the Tigers or the town give up. Like the champion he expected each one of them to be, Stock challenged the boys with words to live by: "Ask yourself one question," he said. "How do you want to be remembered?" Their collective answer made the Tigers start acting like the accomplished ballplayers they knew how to be. And as the team rallied, so did the town. The players, the coach and all of Norway began to believe that the Tigers had one more victory in them before the school closed forever. How did the Norway Tigers want to be remembered? As winners!
Based on the true story of one of the greatest dynasties in high school baseball history, The Final Season is about digging deep within to find the courage to triumph against all odds.
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from Yari Film Group
Directed by
David M. Evans
Starring
Sean Astin (Kent Stock)
Powers Boothe (Jim Van Scoyoc)
Rachael Leigh Cook (Polly Hudson)
Michael Angarano (Mitch Akers)
Matthew W. Allen (Umpire)
Tom Arnold (Burt Akers)
Mackenzie Astin (Chip Dolan)
Marshall Bell (Harvey Makepeace)
Holly Bonelli (Jen Maples)
Parisse Boothe (Jean Marie)
Jill Brockhohn (Student)
Jim Brockhohn (Administrator)
Jimmy Brockhohn (Student)
Dayton Callie (Mr. Stewart)
Brett Claywell (Patrick Iverson)
Michael Cornelison (Father Schultz)
David Davis (Fan)
Eddie Driscoll (Larry Johnson)
James Gammon (Jared Akers)
Kim Grimaldi (Mrs. Stewart)
Jesse Henecke (Principal Halberstrom)
Lucinda Jenney (Sheryl Van Scoyoc)
Nick Livingston (Kevin Stewart)
Larry Miller (Roger Dempsey)
Roscoe Myrick (Sammy)
Angela Paton (Ann Akers)
Lindsey Pena (Tabby)
Alexander Roos (Steve Myers)
Danielle Savre (Cindy Iverson)
James Serpento (Sam Rydell)
Mark Yuhasz (Young Farmer)
Written by
Art D'Alessandro
James Grayford
Rated: 
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The Final Season (DVD)
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High School Baseball: How to Create and Run a Winning Program
by David A. Rositano
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