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THE TOP TWENTY - REEL
STORY VERSUS REAL STORY
1. Reel: 1991 Championship was played at Veterans
Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, IA
Real: 1991 Championship was played at
Marshalltown IA High School field
2. Reel: A boy from Chicago who smoked/drugs
played on the team & lived with his Norway grandparents.
Real: No boy from Chicago played
on the team. Norway players did not smoke, drink or do drugs.
3. Reel: The bus driver had a heart attack while
driving the bus.
Real: The father of one of the players
used to drive the bus but had a heart attack behind the
bleachers
in the last inning of the final championship game.
4. Reel: One of the players quit before the 1991
summer season.
Real: Tyson Kimm quit to join his
major league father, Bruce Kimm in San Diego.
Tyson
was later drafted by the Phillies.
5. Reel: Norway did a nine minute infield drill.
Real: Norway did a nine minute infield
drill prior to each game.
6. Reel: Norway ball players played hard rubber
behind the school.
Real: Norway ball players played
hard rubber against the side of the old gym.
7. Reel: Norway won 20 of the 29 state championships
they qualified for.
Real: Norway won 20 of the 29 state
championships they qualified for & they have 5 runner up trophies.
8. Reel: Coach Van Scoyoc was a farmer & industrial
arts teacher.
Real: Coach Van Scoyoc was an industrial
arts teacher in a farming community.
9. Reel: Coach Kent Stock coached volleyball
at Belle Plaine, IA
Real: Coach Kent Stock coached volleyball
at Belle Plaine, IA.
10. Reel: Norway sent 15 players to the minor leagues & three
to the majors.
Real: Norway sent 15 players to
the minor leagues & three to the majors. Many others played college ball.
11. Reel: Crowds of people came and watched practice sessions.
Real: Crowds of people did not watch
practice sessions.
12. Reel: Norway had a convenience store, grocery store & barber
shop.
Real: Norway did have a convenience
store, grocery store & barber shop, however, the only one
remaining
is the convenience store.
13. Reel: Kent Stock had a romance with the lady from the
state department of education.
Real: Kent Stock did not have a
romance with a lady from the state department of education.
14. Reel: Someone filled the dugout with volleyballs.
Real: No one filled the dugout with
volleyballs.
15. Reel: The newspaper reporter was rather obnoxious.
Real: The newspaper reporter was
a great guy.
16. Reel: A little girl sang the Star Spangled Banner at
the last championship game.
Real: The Star Spangled Banner was
sung by a high school student, however, there was a little girl from
Norway
who sang the Star Spangled Banner at Norway home games.
17. Reel: In the last inning a Norway player intentionally
got on base by getting hit by a pitched ball.
Real: This did not happen. However,
a player who was 0-3 for the game got the hit that tied the game.
18. Reel: The Norway players received a welcome home riding
on a fire truck.
Real: Norway players always received
a fire truck ride after a championship.
19. Reel: Coach Jim Van Scoyoc quit before the last season
to coach with the Detroit Tigers.
Real: Coach Jim Van Scoyoc quit
before the last season to coach with the Detroit Tigers.
20. Reel: Kent Stock was a teacher/coach who went to work
in a bank.
Real: Kent stock was a teacher/principal/coach
who now works in a bank.
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