Yes it's as corny as Kansas in August, but this admittedly formulaic sports drama is base on a true story and has something important to say about the fate of many small Midwestern American towns whose popular sports teams fall victim to school consolidation.
As the final semester of the 1990 school year is about to begin at Iowa's Belle Plaine High School, teacher and girl's volleyball coach Kent Stock (Sean Astin) is preparing to close one chapter of his life and begin another: Come June, he'll be moving to St. Louis where he'll begin a new career working in a bank. But before he does, Kent will get a shot a long-standing dream: To serve as assistant coa...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG
Length:
118 mins