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HIGH SCHOOL

Exploring great Indiana high school gyms

Indianapolis Star

Aug. 10, 2016Updated March 2, 2023, 2:20 p.m. ET

A packed house: Fans from Connersville and New Castle fill nearly every seat for a 2017 sectional game. With 9,325 seats, New Castle's is the nation's largest high school gym. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Columbus East High School in Columbus, Indiana, on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
The Columbus North junior varsity basketball team faces off against the Seymour Owls at Columbus North High School's Memorial Gymnasium on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
Fans watch as the Gary West Side Cougars' junior varsity team faces off against the East Chicago Central Cardinals at West Side Leadership Academy in Gary, Ind., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
Fans watch as the Richmond Red Devils face off against the Kokomo Wildkats inside Tiernan Hall in Richmond, Ind., on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.
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Gym in Decker was used from 1916-1958. School consolidated into South Knox. Basket still there.
Matt Stainbrook, 17, left, and Cole Bartlett, 14, right, warm up on a goal outside the Economy gym before their turn to play inside on the old high school gym floor Wednesday, March 11, 2009. The old 1924 gym opens its doors one night a week for kids in the community to play basketball. High school players in Economy now attend school in Hagerstown but the old gym has been preserved. (Mike Fender / The Star)
The Tiger Den, Warsaw Community High School's gymnasium, in Warsaw, Ind., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.
Fans watch as the Michigan City Wolves face off against the Portage Indians inside the Wolves Den gymnasium on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.
Fans watch as the Seymour Owls and Madison Cubs face off at Seymour High School's Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.
Pinnell HS (1928-1964) (“the Purple Dragons”) (gym used for high school games 1927-1964) consolidated into Granville Wells HS, then Western Boone HS.
The Waveland Gym, built in 1937 attached to the Waveland Elementary School, Wednesday, Oct. 10 2018. The school and gym will be up for sale on auction next month,
The facility that once housed Laurel High School, which closed in 1989, is now a public basketball gymnasium and community center in Laurel, Ind., Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. As Laurel's livelihood dwindles, the gymnasium is a piece of history and symbol of hope for community members who have fought to maintain it.
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Inside the former Michigantown School gym on Monday, June 17, 2019. The gym was home to the Ganders.
Wilbur Rule Memorial Gym, located in Michigantown, Ind., on Monday, June 17, 2019. The gym is now used as a community center.
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The Little York gym in Washington County, home of the Wildcats, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration. Photographed in 2010.
Riverside Argonauts' Jaheim Wade (2) grabs his own rebound and puts the ball back up for the score against the Lighthouse South Bulldogs at Riverside High School in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The nautical themed high school is in the former Heslar Naval Armory and includes murals and naval memorabilia.
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The nautical theme at the Riverside High School gym is a nod to its former life as the Heslar Naval Armory and includes murals and naval memorabilia.
Westview's Charlie Yoder (5) and Bethany Christian's Jack VonGunten (44) fight for the tip at the Westview Junior and Senior High School on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. The school is located in Topeka in LaGrange County.
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The Morocco gym held it’s first varsity basketball game since 1967 on December 15, 2018. The gym was built in 1936 as home to the Morocco Beavers.
Over 8,000 fans filled Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium in Seymour to watch the Class 4A regional in 2018. The main attraction was New Albany senior Romeo Langford.
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Broad Ripple High School gym saw its last game in 2017.
The former Bourbon High School gym in 2010. The Marshall County gym was built in 1928 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 and serves as a community building for the town. The bell anchored at the front of the building original hunt in the bell tower of Bourbon College.
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The old Culver gym was built in 1929 and is not part of Culver Elementary. Photo taken in 2010.
The old Culver gym was built in 1929 and is not part of Culver Elementary. Photo taken in 2010.
The exterior of the Ellettsville gym in 2009. The gym and school was used for community events, home -school basketball games and roller derby.
Muncie Fieldhouse was built in 1928, the 7,635-seat capacity was for many years the largest high school basketball venue in the country.
Paris Crossing High School gym in Jennings County in 2010. The gym was had a relatively short life, built in 1953 and last used as a high school gym in 1961.
The George Washington High School Continentals gym is home two two IHSAA state championship teams - 1964-65 and 1968-69.
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The Waveland Gym, built in 1937 attached to the Waveland Elementary School, Wednesday, Oct. 10 2018. The school and gym will be up for sale on auction late fall of 2018.
Lebanon's Memory Hall was built in 1931 and last used as a high school gym in 1968. It was one of the gyms featured in the movie "Hoosiers."
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The famed Wigwam in Anderson hosted its final game in February 2011. Anderson had lost 11 games in a row, but its last game in the gym was a win. When the horn sounded on the IndiansÕ 47-42 victory over Bishop Chatard, fans rushed the court. The current Wigwam (the first one burned) opened in 1961 as the second largest high school gym behind only New Castle's. The Wigwam has been bought by a real estate company that specializes in Section 42 affordable housing.
The Boswell and Warren Central elementary school basketball teams pause to sing the national anthem before fifth- and sixth-grade games on Jan 8, 1983. They were the last boys basketball games in the 54-year-old gym, which was razed to make way for a new gym.
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George Boyd, principal at Shelbyville High School looks over the school’s new 6,000 seat, oval-shaped gymnasium in 1967. The gym was renamed the William L. Garrett Memorial Gymnasium in 1974.
A packed gym at the last Bronchos basketball game at the old Jefferson High School gym on January 21, 1977.
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The Springville gym was built in 1936 and last used as a high school gym in 1942 when Springville students started attending Oolitic. The building was then used as a community center. Farmers in the area paid their taxes with fieldstone to construct the gym. Fire devastated the building in 2016, leaving just the shell of the gym.
The ivy covered exterior of the Jimtown gym - former home of the Jimmies.
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The old style gym that served Bristol High School in Elkhart County was built in the early 1920s. Banners of area schools hang from ceiling. The school now houses the Elkhart County Historical Museum and the former gym is used as a community room.
Retro action: Brownsburg plays West Lafayette at the old Brownsburg gym in 2008. Some Bulldogs alumni attended the game and were recognized between the JV and varsity games. The gym housed Bulldogs games between 1957-2001, and later became a city parks recreation center. Charlie Nye/IndyStar
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The By Hey Arena at Fort Wayne North Side was named for Byard Hey, former coach at North Side for 31 years. The gym was dedicated in 2004. The former gymnasium hosted the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons until 1952. That gym was repurposed into the schools library.
The North Side Gym on the campus of North Side Middle School in Elkhart is the home court for Elkhart Memorial and Elkhart Central varsity basketball teams. When it was built in 1957, it was the largest high school gym in the country seating 8,200. After renovations the number dropped to 7,373, but still putting the gym in the number eight spot on the top fifteen largest gyms in the country.
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The 2004 Class 3A boys basketball champion Mater Dei Wildcats of Evansville are honored by family and friends at their homecoming celebration in the gymnasium. Built in the late 1940s, the gym seats 2,016.
The 5,509-seat domed Case Arena in Frankfort hosted Lafayette Central Catholic and Daleville in a 2008 regional game. Central Catholic's Cameron Loepker shoots over Daleville's Chris Everling. On the other side of the basket, Dru Anthrop boxes out on Tyler Phillips. Andrew Hancock/Journal & Courier
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Ready for action: Franklin High School opened a new gym in 2008. Parents and students got a sneak peek before the Grizzly Cubs took the floor in the fall.
Friends and families pack the bleachers as they wait for the start of a celebration in the high school gymnasium at Henryville schools on Dec. 17, 2012. The school was rebuilt after a devastating tornado. Joe Vitti/IndyStar
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Evansville’s Bosse and Memorial go head to head int he Class 3A Boonville sectional final on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Bosse defeated Memorial 67-62.
The Southridge junior varsity and freshman girls basketball teams take a rest when the varsity takes control of the floor at the Huntingburg Memorial Gymnasium for full-court drills.
The stands were packed as fans watched Noblesville take on Carmel in 2008. The Greyhounds beat Noblesville 61-45 Monday, March 3, 2008 in the IHSAA Boy's Basketball Sectional held at Carmel High School.
The scene before a a girls basketball game on Nov. 21, 2008, between Jeffersonville and Silver Creek at the Nachand Fieldhouse in Jeffersonville.
Built in 1924, "The Cave" in Mishawaka, is Indiana's oldest high school gym still in use. It's low ceiling and close walls give it the tight feeling of being in a cave, but is known by players as a "shooters gym".
The Morristown High School gym was sold out for the showdown between No. 1 ranked Morristown and No. 3 Hauser in 1998. It was the first time in the school’s history the gym has been sold out for a basketball game.
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Heritage Christian and Crawford County battle for a Class 2A semistate title in 2017 at Richmond's Tiernan Center.
The New Castle High School boys basketball team warms up for second half action of their victorious game against Roncalli in 2006 at the New Castle Fieldhouse. The Fieldhouse is the largest high school gymnasium in the world.
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Hatchet House, Washington The Zeller brothers Luke, Tyler and Cody all called the Hatchet House home and all were named IndyStar Indiana Mr. Basketball. The facility was built in 1967 in basketball-crazy Washington with a capacity of 7,090 fans. The original Hatchet House, built in 1925, still stands next door and is used as the junior high facility.
As play winds down in the evening, a youth checks to see if his ride home has shown up yet outside the old high school gym in Economy, In. on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. The old 1924 gym opens its doors one night a week for kids in the community to play basketball. High school players in Economy now attend school in Hagerstown but the old gym has been preserved. In the evening the lights from the gym seem to glow through the old windows.
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A player launches a shot during an open gym night at the Economy gym in Wayne Co. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. The old 1924 gym opens its doors one night a week for kids in the community to play basketball. High school players in Economy now attend school in Hagerstown but the old gym has been preserved. (Mike Fender / The Star)
Southport Fieldhouse. Built in 1957 (the first game was played there in 1958) with a capacity of 7,124, the Southport Fieldhouse is high school basketball perfection.

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