Smallest High School Gym in Ohio?

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Dec 9, 2012 9:03 PM
I know there is a high school basketball forum but lol.

We had a biddee league game at New Boston (near Portsmouth, right on the river).....that gym maybe held 250 people.

Are there any gyms around smaller?

It only had bleachers on 1 side and had huge concrete poles blocking views of scores of people. Court had a stairway to a balcony that was on part of the court.

School looked like it had been unused for 30 years.
Dec 9, 2012 9:03pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:05 PM
New Boston and I don't think it is close. You couldn't even shoot a 3-pointer due to the balcony overhang. We only scrimmaged there yet the coaches apologized for how crappy the gym was.
Dec 9, 2012 9:05pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:08 PM
Out of bounds was about 8 inches.....brick wall everywhere and only padding behind baskets.

I'm old enough to have played in some shitty junior high gyms/auditoriums but nothing compares to this. I drove right past the school....could not fathom a game being played there.
Dec 9, 2012 9:08pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:22 PM
Is it their current HS gym?
Dec 9, 2012 9:22pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:39 PM
ernest_t_bass;1339439 wrote:Is it their current HS gym?

I thought it was but I just heard they have a new school but this gym was used for high school basketball last year (and maybe the 200 before lol)

Seriously....a stairway touching the court, 8 inches of OB and a balcony overhang preventing 3 point shots on a portion of the court.
Dec 9, 2012 9:39pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:44 PM
I cant find any pics online, but I'll nominate my old high school in Beallsville that just closed last year. Court size anyways. Very short and narrow gym.There was 3 lines at half court. Once you crossed the center line, you were allowed to go back to the far line closest to the opponents basket before it would be considered back court. You had to turn your feet sideways if you wanted to shoot a 3 from the corner. only about 8 inches between the 3 point and out of bounds line.
Dec 9, 2012 9:44pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:51 PM
Pick6;1339450 wrote:I cant find any pics online, but I'll nominate my old high school in Beallsville that just closed last year. Court size anyways. Very short and narrow gym.There was 3 lines at half court. Once you crossed the center line, you were allowed to go back to the far line closest to the opponents basket before it would be considered back court. You had to turn your feet sideways if you wanted to shoot a 3 from the corner. only about 8 inches between the 3 point and out of bounds line.

Is that where Bevo is from? It sounds like where I played my junior high games in the JHS Auditorium (had the 3 mid court lines.

Also where Bevo hit his 113.

I teach at Whiteoak and up until 1990 they played in a gym straight off the Fresh Prince of Bellaire and it may have held 175 on only 3 rows of bleachers.
Dec 9, 2012 9:51pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:53 PM
Ironman92;1339456 wrote:Is that where Bevo is from? It sounds like where I played my junior high games in the JHS Auditorium (had the 3 mid court lines.

Also where Bevo hit his 113.

I teach at Whiteoak and up until 1990 they played in a gym straight off the Fresh Prince of Bellaire and it may have held 175 on only 3 rows of bleachers.
Bevo is from Wellsville. Up by East Liverpool. Im from Beallsville, in Monroe County.

I've also played in a Jr high gym in Hannibal (River). 3 point lines literally were about 5 feet from half court and the 3 point line connected with the out of bounds line at about the foul line (if it extended to out of bounds).
Dec 9, 2012 9:53pm
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Dec 9, 2012 9:57 PM
Ironman92;1339429 wrote:Out of bounds was about 8 inches.....brick wall everywhere and only padding behind baskets.

I'm old enough to have played in some shitty junior high gyms/auditoriums but nothing compares to this. I drove right past the school....could not fathom a game being played there.
Did you ever play at the "old gym" at Southeastern when it was in Richmond Dale? There were 3 stairways without doors on one side of the court. Saw many a player plummet down them. The brick walls were out of bounds, and many people got gut busted on the stage.
Dec 9, 2012 9:57pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:01 PM
se-alum;1339463 wrote:Did you ever play at the "old gym" at Southeastern when it was in Richmond Dale? There were 3 stairways without doors on one side of the court. Saw many a player plummet down them. The brick walls were out of bounds, and many people got gut busted on the stage.

I did...when was it's last use?

I wondered if any of the TVC Hocking schools or SOC 1 were still in one of those insanely old schools.
Dec 9, 2012 10:01pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:10 PM
Ironman92;1339465 wrote:I did...when was it's last use?

I wondered if any of the TVC Hocking schools or SOC 1 were still in one of those insanely old schools.
They played in it up to 2003 when the moved the school and tore it down.
Dec 9, 2012 10:10pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:11 PM
se-alum;1339473 wrote:They played in it up to 2003 when the moved the school and tore it down.

I really like the new gym....and hallway. Sharp
Dec 9, 2012 10:11pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:11 PM
Ironman92;1339424 wrote:I know there is a high school basketball forum but lol.

But you decided to ignore the forum organization? For shame.
Dec 9, 2012 10:11pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:13 PM
hasbeen;1339476 wrote:But you decided to ignore the forum organization? For shame.

This one will be dead by midnight.....would've been dead upon submission there.
Dec 9, 2012 10:13pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:14 PM
Ironman92;1339477 wrote:This one will be dead by midnight.....would've been dead upon submission there.

What it deserved.
Dec 9, 2012 10:14pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:20 PM
hasbeen;1339478 wrote:What it deserved.

Thanks for helping keep this up top.
Dec 9, 2012 10:20pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:23 PM
Oak Hill and Wellston also played on "stages" - there might have 3 or 4 rows of bleachers behind the bench, and of course they were always filled with fans that screamed at us during time-outs.
Dec 9, 2012 10:23pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:28 PM
Tiffin Calvert's old gym (not sure if they have a new one now or not) used to not even have a three-point line on the sides. The paint just stopped on the wings (although, my memory could be playing tricks on me. Haven't watched a game there in 10 years). The fans actually stood on the playing surface during the game, the bleachers were so close to the court. The Streaks had some great teams in the early 2000s, though.
Dec 9, 2012 10:28pm
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Dec 9, 2012 10:31 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;1339489 wrote:Oak Hill and Wellston also played on "stages" - there might have 3 or 4 rows of bleachers behind the bench, and of course they were always filled with fans that screamed at us during time-outs.

Oak Hill had the auditorium to sit in which probably held a few hundred...as did Wellston. I slid off the Oak Hill stage going out of bounds my freshman year.
Dec 9, 2012 10:31pm
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Dec 9, 2012 11:54 PM
The last time I was in Millers gym I dont remember it being that big , also Reedsville Eastern, It been a few years sice Ive been there but not that big
Dec 9, 2012 11:54pm
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Dec 10, 2012 12:25 AM
Freshman year we played a game at Put-In-Bay. Smallest gym I've ever seen, only a few stands. Funny thing about that game, we won 100-59 and the scoreboard didn't go up that high. They had two really good shooters, everyone else sucked real bad
Dec 10, 2012 12:25am
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Dec 10, 2012 8:11 AM
The old Hamler High School(no longer there)had a small gym,it held 350 people,chair seating,block walls close the the floor,the floor was not regulation size,all the old gyms in small districts way back we're that way,the two other schools in the Patrick Henry school district we're also very small.
Dec 10, 2012 8:11am
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Dec 10, 2012 8:14 AM
The Pit at Oakwood is pretty small
Dec 10, 2012 8:14am
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Dec 10, 2012 10:01 AM
Old Mogadore High School Gym (they built a new school just a couple years ago).

You could not shoot a 3 pointer from the sides, the 3 pt arc and center circle pretty much touched, and the out of bounds was only inches away from a concrete step that led to the stands.
Dec 10, 2012 10:01am
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Dec 10, 2012 10:05 AM
Tuscawaras Local Consolidated is so small opposing teams have to "take it out" after every basket because they only have the one net.
Dec 10, 2012 10:05am