It’s the old school gym. It’s loud, it’s rowdy. The floor is springy as heck. You can hear every fan say everything about every ref. It is so much fun and I’m going to really miss it.

Back then, the “old” Jasper gym was not so old. It opened officially on Nov. 3, 1939, ironically the same night Leo “Cabby” O’Neill coached his first basketball game at Jasper.

Siemens, who graduated from high school in 1968, had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists at a home game in the Medaryville gym. Siemens played on the last Medaryville team in 1966-67.

Sitting on the top row of bleachers in the Orient-Macksburg gym above a sea of basketball-playing kids and chatting adults, Donna Blair reflects on old memories from her former school days. Just a ...

Siemens, who graduated from high school in 1968, had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists at a home game in the Medaryville gym. Siemens played on the last Medaryville team in 1966-67.