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[SendItInJerome]

What area schools have the hardest home courts to play in. Crowd noise, gym size, enviroment etc....

[BobbyLight9]

I would say Ayersville's just because it is so small.

Edited by BobbyLight9, 11 January 2012 - 12:24 AM.

[govikes]

How about the stage at Vanlue. Zach Garber is allready 6'9. Imagine him from 3 feet below court level!

Edited by govikes, 11 January 2012 - 08:14 AM.

[FightingFifth]

Vanlue is a tough place to play, the size of the court is one of the smallest high school courts I've seen. Add in their size, they are very tough to beat on there home floor.

[Patriot Fan]

Columbus Groves gym,is the floor reg.size,seemed smaller than most.

[labatts69]

temple christian comes to mind along w/the Vatican at DSJ's.

[longshot89]

From my personal experiences:
Marion Local
Convoy Crestview

[D.C. Boy]

Toledo Christian is a tiny gym the stage is behind the visitors hoop and the fans on the opposite side of the scores table practically sit on the court

[Mysterio]

Well the hardest gym to play in from a players standpoint would easily be Delphos Jefferson. Small court and if one team presses then you can expect an ugly game. Very dangerous for the players on the open end of the stage where there is a big drop.

SendItInJerome, on 10 January 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

What area schools have the hardest home courts to play in. Crowd noise, gym size, enviroment etc....

This question can be answered in two ways. A players perspective or a fans perspective. I know some people will get the wrong idea of the question as I already see and give their opinion speaking on behalf of a fans perspective.

So as a players perspective I would have to say Delphos Jefferson. As a fans perspective I would have to say Grove and Continental.

Edited by Mysterio, 11 January 2012 - 11:54 AM.

[baxster]

Vanlue and Delphos Jefferson are always tough venues to play at. Always seems so tight out on the court. Hate watching games from the stage as well.

[RealitySpeaks]

Victorian, on 11 January 2012 - 03:20 PM, said:

... There were times on smaller floors that were tricky due to where the 3 point line was close in the corners or not much room on the end lines...etc....

3-point line? What is that? I remember playing on courts where the Division Line and 10-second Line were not the same line.

[govikes]

How about the OLD Miller City gym, where the over and back line was the free throw line. Can't imagine what it would have looked like with a three point arc,

[FiredupDevil]

I think the hardest place to get a win is LB

[country boy]

I have to go with the supreme court and I have to imagine OG's home record has to back me up.

[HH75]

Some of you are to young to remember the old USV gym!!!. The Pit! It had the restraining line around the outside, the over and back line was not at mid- court. and the crowd use to throw skittles, m&m's or even a few pennies at you. The fans in the front row had their feet right on the out of bounds lines, and if you were the one "lucky" enough to take the ball out..... Well we won't go there...

Ridgemont had about the same set up. And I think the gym at the Kenton elem. school out by the Mc Donalds was right up there with those.

The old Hoytville and the Wharton gyms were pretty crappy too!

[Dman]

Great memory about the old USV gym HH. Your description is dead on. They usually had a teacher (assistant coach?) or two referee the games too. That was one tough venue to win a game in.

[ahsfan8415]

BobbyLight9, on 11 January 2012 - 12:18 AM, said:

I would say Ayersville's just because it is so small.

I have to agree. Everyone is packed in and it gets hot as hell in there. Tinora is not a very fun place to play either

[waterloowonder]

The gyms in today's world are a real treat and nothing compared to gyms of 1940's, 50's, 60's. Some examples are the old Payne gym with the balcony hanging over the floor, "The Barn" in Miller City with pot belly stoves on each baseline, the low celing in Malinta, the hard floors (2x4's on end) at Ottoville, Kalida and McClure, the Dragon Pit in Glandorf, fans shaking the basket from the balcony in Deshler, narrow and short floors in Holgate and Oakwood, and the Cat Walk in Napoleon. In the 50's and 60's Ayersville's current gym with its regulation size floor was the biggest and best around. One of the most amazing gyms was the old gym in Leipsic. It was huge, seating nearly 2,000 with a tile floor. The Class B District tournament was an annual event there in the 1940's.

Today, my favorite gyms are Kalida, Napoleon, St. Mary's, Elida, Hicksville and Paulding.

[RWB 71]

Malinta-Grelton High's Locker Rooms were quite different.......you scaled a steel ladder up to an elevated lockeroom room built on either end of the stage with just a small curtain over the doorway at the top of the ladder! To use the shower you had to go downstairs to the corner of the building (complete with nasty sulphur water) via the ladder so, needless to say, no one bothered showering after the game. And............of course..........the "temptation" to shove one of the smaller players (like your's truly "back in the day anyway") was to shove you to the end by the ladder opening and cause considerable embarssement!

Edited by RWB 71, 17 February 2012 - 07:17 AM.