They don’t build them like that no more and there’s not many of them left. Like I said in the video, notice the shape of it. “It was hard to see them tear it down, but it was all for progress. Even if we can’t house them all, I’d love to see them at the Union County Sports Hall of Fame,” he said. Much of those trophies are Dual State Tournament trophies, Pumphrey said. The El Dorado News-Times reports that there were procedures in place to salvage trophies dating back to 1919 and the vintage 16-square-foot Dragon logo in center court from the building, according to previous News-Times reports. The project will cost over $1.5 million and is scheduled to open by the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Nobody knew anything about a place called Vietnam.”īecause of ongoing safety concerns, the former brick-lined “bandbox style” gym will be replaced by a 9,000-square foot steel building that will house high school physical education, health, art and music classes. We didn’t even have 50 states in the Union yet. the Board of Education, the Supreme Court had just ruled.
To put in perspective how old the Grand Old Lady truly is, Pumphrey said, “Think about this. He makes documentaries in his spare time. He’s part of the Dragon Sports Network team and an advisory committee member for the Dragon Wall of Honor. Wayne Pumphrey is the go-to guy for all things Junction City athletic history. EL DORADO - The Junction City School District’s old gym hosted its first game in 1954, and after a 62-year run, the Grand Old Lady has been demolished to make room for a new facility.
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