Wingate Spartans catnip playing in their gym “the

playing in their gym “the Hornet’s Nest”

In the early years of Indiana high school basketball

The new building was completed in 1913 and dedicated in 1914

The Spartans also won the County Tournament three times

did not have a gym until 1934

Wingate Spartans catnip playing in their gym “theIn the early years of Indiana high school basketball, Wingate was a power house winning the state tournament in 1913 and 1914. Wingate High School fielded its first team in 1907. The Wingate team, known as the Spartans, did not have a gym until 1925 when a building that had been built as a livery stable in 1917 was converted into a gym. Before 1925 the Wingate team was known as the Gymless Wonders because Wingates home games were played on the road,