Gem of a Gym: Benjamin ISD debuts Don Haskins Gym honoring legendary coach

  • DON HASKINS (right) was the Benjamin High School boys basketball coach in 1955-1956. | BENJAMIN HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK, COURTESY OF WICHITA-BRAZOS MUSEUM
    DON HASKINS (right) was the Benjamin High School boys basketball coach in 1955-1956. | BENJAMIN HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK, COURTESY OF WICHITA-BRAZOS MUSEUM
  • BACKTO SCHOOL Students returning to Benjamin this year will see renovated hallway and classrooms, as PhaseTwo of the school’s bond election funding. Construction work continues this year on the west side of school along with the cafeteria. | SUE JANE SULLIVAN
    BACKTO SCHOOL Students returning to Benjamin this year will see renovated hallway and classrooms, as PhaseTwo of the school’s bond election funding. Construction work continues this year on the west side of school along with the cafeteria. | SUE JANE SULLIVAN

    This pastweekend in Benjamin,the school’s volleyball team christened the Don Haskins Gymnasium with a season-opening win over2A Post on a court that also displays the signature of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1997 inductee. 

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