Boone will dedicate its new Wayne Rickman Gymnasium on Friday night just before tipoff of its varsity home game against Melbourne Holy Trinity.
Rickman, who saw the old bandbox “Home of the Braves” packed to the rafters as he coached Boone to state championships in 1977 and 1983, will be recognized with his family along with the family of another Boone coaching legend, the late Ivan Repass.
The new gym seats 2,115, a far cry from the old max of 781. The facility sits just behind the original gym, still on the southeast side of the Orlando campus.