By Willie Moseley
Demolition recently began on Troy University’s Sartain Hall, the school’s former (frontline) gymnasium. It opened in 1962 when the institution of higher learning was known as Troy State College. Sartain would be the site of memorable basketball games for many Troy alumni, and in the gym’s earlier days, the school’s sports teams’ nickname was the Red Wave instead of the Trojans.
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