NEWPORT – Rogers High School is almost unidentifiable.

The gym, with white stained hardwood and modern red bleachers, are welcomed alterations from the old wood seating at the Newport school. The historic Viking athletic successes, of course, still stand proudly despite a new location.

Red banners, with white lettering, surround the gym. Black court lines and the signature Viking logo, with its yellow braids and gray-horned helmet, are settled in at midcourt. Rogers’ history is clearly within reach, but with a new flavor.

“I was one of the people that loved that old gym – I played in that old gym,” Rogers’ coach, Mike Newsome, said. “But when I saw this gym, I told myself to not think about the old gym. This is beautiful – this is beautiful – and this doesn’t come around for everybody.

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