Bledsoe Little Blue Football and Cheerleading organization volunteers Vince Pendergrass, Bryan Simmons and Jim Swafford talk Friday about the work needed to get the now-exposed concrete floor of the old Pikeville Elementary School gymnasium ready for indoor sports practice.PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — A local youth sports association hopes to revive the arch-topped old Pikeville Elementary School gymnasium as an indoor practice facility for its local youth sports and, possibly, a community center.
Jim Swafford of Bledsoe Little Blue Football and Cheerleading in Pikeville said the old gym has lots of space, a relatively good roof and an open, level floor.
Initially, the work will be for an indoor football and cheerleading practice area.
“We will put in batting cages so that youth baseball and softball have a place to come in the off-season,” Swafford said of later plans.
He said Little Blue volunteers would like to see the building become a community center for activities of all kinds.