It would not be a stretch to figure that the small county high schools probably played on an outdoor dirt court before their "shells" (as gyms were called at the time) were built. Berrien High used county gyms in their early years, as BHS did not have an official home place to play until 1962. The Rebels were forced to be nomads for their first eight seasons. They generally played at the county gym most convenient to the visiting team, though Alapaha exclusively took over hosting for the final couple of years.

Gyms are listed by the school they originally served and in approximate order of being built.

NASHVILLE HIGH
The NHS gym looks to have been built in the 1930s or possibly earlier. It was a wooden structure and stood until the early 1960s, when it was demolished for the present block gymnasium which currently serves Berrien Primary. The gym was considered unsafe in its final years. Proof of the lack of faith in the building is that it hosted very few Berrien High games. In odd history, Cook County played a county tournament or two in this gym in the 1930s after theirs burned to the ground.

RAY CITY
I believe I have seen a reference or two to a gym serving Ray City in the 1930s. I could easily be incorrect. The main building of the old Ray City School was built in 1922.

ENIGMA
The gymnasium and lunchroom were both built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. The EHS shell has two levels - the main floor and a few classrooms underneath. Like everything else in that era, it is wooden with wooden bleachers. It also has a stage, which was also where the dressing rooms were housed. The original scoreboard was a chalkboard until a real one was purchased. The Nevco brand board had an old style clock that wound down. By the end of its life as an elementary school scoreboard, the clock ceased to function and some liberties were taken as to how much time was left in a blowout game.

The gym and lunchroom are the only pieces of the school to still stand. An arsonist burned the school down in the 1973-74 school year. Classes continued in the lunchroom and in the gym. Mobile units were eventually brought in and were used until the school was consolidated with West Berrien in 1988. Northwest Elementary (the combo of Enigma and West Berrien) used this as their home facility until the school closed in 1994. West Berrien had no gym on its property.

ALAPAHA
Looks to have been built in the 1930s, but probably as a local effort. It survived the 1952 tornado that severely damaged the school. This gym is brick on the outside with a wooden interior. The inside is similar in design to Enigma, but with a more pronounced bottom level. Alapaha also spiffed their gym up a little bit more than Enigma, by actually painting the interior. This was the favorite gym of Berrien High's early days.

NEW RIVER
There are a few references to New River having its own gymnasium. Nothing more is known, other than it housed Jordan students when that school burned in 1937. New River quit fielding basketball teams after the 1941-42 campaign.

NEW LOIS
There is still a wooden gym standing in the New Lois community, along with the remnants of the old school. As expected, the gymnasium is wooden. At least I think that was a gym... New Lois also quit having basketball at the end of the 1941-42 season.

POPLAR SPRINGS
Poplar Springs was playing home games in the 1930s, but it is unknown whether or not they had an indoor court.

RAY CITY
This was built in 1947 and at a cost of $15,000. Known affectionately as "the barn", as occasionally a critter or two would be seen within its confines. It was wooden with wooden bleachers. Rebelette Dona Gaskins sank a school record 58 points here in 1958. Since the demise of Ray City Elementary in 1994, the gym has found a new purpose. It was renovated and turned into a church.

NASHVILLE HIGH & ELEMENTARY
Built in 1954 as part of the massive school building project in the county. Brick gymnasium with a stage and a slightly raised hardwood floor. After NH&E ceased to exist, the gym served Berrien Junior High (later renamed to Nashville Middle). Nashville Middle moved in 1993 across town and after a year of not being occupied, the old school and gym reopened for Berrien Elementary.

GASKINS (or EAST BERRIEN)
Gaskins School never fielded a competitive basketball team at the high school level. East Berrien Elementary did and there are remembrances of them having their own gym. It is unknown when the structure was built. East Berrien was located on the site of the Gaskins School and existed from 1954-66.

NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY
Built in the early 1960s. To raise the necessary funds, Nashville "E" students sold bricks. The gym is a block building with wooden bleachers. Ray City Elementary used it as a home gym in their final year as a school (1993-94) because of safety concerns. The gym still serves Berrien Primary.

BERRIEN HIGH (1962-01)
For some reason, it was not included when the school was built. The gym's first action was not a high school game, but the opener for the elementary schools' county tournament in March 1962. Hahira lost the boys but beat the girls in the first actual high school contests. Stan Simpson later named the shell in honor of dedicated bus driver Wilson "Jet" Metts. Quite possibly the most perfect place to watch a game, but that may be a biased opinion. The gym is situated down in a hole, which allows for two levels of seating on the home side. The big stage on the south end had the best seats in the house. The brick building had a second floor which housed a few classrooms. When a new school was built, the gym hosted its last game in 2001. Sadly, it is scheduled to be demolished when a new elementary school is built on the site of old Berrien High.

BERRIEN MIDDLE
Opened in 1993 in preparation for the consolidation of the county's elementary schools. Most memorably, it was the site for the Hahira Elementary girls' only loss in three years in 1994.

BERRIEN HIGH (2001-)
New school, new place to play. Holds more and is more spacious than the old structure, but it lacks a stage and the second level of seating. It arguably lacks much of the charm of the old gym, too. It does have much better lighting, though.