Medaryville gym in Pulaski County, built in the early 1950s, is falling into disrepair. But community members willing to help gym have second life.

With expensive travel teams and trainers taking over high school sports, The Sanctuary offers Baltimore basketball players a different path.

Indianapolis Washington outgrew its gym, which debuted in 1938, when teams of 1960s started to dominate Indiana high school basketball.

Medaryville gym in Pulaski County, built in the early 1950s, is falling into disrepair. But community members willing to help gym have second life.

In March, hoping to buck that norm in Baltimore, Brand opened doors to The Sanctuary. It’s three floors of a cathedral flipped into a basketball gym, outfitted with stained-glass windows that ...