Ribault High plays final basketball game ahead of new facility [Video]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ribault High School administrators and alumni are recapping the bittersweet moment Friday night as the school’s boys basketball team played their last game in the Austin-Wilkes gymnasium.

That’s at least until the school is rebuilt by 2025.

Dr. Gregory Bostic, the principal, says they’ve made a lot of memories in the old building.

The school is scheduled to be demolished this summer, making way for a state of the art new facility for students.

“The feeling was kind of bittersweet because a lot of individuals when they attended Jean Ribault High School, they played in that gym and it was a bittersweet moment so they’re looking forward to going into a brand new gym in 2025,” said Dr. Bostic.

As a new structure is built …