The highlight of the season was a 14-point victory over Colo in the Sectional Tournament after losing two conference games earlier in the season. The Clipperettes also defeated nearby rival Maxwell 29-27. Defensively, Collins limited opponents to a 34 point per game average. The guards in the backcourt were the only two seniors of the Collins squad, Carol Atwood and Joanne Janes. Lola Oswalt, junior, was post guard. Barbara Kimberley, junior, was the team's leading scorer with 445 points for a 17 point per game average. She also was top scorer for the county tournament with 75 points. Her top scoring game was 29 points. Bonnie Long, junior, was pivot forward and Carolyn Long, sophomore, the third forward. Ball handling was the outstanding feature of the forward play, as they had to concede height advantage to their opponents in most games. Phyllis Baker, junior, and Betty Boozell, soph., were the primary guard substitutes; Virginia Mead, soph., and Dorothy Long, freshman, were primary forward substitutes. Other members of the squad were: Crystal Moore, soph.; Joy Milligan, soph.; Shirley Shuey, fr.; Norma Keagle, Junior; Phyllis Carroll, fr.
February 9, 1950 The Ag boys and Mr. Maddox (voc ag instructor halftime at Colo - mornings, and halftime at Collins - afternoons) made two trips the past week. The first was to Des Moines where they went through the Farm Bureau building and fertilizer plant. The other trip was to Mingo where a meat show was held. This proved very interesting, as this was a carcass demonstration, which is helpful to most anyone.
Grade News: 1st Thursday was ground hog day so we talked about Ground Hogs. We found they sleep all winter and that they have another name - woodchuck. 2nd In Science we have been studying the sun, moon, and stars. Most of us received perfect papers in our test. 3rd In language class we have been studying about talking over the telephone. We have been using toy telephones. 5th and 6th Several people have completed work in the knitting class. Rex has finished his afghan, Jimmy D. a cat for his sister, Donna H. a little doll's sweater, Gordon a pair of child's mittens, and Elliott a pair of mittens.
February 16, 1950 The Adult Evening School Banquet will be held Monday, February 20 at 7:00 P.M.
The boys' basketball team lost to Zearing 42-36 (second loss to Zearing) while our girls defeated Zearing 39-15. (Insert 2005: Lineups not found.)
February 23, 1950 Boys Sectional Basketball Tournament at Maxwell: First round - The boys opened the sectional tournament by defeating Maxwell 59-29. Throughout the game Collins was ahead and everyone on the squad saw action. Most of the boys were hitting their shots. Cory and Holland were high scorers with 20 and 15 points each. Boozell had a strong defensive game. Lineup: Lonnie Boozell (50) (f) 12 pts.; Dick Cory (50) (f) 20 pts.; Phil Holland (52) (c)15 pts.; Kenny Carroll (51) (g) 2 pts.; Bill Sager (50) (g) 2 pts.; Erwin Frerichs (52) (g) 3 pts.; Bob McBride (50) (g) 4 pts.; Larry Smith (51) (f) 0 pts.; John Runyan (50) (g) 0 pts.; Max Liggett (51) (g) 0 pts.; Carroll Smith (53) (g) 2 pts.; John Duesbury (52) (g) 3 pts.