May 17, 1951 Sectional Baseball Tournament at Collins: First round - Collins vs. Bye.
Semifinals - Collins over Maxwell 8-1. Duesbury pitched; innings - 7, runs - 1, hits - 4, strikeouts - 10, walks - 0. Team fielding errors - 2. Collins scored three runs in the first inning and the other five runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings for eight runs on seven hits. Phil Holland hit a triple. (Insert 2005: Box score not found).
Finals - Phil Holland struck out 13 Mingo batters, and also hit two doubles in Collins' 3 to 0 win for the Sectional Championship. Lineup: John Duesbury (52) (ss) 1 hit; Larry Heintz (52) (1b) 0 hits; Max Liggett (51) (2b) 1 hit; Phil Holland (52) (p) 2 hits; Don Johnson (53) (c) 0 hits; Erwin Frerichs (52) (3b) 1 hit; Carroll Smith (53) (cf) 0 hits; Kenny Carroll (51) (rf) 0 hits; Rhineardt Kilker (52) (lf) 0 hits.
District Baseball Tournament at Collins: Ankeny defeated Collins 3-2. Collins played a fair quality game, missing opportunities to win this low-scoring game. Ankeny was defeated in the next round. (Insert 2005: No box score found.)
Spring 1951 Baseball Season Summary: Collins tie - McCallsburg 2-2; Won - Slater 9-5; Lost - none. Conference Tourney: Collins won - Colo 7-0; Maxwell 2-1 for championship. Sectional Tourney: Collins won - Maxwell 8-1; Mingo 3-0 for the championship; District Tourney: Collins lost - Ankeny 3-2. Season Record: Won - 5; Lost - 1. (Insert 2005: Also won fall Sectional Tourney.)
Team members - Starting nine:Phil Holland (52) (p/c); Max Liggett (51) (c/2b); John Duesbury (52) (p/2b); Larry Heintz (52) (1b); Erwin Frerichs (52) (3b); Larry Smith (51) (ss); Donald Johnson (53) (lf/c); Kenny Carroll (51) (cf); Carroll Smith (53) (rf). Other team members - Rhineardt Kilker (52) (of); Virgil Swaim (52) (of); Gary Coughenour (54) (of); Dale Derby; (54) (of); Jim Anderson (of); Richard Thomas (54) (of); D. G. Partridge (54) (of); Gary Luing (54) (of). Coach - Louis Schrader.
Freshman Pet Peeve: Norman Baker - Algebra; Jim Anderson - Teachers; Bill Buck - English; Gary Coughenour - Getting behind in my work; Howard Hofer - Assignments; Gary Luing - Teachers; Carla Smith - Disappointments; Marilyn Carver - People not cooperating when asked for news; Reda Smith - Sitting in study hall with nothing to do; Richard Thomas - Running backwards in P. T.; Jerry Sager - Girls; Dale Derby - School.