December 11, 1952 Basketball - The girls lost a hard game with Shipley 57-56. The game was close all the way with Collins ahead at the half, 31-29. Collins scoring: Dorothy Long - 27, Mary McGrane - 14, Jeanie Carroll - 13. The boys defeated Shipley in another very close game 41-36. Collins gained their lead in the last quarter for the win. Collins' leading scorers: John Vasey - 16, Jack Kilgore - 13. (Insert 2005: Box scores not found on above games)
Basketball - The girls were defeated by Slater 51-45. Collins trailed at the end of the third quarter 42-29, but closed the gap to 6 points by the end of the game. Leading scorers for Collins were Dorothy long - 21, Mary McGrane - 10. The Collins boys lost to a fine quality Slater team 65-37. Jack Kilgore fouled out of the game in the second quarter. Leading scorers for Collins: John Vasey - 11, Jack Kilgore - 8, Carroll Smith - 6. (Insert 2005: Box scores not found on above games)
December 18, 1952 Christmas at Collins High School. The study hall is decorated with lights, assorted ornaments, angel hair, and we have a big Christmas tree given to us by Gus Hay. We also have evergreen branches placed above the front door with lights on them.
Freshmen News: In General Science, we are studying a very interesting topic on electricity and atoms. We made reports about atomic energy and how it should be controlled. Many of the boys and girls in our class are in the mixed chorus.
Basketball - The girls won their first conference game by a 2-point margin over Cambridge 58-56. The boys dropped a rough game to Cambridge with a score of 56-36. (Insert 2005: Box scores not found on above games)
January 8, 1953 Basketball - The Collins girls dropped a close game to Huxley 58-53. The entire team showed much improvement since the last few games. The changing of Janet Evans to forward and Jeanie Carroll to guard proved to be very profitable. In our last game with Huxley they beat us about 30 points. Leading scorers for Collins: Dorothy Long - 24, Mary McGrane - 18, Janet Evans - 11. The Collins boys dropped a tough game to Huxley. After leading for three and a half quarters, Huxley went ahead to win 51-45. Leading scorers for Collins: Jack Koehler - 15, Carroll Smith -11. (Insert 2005: Box scores not found on above games)
January 15, 1953 Semester Honor Roll: Freshmen - Marjorie Hickle, Rex Morrison, John Vasey, Jim Dodd; Sophomores - Jack Kilgore, Mary McGrane, Tom Reese, Clara Maxwell; Juniors - Dale Derby, D. G. Partridge, Reda Smith, Marilyn Carver; Seniors - Jack Koehler, Dorothy Long, Lee Ann Ridgeway. Minimum 24 points are required. The scoring is A -8, B-6, C-4, D-2, F-0, perfect attendance - 2 points.
Story County Girls Basketball Tournament: First round - Collins lost to Zearing in a closely played game 64-59. This was the only meeting of these teams during the season. (Insert: Box score not found)