Collins boys clinched the South Story Conference Title by trouncing Huxley 82-33. Huxley kept even with the Clippers until midway in the first quarter when Collins started pulling away. In the second period, Collins let loose with 39 point scoring spree, which gave them a 63-16 lead at the half. Lineup: Laird (f) 18 pts.; Vasey (f) 18 pts.; Kilgore (c) 18 pts.; Fitzgerald (g) 7 pts.; Long (g) 2 pts.; Thornton (g) 2 pts.; Morrison (g) 4 pts.; Ballard 2 pts.; Nichol 4 pts.; Clark 0 pts.; Partridge 7 pts.; Dodd 0 pts.
Basketball - Colo edged the Collins girls 48-44 in an exciting game at Colo. Neither team could hit during the first quarter and ended with Colo leading 5-4. Colo had a halftime lead of 21-16. Lineup: Spooner (f) 20 pts.; Briles (f) 10 pts.; Evans (f) 8 pts.; Kilgore (f) 4 pts.; McGrane (f) 2 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Smith (g); Hickle (g).
The boys defeated a much-improved Colo team, 53-47. The Blue Devils really made a game of it after trailing by 16 points in the third quarter. At one point, they closed the gap to three points, but the Clippers responded to lengthen the lead. Lineup: Laird (f) 6 pts.; Vasey (f) 26 pts.; Kilgore (c) 8 pts.; Fitzgerald (g) 6 pts.; Long (g) 7 pts.
Basketball - The Story County Boys' Basketball Tournament will be held the last week in January. The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday sessions will be played at Maxwell, Colo, and Roland, with the semi-finals and finals at Story City.
Basketball - Collins boys overran the Eldora Training School 92-56. The Clippers jumped off to an early lead of 21-6 at the first quarter and were never in trouble. The boys have now won 18 consecutive games. The team rated congratulations from the Marshalltown Times Republican after defeating Colo to chalk up 17 wins in a row. Lineup: Larry Laird (56) (f) 15 pts.; John Vasey (56) (f) 28 pts.; Jack Kilgore (55) (c) 20 pts.; Ronnie Long (55) (g) 6 pts.; Gene Fitzgerald (55) (g) 8 pts.; Rex Morrison (56) (g) 2 pts.; Jim Dodd (56) (f) 6 pts.; Jerry Thornton (55) (f) 2 pts; Bill Ballard (56) (f) 0 pts.; Jerry Nichol (56) (g) 5 pts.; Elliott Partridge (57) (c) 0 pts.; Ben Clark (57) 0 pts.; Pat Fitzgerald (57) 0 pts.
The Collins boys reserve swamped Eldora Training School reserves. Ballard, Thornton, Dodd and Nichol led the scoring with 14, 12, 10, and 8 points. Partridge and P. Fitzgerald had 6 each.
Another board in the gym has broken through; hope no one gets hurt. It sure would be nice to have a shiny new floor. Is anyone with me?
Jack North's Boys' Basketball Honor Roll in Tuesday's Des Moines Tribune listed two members of the Collins high school basketball team - John Vasey in high scoring of 28 points against Eldora Training School, and 26 points against Colo; Jack Kilgore for his defensive play in the Eldora game.
January 27, 1955 Honor Roll: Freshmen - Dorothy Hand, Georgiann Briles, Saundra Smith. Sophomores - Glen Novinger, Elliott Partridge, David Maxwell, Sandra Carley, Janice Heintz, Mary Jo Shultz, Daisy Maxwell. Juniors - George Keagle; Rex Morrison, John Vasey, Jim Dodd, Marjorie Hickle. Seniors - Janet Evans, Sandra Long, Mary McGrane, Maris Slauson.