December 27, 1973. Collins Varsity Girls defeated Des Moines Lincoln 98-54. Deb Carroll set girls scoring record with 68 points. Scoring: Cindy Dunshee 16, Donna Barrett 2. Team shot 57%. Guards Rebounding: Donna Barrett 12, Mary Beth Kingman 9, Cindy Tiffany 6, Cathy Schmitt 4.
December 28, 1973. Collins Varsity Girls ranked as the state's 13th scoring team with average of 85 points per game. Maxwell and Collins have been involved in 3 of the state's top ten scoring games this year. Collins and Maxwell combined for a 184 point game when the Clipperettes downed Maxwell 93-91.
December 31, 1973. (Insert: The cost to educate a student at Iowa State University in fiscal 1972 was $1827; an increase of $20 over 1971 and $25 over 1970. The education program total is $37.8 million divided by the enrollment of 20,696. All property owned on June 30, 1972 was valued at $169.5 million. The Iowa State University campus comprises 999 acres.)
January 9, 1974. Collins Varsity Boys defeated Baxter 70-58 for 3-2 conference record. Scoring: Bill Oswalt 19, Frank Beavers 13, Ken Caulkins 10, Jerold Fitzgerald 10, Keith Patterson 8, Denny Long 7, Steve Lillard 3.
January 12, 1974. Homecoming varsity was made brighter with double basketBall victoriesover Mingo: Girls 84-54; Boys 72-31. Girls Scoring: Deb Carroll 36, Cindy Dunshee 26, Jan Talburt 20, Chris Dunshee 2. Shooting percentage: 56. Coach Bill Brooks felt the team played their best game of the year. Season record 4-4, conference 2-4.
Boys BasketBall, Homecoming. 72-31. Boys Scoring: Bill Oswalt 20, Keith Patterson 8, Jerold Fitzgerald 8, Ken Caulkins 8, Frank Beavers 7, Steve Lillard 5, Denny Long, Randy McQuiston, 4 each; Jim Wright, Jeff Titus, Tony Moses, 2 each. Coach Rich Behrens commented, "We played better in looking for the open man." Season record 5-3, conference 4-2.
January 14, 1974. Collins Girls BasketBall. The Clipperetteswon over Colo at Colo 92-60, in the Ta-Ma-Ja Conference. Collins continued their high scoring attack shooting -- 53%.
Collins Boys BasketBall: The Clipperswere defeated 60-50 when Colo rallied in the last quarter.
January 14, 1974. Junior Varsity BasketBall. Collins and Mingo split a Junior Varsity double header; Mingo girls winning 51-36 and Collins boys winning 34-30. Collins girls scoring: Julie Lehman 18, Chris Dunshee 17; Cathy Schmitt was the leading rebounder - 13, Terry Hugen - 12, Chris Morrison - 6. Collins boys scoring: Randy McQuiston 12, Mike Ball 6, Jim Wright 5, Bob Huntrods 5, Matt Carver, Denny Long, Steven Lillard 2 each. Huntrods and McQuiston had 12 rebounds each and Matt Carver 8.
January 19, 1974. Collins Girls started strong against LDF (LeGrand), but the visitors came on strong for a 79-76 victory. Both teams had outstanding shooting -- Collins 51%, LDF 53%. Scoring: Deb Carroll 33, Cindy Dunshee 33, Jan Talburt, 10. Guards Rebounding: Donna Barrett 6, Mary Beth Kingman 6, Cindy Tiffany 4.