Collins Boys avenged an earlier defeat, winning over LDF 70-63. Collins led 25-36 at halftime and 53-38 at the 3rd quarter. Scoring: Bill Oswalt 26, Jerold Fitzgerald 12, Keith Patterson 10, Ken Caulkins 9, Frank Beavers 8, Steve Lillard 3. Rebounding: Oswalt 17, Caulkins 17, Beavers 9, accounting for 43 of the teams' 51 rebounds. LDG had only 25 rebounds. Season record: 6-4, Conference record 5-3.
January 21 - 25, 1974. Hot Lunch Menu: Mon. Beefburgers, baked beans, cookie, juice, milk. Tues. Wieners and sauerkraut, potato patties, carrot sticks, bread and butter, fruit, milk. Wed. Chicken and noodles, buttered green beans, peanut butter sandwich, apple sauce juice, milk. Thurs. Ham salad sandwich, hash brown potatoes, butter peas, fruit, milk. Fri. Fish sticks and tartar sauce, potatoes and butter, green beans, fruit, milk.
January 23, 1974. Collins Girls On a night that will long be remembered by Collins fans: Cindy Dunshee fielded an inbound pass from Deb Carroll with 2 seconds remaining, shot a jumper from the lower part of the circle. The ball was barely in flight ahead of the buzzer, swished clean through for a 70-69 victory over leading Garwin. The other dramatic event; senior Deb Carroll established a new career scoring record of 2,506 points, surpassing the previous mark of 2,491 set by Vicki Mullihan during the mid-1960's. This win was special for Collins girls as Garwin had beaten them 81-75 at Garwin in December. Cindy Dunshee 15, Jan Talburt 12. Shooting percentage: 51. Guards Rebounding: Cindy Tiffany 5, Mary Beth Kingman 4, Donna Barrett 3, Cathy Schmitt 3.
Collins Boys Collins defeated Garwin 69-57. Collins had 1st quarter lead 22-10, 40-30 at halftime. Garwin closed the gap to within 4 points in the 3rd quarter with Collins recovering for the victory 69-57. Scoring: Oswalt 34, Beavers 13, Caulkins 12, Patterson 10. Collins controlled the rebounds 48-34. Coach Behrens commented "We outhustled Garwin. Oswalt had his best game of the season." Season record: 7-4; conference 6-3. Garwin's season record is now 10-2.
January 26, 1974. Collins swept both ends of a Ta-Ma-Ja Conference basketball double header with Maxwell. Collins girls used a balanced attack with Cindy Dunshee scoring 38 and Deb Carroll 32, Chris Dunshee 15. Maxwell led 46-52 at halftime, Collins taking the lead 61-59 after three quarters and widened the margin for the 85-75 victory. Season record: 7-5, Conference 5-5.
Collins Boys Basketball Bill Oswalt connected on 20 of 26 shorts for a Journal-area high 44 points for 72-60 Collins victory over Maxwell. Other Scoring: Frank Beavers 15, Keith Patterson 8, Ken Caulkins 3, Randy McQuiston 2. Collins season: 6-4, Conference 6-3.
January 28, 1974. Maxwell Junior Varsity Basketball Girls defeated Collins 37-32. Collins Scoring: Julie Lehman 11, Chris Dunshee 11, Cathy Schmitt 10. Guards Rebounding: Terry Hugen 17, Chris Morrison 8.
January 29, 1974. Collins Semester Honor Roll: 7th Tracy Armentrout, Charles Fish, Brenda McGuire, Ronald Stratton. 8th Karen Ball, Coleen Partridge. 9th Sandra Dodd, Teresa Hugen, David McDermott. 10th Jimmy Anderson, Sandra Fish, Dolores Klemme. 11th Herb Atwood, Mary Beth Kingman, Dennis Long, Becky Oswalt, Bill Partridge, Cathy Schmitt, Mark Wilson. 12th Debra Carroll, Ken Caulkins, William Oswalt, Rob Robinson.
Others who made the quarter honor roll are Jodee Thomas and Dean Williams, grade 8; Robert Huntrods grade 10; and Kerry Kimberley and Keith Patterson, grade 12.