Dec. 3: Collins girls achieved their 7th victory in overwhelming Cambridge 64-36 on their home court. In an early season game Collins lost to Cambridge by four points. Collins held a 29-21 halftime lead. Collins outscored Cambridge in the final quarter 20-4. Lineup: Spooner (f) 15 pts.; Evans (f) 7 pts.; McGrane (f) 4 pts.; Briles (f) 26 pts.; Kilgore (f) 10 pts.; Hickle (f) 2 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Etnier (f) 0 pts.; Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g).
The boys overpowered Cambridge for their 4th conference victory with no defeats 62-28. John Vasey scored 23 points while playing only the first half. Lineup: Laird (f) 4 pts.; Vasey (f) 23 pts.; Kilgore (c) 9 pts.; G. Fitzgerald (f) 0 pts.; Long (g) 6 pts.; Dodd (g) 9 pts.; Thornton (f) 0 pts.; Morrison (g) 0 pts.; Ballard (f) 3 pts.; Nichol (g) 0 pts.; Partridge (c) 5 pts.; Clark (g) 2 pts; Luing (g) 1 pt.; D. Fitzgerald (g) 0 pts.
Dec. 7: Collins girls lost for the 2nd time to Farrar 78-62 at Farrar. This was their 3rd loss of the season. Collins trailed 22-7 at the first quarter and 44-29 at halftime. Lineup: Spooner (f) 22 pts.; Evans (f) 1 pt.; McGrane (f) 2 pts.; Briles (f) 25 pts.; Kilgore (f) 10 pts.; Hickle (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Etnier (f) 0 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g).
The boys made it ten in a row, 53-43, in a hard-fought game on Farrar's small court. The game was close all the way with neither holding a margin of over 5 points until the last quarter when the Clippers outscored Farrar 17-5. Lineup: Laird (f) 12 pts.; Vasey (f) 10 pts.; Kilgore (c) 24 pts.; G. Fitzgerald (f) 4 pts.; Long (g) 1 pt.; Dodd (g) 2 pts.
Dec. 10: Collins girls defeated Maxwell 49-33 on the home court. Halftime lead was 29-15. Lineup: Spooner (f) 21 pts.; Evans (f) 14 pts.; McGrane (f) 0 pts.; Briles (f) 14 pts.; Kilgore (f) 0 pts.; Hickle (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Etnier (f) 0 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g). The boys defeated Maxwell. (Insert 2005: Box score not found.)
Dec. 14: Collins girls won their 9th game of the season and second victory over Baxter by the close score of 58-56. Baxter had 13-8 first quarter lead and Collins 29-28 halftime lead and 46-37 third quarter lead. Lineup: Spooner (f) 22 pts. (16 free throws); Evans (f) 12 pt.; McGrane (f) 0 pts.; Briles (f) 24 pts.; Kilgore (f) 0 pts.; Hickle (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Etnier (f) 0 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g).
The boys overwhelmed Baxter 71-34 with 13 boys scoring. Team made 19 of 28 free throws. Collins had 30-20 halftime lead. Lineup: Laird (f) 15 pts.; Vasey (f) 12 pts.; Kilgore (c) 7 pts.; G. Fitzgerald (f) 4 pts.; Long (g) 7 pts.; Dodd (g) 6 pts.; Thornton (f) 2 pts.; Morrison (g) 6 pts.; Ballard (f) 2 pts.; Nichol (g) 5 pts.; Partridge (c) 2 pts.; Clark (g) 0 pts; Luing (g) 0 pts.; D. Fitzgerald (g) 2 pts.
Dec. 17: Collins girls lost their 1st conference game to Shipley on their court, 52-46. Betty Spooner (f) was unable to play because of a leg injury. Shipley held a 27-20 halftime lead. Lineup: Evans (f) 15 pt.; McGrane (f) 5 pts.; Briles (f) 20 pts.; Kilgore (f) 3 pts.; Hickle (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Etnier (f) 0 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g).
The boys suffered their coldest shooting night of the year in struggling to defeat Shipley 48-36. This is the boys' 5th conference win with no defeats. Collins held a 27-14 halftime lead. Lineup: Laird (f) 6 pts.; Vasey (f) 10 pts.; Kilgore (c) 8 pts.; G. Fitzgerald (f) 6 pts.; Long (g) 4 pts.; Dodd (g) 4 pts.; Thornton (f) 0 pts.; Morrison (g) 2 pts.; Ballard (f) 8 pts.