Music News - A few weeks ago, the band mothers ordered band pants and they have arrived. They are white; as yet we do not have jackets, so we will be wearing white shirts and black ties with the new pants.
Basketball - The girls won a decisive victory over Colo, 60-34 on the Colo floor. Collins had halftime lead 29-13. Lineup: Kilgore (f) 8 pts.; Spooner (f) 11 pts.; Briles (f) 35 pts.; Downing (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 0 pts.; Carley (g-f) 7 pts.; Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g); M. Kloppenborg (g); E. Kloppenborg (g); Clark (g).
Collins boys came out on top at Colo, 47-43 in a rugged game by both teams. At the end of the first quarter, Collins led 13-3, but never led by more than eight points the remainder of the game. these two teams were rated as most likely to fight it out for the conference title. With slightly more than two minutes remaining, Collins had a slender 41-39 lead. Then a strange event happened. A Clipper became momentarily confused and dribbled the length of the court and scored a basket for Colo to knot the count at 41-41. Collins recovered quickly with fielders by Larry Laird and Jim Dodd moved the Clippers back in front, 45-41. Colo and Collins each scored a bucket in the last seconds of the game for the final 47-43 Collins win. Ballard (f) 12 pts.; Laird (g) 15 pts.; Vasey (c) 12 pts.; Jim Dodd (g) 6 pts.; Morrison (g) 2 pts.
Basketball - The girls overran Rhodes 54-24 at Rhodes, in their second meeting of the season. Collins had a 30-12 halftime lead. Kilgore (f) 29 pts.; Spooner (f) 4 pts.; Briles (f) 9 pts.; Christian (f) 2 pts.; Frerichs (f) 8 pts.; Carley (g-f) 2 pts.; Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g); M. Kloppenborg (g); Ballard (g).
Junior High News: Seventh - In Geography, we had our six-weeks tests and have now started the chapter on Eurasia. We had our six-weeks spelling test of 100 words. In English, we are learning to outline.
December 1, 1955 Music News - Wednesday night there will be a band concert in the auditorium at 7:30 P.M. The program consists of selections by the band, and several small instrumental groups will play. Everyone is invited and there will be no charge, but there will be a free-will offering taken. The money will be used to buy new band jackets. Band mothers are serving lunch after the program, which will also be free.
Basketball - The Clipperettes stacked up their seventh victory of the season by defeating Baxter 70-61 on the Baxter court. The first quarter score was Collins leading 22-17 and halftime lead 35-19. Lineup: Kilgore (f) 9 pts.; Spooner (f) 21 pts.; Briles (f) 38 pts.; Christian (f) 0 pts.; Frerichs (f) 4 pts.; Carley (g-f) 0 pts.; Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g); M. Kloppenborg (g); Stratton (g).
The boys continued on their winning streak of six straight, bouncing Baxter 82-36. Lineup: Ballard (f) 22 pts.; Laird (g) 3 pts.; Vasey (c) 29 pts.; Jim Dodd (g) 9 pts.; Morrison (g) 2 pts.; Nichol (g) 0 pts.; Clark (g) 3 pts.; Partridge (f) 10 pts.; Jerry Dodd (g) 0 pts.; D. Fitzgerald (g) 4 pts.; P. Fitzgerald (g) 0 pts.; Huffman (g) 0 pts.