May 22, 1972. Collins Wins Girls State Track Crown A victory by Deb Carroll in the 60-Yd Dash gave the team their 26th point. Woodbine, pre-meet favorite, had a relay event left and a victory would have given them a tie for the title. Woodbine failed to place in the last race. BGM also had a chance to overtake Collins, but a 5th place and 2nd place in relay events were short of the needed points. For a while, it looked like potential repeat of the bad luck in last year's state meet competition. The Collins 10-Flight Shuttle Hurdle Relay team, which has placed high all year and won the district meet. They won their heat in their best time of the season (1:07.45), but it wasn't good enough because it took 1:07.12 to qualify for the final race. Only the eight fastest times qualify for the finals. Also, Deb Carroll long jumped 17' 3", but this distance did not score any points.
Deb Carroll won the 100 Yd Dash in 11.2 secs, scoring Collins' first points. She proceeded to win the 220 Yd Dash in 25.3 secs. Deb's next event, the 60 Yd Dash, was the closest race of the day. She got off to a bad start and was in last place with 15 yards remaining. She made the final surge to win in 7.2 secs. It took an electronic timer, which recorded times in 100th of a second to get the times separated for the four top finishers: 1st 7.2 secs., 2nd 7.21 secs., 3rd 7.22 secs., 4th 7.25 secs.
Valuable points were picked up by junior Diana Atwood and without her two second-place finishes, the Clipperettes would not have won the state meet. Diana's meet competitor was triple-winner freshman sensation, Debbie Esser of Woodbine. Diana broke the existing state record of 14.9 secs. in the 100 Meter Hurdle finals, but finished 2nd to Esser with time of 14.4 secs. Diana Atwood also came out 2nd in the 200 Hurdles when Esser set a state meet record of 29.5 secs, while Diana's time of 30.1 secs. was her career best.
State Meet Team scoring - Top 13 Teams: Collins 26, BGM (Brooklyn) 19, Woodbine 18, Belle Plaine 16, Ogden15, Goldfield 11, West Marshall 11, Manilla 10, Charles City 10, Missouri Valley 10, Spirit Lake 10, Adair-Casey 10, Urbandale 10.
Girls State Track Team Members: Deb Carroll, Diana Atwood, Donna Barrett, Mary Beth Kingman, Teresa Luing, Jodee Holland, Marie Peterson, Cathy Kingman, Darla Stevens, Cindy Dunshee, Coach Bill Brooks.
May 22, 1972. Graduation Dr. Elliott Partridge, who graduated from Collins in 1957, will speak to the class of 22 graduates when diplomas are awarded. Dr. Partridge will speak on "Getting It All Together." Collins high school principal Dale Weeks will present the 22 class members and Gene Atwood, Pres. of the Board, will present the diplomas. Members of the 1972 Collins graduating class include: Robert Adams, Darlene Beal, Kenneth (Stanton) Carroll, Rita Caulkins, Carmon Clark, Dale Fillenwarth, Janice Findlay, Patricia Graham, Randy Holsinger, Barry Huffaker, William Huntrods, Thomas Kimberley, Steven Lancaster, Teresa Luing, Bradford Moses, Lonnie Mullihan, Vaughn Noring, Susan Ogburn, Randy Smith, Dennis Stratton, Kyla Stratton, Thomas Wright. Class flower is a white carnation with a baby burgundy rose in the center. The class colors are burgundy and white. Class motto is "We've found a whole new way of getting it together."
May 23, 1972. Collins Boys Baseball LDF scored single runs in the 7th and 8th innings to come from behind and defeat Collins 11 to 10 in the opening game of the season. The Clippers scored one run in the 1st inning, 6 runs in the 4th, and 3 in the 5th to take a 10-9 lead going into the 6th inning. Then the game went sour for Collins. Caulkins, Long, Patterson, and Bill Crabb each had a pair of hits for Collins. Caulkins took the loss. (No other games found)
Season Summary: Collins won: Green Mountain, 9-4, New Providence 8-2 and 10-7, and 9-4. Collins lost: Pella Christian 2-15, Steamboat Rock 3-10, Stratford 2-6.