Burling's 97 (Traverse Magazine)
February 21, 2012
The details remain hazy and there is little explanation to go with what Crystal Falls' Ed Burling accomplished on an unknown date during the 1910-11 season.
Todd Schulz tells us what is known about the MHSAA record holder for most points in a boys basketball game.
One of many great scene-setters from the former Lansing State Journal columnist:
Nearly a century later, Burling’s feat stands as the state record for points scored in a high school game by a single player. Unfortunately, the details of the game have dropped into darkness, as if they were tossed down one of the mine shafts that littered Crystal Falls’ rugged landscape.
Click "The Basketball Mystery that Endures" to read the rest at MyNorth.com.
Today in the MHSAA: 6/4/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 4, 2025
1. BOYS LACROSSE Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice scored the go-ahead goal with 1:24 to play in a 9-8 Division 1 Semifinal win over Rockford – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Country Day avenged a 2024 Semifinal loss with a 2-0 win over top-ranked Grosse Ile in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Southgate News-Herald
3. GIRLS SOCCER No. 4 Kalamazoo Christian advanced in Division 4 with a 1-0 win over top-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Catholic Central will return to the Division 1 Final thanks to a 22-4 win over Grand Ledge – Hometown Life
5. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Troy Athens played a player down for nearly half of regulation and emerged with a shootout win over No. 5 Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Oakland Press
6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 7 Saginaw Nouvel downed No. 3 Leland 4-0 in Division 4, while Midland Calvary Baptist defeated Shelby and No. 9 DeWitt downed No. 11 Goodrich in Division 2 – WNEM
7. GIRLS SOCCER Laingsburg also advanced in Division 4 with a 2-1 win over No. 8 Adrian Lenawee Christian – WLNS
8. GIRLS SOCCER No. 11 Warren Regina shut down No. 14 Ann Arbor Greenhills 1-0 in Division 3 – Macomb Daily
9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 11 Hartland outscored Oxford in a shootout to move on in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. GIRLS SOCCER Alahna Beckett scored three goals to send No. 6 Midland past Mattawan 5-2 in Division 1 – Saginaw News