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: 5/13/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 13, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Grosse Ile closed out a fifth-straight Huron League championship with a win over Riverview – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS LACROSSE Brighton held on for an 11-10 win over Livonia United that clinched the Bulldogs’ first Kensington Lakes Activities Association title since 2015 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BASEBALL Marion clinched a share of a fifth-straight West Michigan D League championship with a sweep of Mesick – Cadillac News

4. BASEBALL Big Rapids clinched a third-straight Central State Activities Association championship with a sweep of Grant – Big Rapids Pioneer

5. SOFTBALL Morley Stanwood clinched a share of the CSAA White title with a sweep of White Cloud – Big Rapids Pioneer

6. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 2 Saline swept Monroe to claim the Southeastern Conference Red title – Saline Post

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Midland downed Bay City Western to clinch the Saginaw Valley League title – WNEM

8. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 12 Norway is the Skyline Central Conference title winner after a sweep of Bark River-Harris – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. BOYS GOLF Monroe won the Monroe County Championships led by medalist Taleon Guess – Monroe News

10. BASEBALL Chelsea clinched the SEC White title with a sweep of Ypsilanti Community – Ann Arbor News