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: 4/7/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 7, 2025
1. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy’s Grayson Rorick was among standouts at the Jack Beilfuss Early Season Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News
2. GIRLS SOCCER Hartland shut out Okemos 2-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. GIRLS SOCCER Lakeview downed McBain Northern Michigan Christian 5-1 to win the latter’s Comet Cup – Cadillac News
4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western swept Division 4 No. 3 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart and Walled Lake Northern in a Saturday doubleheader – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS LACROSSE Rochester scored first, but Stoney Creek scored the next six goals on the way to a 16-6 victory – Oakland Press
6. GIRLS SOCCER Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse scored both goals during the first half of a 2-0 win over Richmond – Macomb Daily
7. GIRLS SOCCER Brooke Grant had three goals and an assist in Jackson Northwest’s 8-1 win over Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot
8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis opened with a sweep of Kingsley, 9-3 and 7-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. BASEBALL Freeland also opened with a sweep, downing Alpena 7-1 and 4-0 – Saginaw News
10. GIRLS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Detroit Western 7-3 – Dearborn Press & Guide