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: 2/26/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 26, 2025
1. HOCKEY No. 6 Painesdale Jeffers won its first Regional title since 1977 with 5-1 victory over No. 2 Houghton in Division 3 – My UP Now
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gaylord St. Mary clinched the Ski Valley Conference championship with a 51-44 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Petoskey News-Review
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Armada and Yale shared the Blue Water Area Conference title with Armada’s win over Richmond and Yale’s over Imlay City – Port Huron Times Herald
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankfort clinched the Northwest Conference title outright with an 18-11 win over Leland – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dexter locked up a share of the Southeastern Conference Red title with a 57-23 victory over Monroe – Ann Arbor News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Temperance Bedford also claimed a share in the SEC Red with a big win over Ann Arbor Huron – Monroe News
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia clinched a share of the Central Michigan Athletic Conference championship with a 58-30 victory over Laingsburg – Lansing State Journal
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mariah Kerley became East Jackson’s all-time leading scorer during a big win over Milan – Jackson Citizen Patriot
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Camryn VandenBosch reached 1,000 career points in Holland Christian’s 45-35 win over Allendale – Holland Sentinel
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian finished a fourth-straight undefeated run through the Jack Pine Conference with a 62-42 win over Shepherd in a crossover of division champs – Midland Daily News
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL Freeland edged Midland 51-49 in a matchup of contenders in Divisions 2 and 1, respectively – WNEM