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: 2/19/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 19, 2026
1. TEAM WRESTLING No. 13 Fruitport claimed its first Regional title in 41 years with wins over Gaylord and No. 10 Greenville in Division 2 – MuskegonSports.com
2. BOWLING The top-ranked Ravenna girls were more than 1,000 pins better than the field in their Division 4 Regional victory – Muskegon Chronicle
3. TEAM WRESTLING No. 3 Brighton downed No. 6 Grand Ledge and No. 15 Hastings to win a Division 1 Regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. TEAM WRESTLING No. 2 Whitehall clinched a Division 3 Regional title with a 38-30 win over No. 5 Kent City – Local Sports Journal
5. BOWLING The No. 9 Bay City All Saints boys won their first Regional title in 13 years, and the No. 3-ranked Sandusky girls were champions as well in Division 4 – Bay City Times
6. TEAM WRESTLING No. 2 Hartland downed No. 4 Clarkston to finish a Division 1 Regional title run – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain completed an outright championship in the Highland Conference with a 52-24 win over LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News
8. TEAM WRESTLING Top-ranked Hudson defeated No. 7 Springport and Hanover-Horton in a Division 4 Regional – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. TEAM WRESTLING No. 11 Freeland claimed a Division 2 Regional title with a 36-27 win over No. 12 Bay City John Glenn – Saginaw News
10. TEAM WRESTLING No. 3 Clinton claimed a Division 4 Regional title with wins over No. 10 Manchester and Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Adrian Daily Telegram
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Evincio LaCount scored his 1,000th career point during Ellsworth’s 56-41 win over Mesick – Traverse City Record-Eagle
GIRLS BASKETABLL Madie Folkema set a school single-season scoring record for Muskegon Western Michigan Christian during its 59-40 win over Montague – Local Sports Journal