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: 10/24/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 24, 2025
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Ann Arbor Huron clinched its first Division 1 Regional title with a 2-1 win over No. 13 Dearborn Edsel Ford – Ann Arbor News
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Leland clinched a Division 4 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 3 North Muskegon – Up North Live
3. BOYS SOCCER Honorable mention Troy Athens held off No. 7 Troy High for a 3-1 Division 1 Regional title win – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Portage Central claimed its first Regional title since 1991 with a 2-1 overtime win over East Kentwood in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette
5. BOYS SOCCER Lansing Catholic downed No. 9 Frankenmuth 3-2 in overtime in a Division 3 Regional Final – Lansing State Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Country Day scored twice over the final 10 minutes to get past No. 6 Grosse Ile 2-1 in a Division 3 Regional Final – Oakland Press
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Warren De La Salle Collegiate defeated No. 9 Melvindale 3-0 in a Division 2 Regional Final matchup – Southgate News-Herald
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Clarkston claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 11 Detroit Catholic Central – Hometown Life
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced in Division 4 with a 4-0 Regional Final win over No. 13 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – WILX
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep of Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle