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: 9/10/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 10, 2026
1. FIELD HOCKEY Saline downed Dexter 2-0, avenging last season’s MHSAA Semifinal defeat – Saline Post
2. CROSS COUNTRY Fife Lake Forest Area hosted its first meet, won by the Bellaire girls and Kalkasa boys – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Natalie Jordan reached 1,500 career assists in St. Joseph’s sweep of Mattawan – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gladwin came back after losing the first set to defeat Beaverton in five in their Cedar Cup match – Midland Daily News
5. BOYS SOCCER Maple City Glen Lake delivered Suttons Bay’s first loss this fall, 3-1 – MI Sports Now
6. CROSS COUNTRY DeWitt swept the Large School races, with the Chesaning girls and Fowler boys winning Small School titles at the Marauder Invitational – Saginaw News | Athletic.net
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Bay City John Glenn in the Cross-River Rivalry – Bay City Times
8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ithaca girls and Alma boys won at the John Bruder Classic at Shepherd – Cadillac News | Athletic.net
9. CROSS COUNTRY Mason County Central swept team titles at its Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net
10. BOYS SOCCER Two goals over less than a minute sent Lincoln Park past Wyandotte Roosevelt 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald