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: 9/25/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 25, 2024
2. GIRLS GOLF Northville – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – secured another Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship with a 302 at the postseason tournament – Hometown Life
1. VOLLEYBALL East Grand Rapids defeated Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills and Division 2 No. 8 Ada Forest Hills Eastern – FOX 17
3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Western defeated rival Central for the first time in five years – Bay City Times
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Manton swept Lake City – MI Sports Now
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate moved to 16-0 with a sweep of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press
6. CROSS COUNTRY Ludington swept wins at the Kelder Poured Walls 2-Mile Races – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net
7. VOLLEYBALL Remus Chippewa Hills avenged an early-season loss to Big Rapids with a 3-1 win – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. VOLLEYBALL Bear Lake came back after losing the first set to defeat Brethren in three – Manistee News Advocate
9. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Hudsonville shut out Grand Haven 4-0 – Grand Haven Tribune
10. BOYS SOCCER Gaylord edged Cadillac 3-2 – Petoskey News-Review