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: 4/30/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 30, 2026
1. BOYS GOLF Cruz Beckstrom repeated as Greater Muskegon Athletic Association medalist in leading Muskegon Mona Shores – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – to a seventh-straight team win – Local Sports Journal
2. BOYS GOLF Traverse City Central carded a 285 to win the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News
3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 3 Bay City Western moved past Midland into first in the Saginaw Valley League North with a sweep of the Chemics – Midland Daily News
4. GIRLS SOCCER Kayla Rousseau scored all three goals in Flushing’s 3-0 win over Holly – Flint Journal
5. BOYS LACROSSE Traverse City Central avenged an earlier loss to rival West with a 9-8 overtime victory – Up North Live
6. SOFTBALL Lily Vidra drove in a combined 10 runs during Temperance Bedford’s sweep of Ida – Monroe News
7. TRACK & FIELD The Saginaw Swan Valley girls and LPD2 No. 10 Alma boys won twice at Tri-Valley Conference Red three-team meets – Saginaw News
8. BOYS GOLF Onekama won the Northwest Conference event and three golfers tied for first individually – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. SOFTBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln had 19 hits in a big win over Ann Arbor Pioneer – Ann Arbor News
10. BASEBALL Stevensville Lakeshore swept Portage Central 6-1, 8-4 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium