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: 10/13/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 13, 2025
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Rockford became the first West Michigan champion of the Beast of the East Tournament – Instagram
2. CROSS COUNTRY Okemos – No. 12 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swept team and individual girls championships at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal
3. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo swept Macomb County championship races; Romeo's girls are ranked No. 3 in LPD1 – Macomb Daily
4. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 6 Grand Ledge boys were first and LPD2 No. 3 Alma was second at the Greater Lansing Invitational – Lansing State Journal
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won Freeland Invitational titles – Saginaw News
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Gibraltar Carlson girls and Allen Park boys were team champs at the Downriver All-Area Invitational – Southgate News-Herald
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Muskegon Mona Shores girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association meet since 2022 – Local Sports Journal
8. CROSS COUNTRY Whitehall dominated in winning the GMAA boys championship – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber finished a 6-0 day as champion at the New Lothrop Buddy Forever Invitational – Bay City Times
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Sturgis girls and Detroit Catholic Central boys were champs at the 61st Kiwanis Invitational in Sturgis – Sturgis Journal