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: 4/24/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 24, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 2 Unionville-Sebewaing and Division 3 honorable mention Cass City split a doubleheader – Huron Daily Tribune
2. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Escanaba and Negaunee split, with the Miners winning the opener 3-2 and Escanaba taking the second game 10-5 – Marquette Mining Journal
3. BOYS GOLF DeWitt – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – carded a 312 and Traverse City West a 313 to top the Grand Blanc Invitational standings – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BOYS LACROSSE Romeo defeated Grosse Pointe South 13-8 in a matchup of league title contenders – Macomb Daily
5. BASEBALL Solomon Wegmeyer threw a no-hitter to send Holland West Ottawa past Division 1 No. 19 Rockford 2-1 – Holland Sentinel
6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate held on for a 1-1 draw against Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press
7. SOFTBALL Avery Cipa hit two inside-the-park home runs during the same inning for Livonia Stevenson in a win over Garden City – Hometown Life
8. BASEBALL Kalamazoo Central and Loy Norrix split with the games decided in extra innings and then a walk-off – Kalamazoo Gazette
9. SOFTBALL Zoey Overton had a combined four home runs and 13 RBIs during Howell’s sweep of Milford – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley swept North Branch, winning the second game on a walk-off – Saginaw News