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: 11/3/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 3, 2023
1. VOLLEYBALL Hartland defeated Fenton in four sets in Division 1 to claim its first District championship in this sport since 1979 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Grand Haven ran its District title streak to 17 with a win over honorable mention Muskegon Mona Shores in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune
3. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Mendon swept No. 8 Colon to clinch a Division 4 District title – Sturgis Journal
4. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Hudsonville swept No. 10 Jenison to claim a third-straight District championship in Division 1 – FOX 17
5. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Bronson clinched its 10th-straight District title, sweeping Centreville in Division 3 – Sturgis Journal
6. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Leland claimed its 22nd District title in program history, downing Traverse City Christian in Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Manistique avenged last season’s District Final loss to Bark River-Harris with a sweep in Division 3 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Hillsdale Academy also avenged a 2022 District Final loss, this time sweeping Camden-Frontier in Division 4 – Hillsdale Daily News
9. VOLLEYBALL Belding edged Central Montcalm 15-13 in the fifth set to lock up a Division 2 District championship – Greenville Daily News
10. VOLLEYBALL Boyne City edged Kingsley 16-14 in the fifth set to clinch a Division 2 District title – Up North Live