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: 2/2/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 2, 2026
1. BOYS WRESTLING Division 3 top-ranked Dundee defeated Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central on Friday and then Division 2 No. 1 Lowell and No. 4 Linden on Saturday – Monroe News
2. BOYS WRESTLING Bay City John Glenn edged Division 2 No. 7 Freeland for the Tri-Valley Conference title – Bay City Times
3. BOYS BOWLING Remus Chippewa Hills capped its first perfect run through the Central State Activities Association – Big Rapids Pioneer
4. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River won the first Mid-Michigan/Highland Conference girls championship – Cadillac News
5. BOYS WRESTLING Fred Hammond reached 200 career wins as Division 3 No. 7 Otisville-LakeVille Memorial won its Tamonta Hill Team Tournament title – Flint Journal
6. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 6 Riverview Gabriel Richard downed Division 1 No. 6 Northville 5-2 at the MIHL Showcase – Southgate News-Herald
7. BOYS WRESTLING St. Joseph won its first Berrien County Invitational championship in 33 years – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. BOYS WRESTLING Division 4 top-ranked Hudson won a Lenawee County Tournament that also included No. 3 Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rockford downed Grand Haven 64-48 in a league matchup of statewide Division 1 contenders – Muskegon Chronicle
10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Milford's Sam Campbell and Detroit Catholic Central's Camren Turowski won multiple events at the MISCA Meet – MISCA
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL Angela Meggisson scored 50 points for the second-straight game, totaling 53 in a win over Detroit University Prep Art & Design – Ann Arbor News