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: 9/30/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 30, 2025
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 New Boston Huron clinched the Huron League championship outright with a 2-1 win over Division 3 No. 6 Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald
2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 7 Portage Central was first and LPD2 No. 7 St. Joseph second at the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 honorable mention Fennville defeated Watervliet to complete a fourth-straight championship run in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore – Holland Sentinel
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Romeo downed Utica Eisenhower 4-0 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Red title – Macomb Daily
5. GIRLS GOLF Goodrich – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – completed an outright championship in the Flint Metro League with a league tournament victory – Flint Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER Macomb L’Anse Creuse North clinched the Macomb Area Conference Blue title with a 3-0 win over Port Huron Northern – Macomb Daily
7. BOYS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern downed White Lake Lakeland to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship – Oakland Press
8. BOYS SOCCER Grand Ledge defeated Division 2 No. 12 Lansing Eastern and Haslett downed Lansing Catholic to reach the Capital Area Activities Conference Silver Cup championship match – WLNS
9. BOYS SOCCER Northville advanced to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association final with a shootout win over Canton – Hometown Life
10. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 3 Rochester Adams carded a 344 to win the Captain Sally Invitational at American Dunes – Big Rapids Pioneer