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: 4/4/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 4, 2023

1. GIRLS SOCCER Sydney Bourdon’s first-half hat trick keyed Division 2 No. 12 Dearborn Divine Child’s 4-0 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS GOLF St. Joseph shot a 174 to edge Niles by five strokes at a four-team event – Niles Daily Star

3. SOFTBALL Temperance Bedford improved to 3-0 with a sweep of Grosse Ile – Monroe News

4. SOFTBALL Midland Bullock Creek opened with a sweep of Alpena – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Former Cassopolis coach Dan Purlee is taking over at Edwardsburg – South Bend Tribune