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: 8/26/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 26, 2022

(We’ll cover Week 1 football in full in Monday’s “1st & Goal.”)

1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – defeated No. 5 Mattawan, No. 9 Traverse City Central and Gibraltar Carlson – Midland Daily News

2. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac went undefeated to win its invitational, defeating Elk Rapids, Morley Stanwood, Leland, and Clio twice – Cadillac News

3. GIRLS GOLF Montague won the first West Michigan Conference jamboree, five strokes ahead of Ludington – Ludington Daily News

4. BOYS SOCCER Ludington remains undefeated after a win over Coopersville – Ludington Daily News

5. GIRLS GOLF Adrian shot a 179 to defeat Saline and Ypsilanti Lincoln – Saline Post

6. BOYS SOCCER Charlevoix and Suttons Bay played to a 1-1 draw – MI Sports Now