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: 9/30/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 30, 2026
1. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Adams clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association White championship with a 5-2 win over Birmingham Groves – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 8 Portage Central carded a 156 to win the final Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference jamboree – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. GIRLS GOLF Rochester Adams – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 311 to set the pace at the latest OAA Red/White event – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline downed No. 2 Pioneer 3-2 – Ann Arbor News
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 8 Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kyla Kuiper had 31 assists and served 17 points during the third set of Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland East’s sweep of Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel
7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Chelsea won its invitational with eight first-place finishes and a diving school record – Ann Arbor News
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Romeo held off multiple comeback attempts to get past Macomb Dakota in five sets – Macomb Daily
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West kept pace in the Big North Conference with a sweep of Gaylord – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mason finished a season sweep of Williamston – WLNS