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: 11/6/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 6, 2025
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Zeeland East avenged a 2024 District Final loss with a four-set Division 1 District Semifinal win over Holland West Ottawa – Holland Sentinel
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL West Iron County upset honorable mention Calumet in five sets in Division 3 – The Keweenaw Report
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Romeo came back from a 2-1 deficit to get past Rochester Hills Stoney Creek in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL St. Joseph avenged a regular-season loss to Portage Northern with a four-set win in Division 1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Battle Creek Harper Creek hung on for a five-set win over Vicksburg in Division 2 – Battle Creek Enquirer
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Cadillac advanced in Division 1 with a sweep of Midland Dow – Up North Live
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North twice came back from one-set deficits to get past New Boston Huron in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Chelsea won the first set but Adrian Madison won the next three in a Division 2 win – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bad Axe came back from a 2-1 deficit to get past Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker in five in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Johannesburg-Lewiston lost the first set but held on for all five to get past East Jordan in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review