Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/16

February 5, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A couple of girls basketball results stuck out from headlines across Michigan detailing Thursday's action.

Girls Basketball

Warren Regina finished a series sweep over reigning Class A champion Bloomfield Hills Marian, getting this second win 45-39 - Macomb Daily

Pinconning ended an 18-game league losing streak with its first win over Tawas since 2002, 55-40 - Saginaw News

Boys Basketball

Traverse City Central downed rival West 46-41 during our Battle of the Fans visit to see West's Bleacher Creatures - Traverse City Record-Eagle

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.