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: 1/17/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 17, 2025
1. BOYS BASKETBALL KJ Torbert reached 1,000 career points and East Lansing downed Okemos 78-67 in double overtime – Lansing State Journal
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jordyn Egger reached 1,000 career points in Mount Pleasant’s big win over Bay City Central – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Daniel Jacobson also celebrated 1,000 career points with 24 in Gaylord St. Mary’s 53-29 win over Onaway – Petoskey News-Review
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Birmingham Groves is first in the Oakland Activities Association Red thanks to a 66-62 win over Clarkston – Detroit News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grass Lake sits alone in first in the Cascades Conference East after a 49-39 victory over Leslie – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. HOCKEY Wyandotte Roosevelt downed Gibraltar Carlson 3-1 in part thanks to goalie Evan Kelly’s 47 saves – Southgate News-Herald
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Mt. Morris remained undefeated in Mid-Michigan Activities Conference play after a 44-27 win over New Lothrop – WJRT
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Halen McLaughlin drained 38 points in Sanford Meridian’s 68-41 victory over Beaverton – Midland Daily News
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Drake Koepke scored the game-winner in Bellaire’s 50-49 win over Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Clarkston Everest Collegiate broke away from a halftime tie to down Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 50-32 – Oakland Press