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It was a hard game for the boy’s hockey team playing Edina on yesterday at the civic center.  The Bison suffered a hard loss with a final score of 2-8. Although Edina is ranked 6th in the state 2A, Buffalo came out on fire with Senior Tony Thien scoring the first goal only six minutes into the first period. By the end of the first, Edina was able to sneak in three, goals making the score…

Last week, February 7-11, students at BHS filled out a Valentines matchmaker questionnaire. This questionnaire was filled with questions that would match them up with someone that they are most compatible with. There are two sheets: Same grade and the rest of the school.  Not only would they match them up with the opposite sex but, this questionnaire would tell them their most compatible and opposite friends. “I thought that the matchmaker questionnaire was a…

Senior Morgan Lubben is the home basketball game announcer for both the boys and girls team. He has been announcing basketball games for the past two years, replacing professional sports announcer Rusty Kath. “I want to be a professonal sports announcer,” said Lubben. “There is nothing better then getting this great opportunity to announce  the basketball games.” Lubben plans to attend college, and major in broadcast journalism, although he has not decided where yet. “Having someone who…

The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl team placed 1st amongst 55 teams Thursday night at St. Cloud Tech High School. It was the team’s seventh 1st place finish in as many meets this season. “Going into the meet, I honestly thought we were going to lose,” said senior Nate Spanier, also team spokesperson. The team entered the meet already at a disadvantage, missing five of their team members, including two of team 1’s four members (seniors Jonathon…

The Buffalo Girls’ hockey team had a dramatic overtime win last Saturday afternoon in the first round of sections against Wayzata to send them into the second round of sections on Wednesday night, where the Bison faced off against the Minnetonka Skippers for the second time this season. On Tuesday, November 23, the two teams played at Pagel Ice Arena in Minnetonka, where the Skippers beat the Bison 5-0, scoring 4 of the goals in…

The girls basketball team conquered another conference game over Princeton, beating them 69-45. The bison are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in conference. The bison had a tough start trailing the tigers 0-9 in the first 4 minutes of the game, but managed to come back ahead before halftime taking the lead of 30-24. Kendra Wycoff, number 12, lead the bison with a total of 13 points. Behind her was Emily Spier, number 50, and Malorie Schmidt, number…

“You, my friend, look absolutely amazing today.” Starting last Thursday, ego-boosting notes such as this one have been mysteriously appearing in the girls bathrooms of BHS. Taped to the mirrors above the sink on notebook paper written in blue glitter-pen and construction paper written in pink marker, these phrases of encouragement have been displayed by an anonymous writer. “It immediately made me smile,” said Junior Stephanie Hansmann. “There was no way you could look at…

Forty-five degrees and mostly sunny, that describes how this week will be. With Spring on its way and temperatures rising, Minnesotans went out and about this weekend to rid those Winter blues. This weekend students found themselves at concerts, spending time with distant family members, washing their cars inside and out and spending plenty of time with their friends. The burst of sunshine has got everyone smiling this weekend. “I spent my Sunday afternoon cleaning…

Last Friday took third place at the Minnesota State Music Listening competition, with a score of 83 points. Pine Island took first place with 85 points, beating Buffalo by 2 points. Montevideo took second place with 84 points. Representing buffalo at the state Music Listening competition were Seniors Anna Huff, Sam Bergstrom, and Elizabeth Thompson. Buffalo had been in the top two teams at the competition until the last round, when Montevideo pulled into second…

Former Media Center Specialist Todd Manninen is now teaching Minorities and Social Problems, filling the place of retired Social Studies Teacher Gerald Bakke. Mannenin officially filled the spot at the beginning of the second semester, after Laurie Raymond retired.  Social Studies Teacher Dan Dehmer taught Minorities and Social Problems during first semester. “I did my undergrad in sociology and I taught social studies before coming to Buffalo High School as the Media Specialist,” said Manninen.…