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The time has come again for all girls grades 9th-11th to show off their skills and tryout to be a 2009-2010 Buffalo High school cheerleader.  4 Clinics are being held before tryouts on April 27th-30th.  Tryouts will be held on May 4th and May 5th.  Girls trying out need only attend there designated day.   The girls will be learning 4 BHS cheers, and some basic cheerleading skills that will be needed for the tryout.   The will be three…

On April 23 Buffalo boy’s varsity tennis will be leaving the high school at 2:30 to compete in Rogers for 4:15. Members include Freshman Dylan Steman and Jack Becker, Sophomore’s Tony Thein, Reid Trousedale, and Taylor Skinner, Junior’s Erik Starr, Joseph Swanson, Robert Malmstein, and Zachary Danielson, and Senior Aaron Swandal. “I don’t really know but I think we could really surpise some teams this year,” said Thein. Tennis matches include four singles events and three doubles…

On Thursday April 30 from 2:30 until 4:30 the will be an Arts Magnet Fun Night in the main gym. This will be the first Arts Magnet Fun Night this year as the other one that was planed got cancelled because of a snow day. During fun night there will be many things going on, there will be DDR, Guitar Hero, open gym, a graffiti wall, a place to bring instruments and play for other people, concessions,…

With this year’s yearbook coming to a close, the Tatanka yearbook’s staff decided to cover the school’s spring sports and activities in a spring supplement.  The supplement will consist of: the spring musical, boys’ and girls’ golf, track and field, prom, JV sports, state conference and section champions, boys’ tennis, baseball, softball, and adapted softball. The supplements will cost $10 each and can be ordered, along with the yearbook, in McCallum’s room A-210.  Order now while…

Facebook, Myspace and Twitter–although seemingly harmless sources for students to socially network, Buffalo High School freshmen learned the dangers of online predators. While the Sophomores and Juniors remained in the classroom completing MCA testing on Wednesday, April 15, freshmen gathered in the Performing Arts Center to listen to Kari Berzins. Berzins is a speaker with Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), who explained the dangers of giving out information on the Internet.  Berzins showed students, through the mind of a predator, how…

Spring Lake Park Girls’ take a major defeat when playing Buffalo on Wednesday April 15th.  The Junior Varsity team started at 5:30 pm.  The center, Freshman Rachel Stenson, made a great first impression by scoring the majority of the points throughout the game.  SLP scored once during the first half and once in the second half, but hardly made a dent leaving the final score 13-2.  As the Varsity team warmed up, one of the…

By: Rian Anderson and Michael Pyka This year’s Varsity baseball team has been struggling early in the season with a record of one win and three losses. Their first game was held on April 4th against the Skippers, a difficult team from Minnetonka. The scores were consistant for the duration of the event, but ultimately the Bison lost by two runs after scoring four of their own. The Bison’s first win was against Zimmerman only…

This year, Buffalo High School’s Leadership Council, lead by Administrator Vicki Cary, has organized the eighth grade tour to double as a retreat. In previous years the tours have been lead by Students Stepping Up, but rather this year the groups have combined to lead the retreat together. Leadership Council consists of leaders throughout many of the schools activities, such as Student Council, Future Famers of America, Cultures United, and sports teams.   “We wanted…

          Spring sports have officially begun with opening games and meets having already begun as early as April 2nd. While, many athletes are excited to began playing the weather does not seem to be as eager to cooperate.  As many are aware the heavy snowfalls and recent rain showers have left many towns along the Red River facing flooding and evacuations. Buffalo may not be anywhere near these towns; however, it also faces it’s fair…

On Monday, April 6, from 1:20 until 2:20 all freshmen sophomores and juniors went to their assigned room to review for their MCA test and well they did that all seniors were able to leave. The freshmen will be tested on written composition which will be one day of testing on Tuesday April 14. The sophomores and juniors will be testing for two days, Tuesday April 14 and Wednesday April 15. The sophomores will be tested…