Sports
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The Boys’ Buffalo hockey team played their final game on Tuesday, February 18. The seniors were heartbroken. The feeling had sunk in. For Senior Wilson Anderle there was no way this could be the end. Anderle had made plans to go to college at Mankato State University. He applied at the college in the fall, and was accepted in the winter of this year. After he found out he was accepted, he had to choose…
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The Buffalo Boys’ Basketball team, with the second seed in the first round of section playoffs, dominated Rogers with a 79-53 win. Top scorers for the Bison were Senior Collin Olmscheid with 28 points and Junior John Senger with 20 points. “I feel like last night’s game was a great way to start off the Section Tournament and it was nice to get 20 points and to help out the team get a dominant victory,…
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The basketball team won by almost 30 points against Monticello 74 to 45 on Feb. 18th. Senior Levi Bean lead the team with 17 points. Having one game left of the regular season, the team is 20-5(7-0 in conference). “Things have been rolling really good and I’m looking forward to the postseason. The boys have all been working really hard and that’s showing on the court,” said Coach Nick Guida. Practices are where they have…
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With the 2014 Winter Olympics starting up, controversy arises with competition. Women’s Hockey was made an Olympic sport in 1998 and was first played in the Nagano Winter Olympics. Women’s hockey has been an Olympic sport for only 16 years and now, there is conversation about taking the sport out. Team Canada and team USA are two of the favorites to win gold in men’s Olympic ice hockey in Sochi, but there are a handful…
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This week, the dance team gave elementary age kids a chance to shine. During the halftime show at the basketball game against St. Francis, 55 elementary aged kids had the opportunity to dance in front of an audience. For the past week, the girls on the dance team had been making routines to the songs “Space Jam” and “One Way or Another,” On Thursday when the kids got to the school was the first time…
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Due to a recent Twitter debate, there’s a sudden interest between two star players on rival teams. Junior Gunnar Goodmanson from Buffalo, and Senior Connor Spetz from STMA. Tweets such as “#TeamGunyy”, and a picture of Spetz taking out Goodmanson in a game saying “wait whos better?” were coming out a few days after the Bison defeated the Knights in a 8-4 with Goodmanson scoring three goals, and Spetz scoring one. Goodmanson is referred around…
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Homecoming festivities begin this week. The culmination of the team spirit and Bison pride arrives with the annual football game against St. Francis on Friday. Varsity football players have spent weeks playing, practicing, and conditioning in preparation for what is sure to be one of the most anticipated games of the season. Junior Johnny Senger is a running back on the team. “I think our team’s mission this season is to get better every day.…
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It all started when her parents met through playing volleyball. Her mom begged her in fourth grade to give it a try. Hating it, Senior Kylee Zumach took the next year off. Her mom wanted her to try again. Surprisingly, she ended up liking it and was actually pretty good. That was when she decided to join a Junior Olympics team, which she is currently on called Northern Lights. Zumach is graduating early this January…
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The lights are shining down bright illuminating the field and all you can seem to hear is the grunting of the football players and excited parents cheering their kids on. But in the way back of all that noise is the subtle rustling of pom poms and girl voices cheering in unison. Would people notice if that was missing next year? As of right now that is a strong possibility. They administration are currently talking…
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The Bison Boys Track and Field team won the Mississippi 8 conference title for the 10th consecutive year. “This was our 10th year in a row. In all of our events we’ve had guys place top three. There were a lot of contributors: Josh Alden, Michael Swearingen, Tyler Olson, Dan Pettit, Joey Merz, Andrew Mussell, Mitch Valli, and Eddie Cliffton,” said Senior Austin Youngs. “We always have really good athletes and send people to state.…
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