Sports
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Last night, Boy’s Hockey traveled to Cambridge in hope of clinching their first Mississippi 8 conference championship in five years, and they did exactly that. The boy’s were on their game last night, hustling to each and every loose puck with an extra fierceness in every stride. “We went into the game really excited to win,” said Junior Jesse Sullivan. The Bison won 2-0, with junior goalie Tim Harkess getting the ever so elusive shutout.…
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The Girls’ Hockey team is on fire, and their 20-6 record proves it. Section 6AA will test their skill. With four of the top ten teams in the state are within their section (the Bison Ranked #6) the girls scored the #4 seed for their section. The girls faced #5 seeded Wayzata this past Saturday. Sophomore Kirsten Olson scored the first goal of the game within one minute of play. Shortly after, Freshman Allison Roethke…
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“In regards to body strength, boys and girls are built differently,” said Physical Education teacher Nick Guida. “It’s like comparing apples to oranges, not apples to apples.” For a boy to get 11 points on the mile, he must run it in under 5 minutes and 45 seconds. For a girl to get the same score, she has to run it in under 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Is this fair? Of 30 randomly-selected students surveyed 77…
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“I’ve been waiting for some live action from the Minnesota Wild all winter,” said Senior Charlie Weros. After four long months for BHS’s hockey fans, the NHL lockout finally ended on January 5, 2013. The condensed and shortened season began on January 19 and consists of 48 games instead of the usual 82. “It makes me feel wonderful that the NHL lockout ended,” said Social Studies Teacher Cindy Khalil. “I missed it a lot but…
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With two games left in the year, boy’s hockey already has three more wins than last season. After losing to the Monticello Magic on February 2, they have five wins and two losses in conference and are currently in first. The last time that they won conference was in 2009. Since then Buffalo has yet to put out a winning season. “We have a younger team that isn’t as experienced but more disciplined,” said Senior Joe Hayes.…
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“The boys won’t come and watch us because we don’t wear spandex,” said Senior Hockey Captain Katie Rooney. “The only way we will get more fans is if we make it to State. Then everyone will come so they can miss school.” Many people would think that fans would rather see a team with more wins, but the Boys’ Hockey team (at 9-8-2) consistently outdraws the Girls’ Team (at 18-6). “I just feel that…
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Buffalo is set to play the 6-9-1 St. Michael-Alberville Knights this Saturday at 7 P.M. The tension in the air of the Civic center will be higher than if you were trying to suspend a car with fishing line, and it comes with good reason. The Knights published an article in which they predicted to “sweep” the bison yet again this year so they can compete with Rogers. Yet, the Bison have a better record than the…
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Buffalo’s varsity gymnastics placed fourth out of five teams, with a score of 125 on Saturday at Gustavus. “ I’m not surprised we got fourth because the other teams threw better skills than us,” said freshman Noelle Ziegelmann. “It’s hard to know what’s coming when you compete against all varsity; it’s a big surprise you don’t expect.” “The Gustavus meet was very encouraging,” said Coach Laumann. “We had a few mishaps here and there. The…
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The Boy’s Basketball team won the Varsity game against St. Cloud Tech. The team was down 23-18 at halftime, but turned it around in the second half to take a three point lead. With 11 seconds to go in the game, St. Cloud Tech. called a timeout, passed the ball in, shot a three pointer to try to go into overtime but missed in the final seconds of the game. Buffalo had won the game…
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The boys’ varsity hockey won against St.Francis, ending the game with a score of 3-2. “I was really happy that we held them off with two goals; Jack Patnode scored the final point,” said Junior Casey Anderson. “We are going to play physical and score goals against Bloomington Kennedy to win the next game.” “One of the highlights was when junior Wilson Anderle tripped and almost did a full flip,” said Anderson.
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