Sports
Covering the biggest moments of Buffalo High School athletics and athletes.
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The Boys’ Basketball team hosted Minnapolis South for its 12th annual memorial game in honor of Pat Sonju on Saturday. The varsity team won the game 59-47. Sonju was the former head basketball coach who suddenly died in the fall of 1999. Usually taking place in late January or early February, Bison basketball celebrate the life of a loved coach by playing the game that he loved: Basketball. This year the team raised money for the Pat…
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Buffalo’s Cross Country ski team headed up to Mount Itasca on Monday January 16 for a meet. “ We had our last meet up at Mount Itasca, Their were a lot of teams up their but I think Buffalo placed fairly well,” said Freshman Jacob Jungwirth.“Buffalo doesn’t have that big of a cross country team compared to most other teams so taking that in to consideration I think we as a team did well.” Buffalo’s…
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The Bison Varsity Boys hockey team lost to the St.Michael/Albertville Knights on Tuesday. The game was at home for the Bison, and what could have been a close game ended in a tough loss. In the first period, right off the bat both teams were becoming aggressive with each other and skating hard. Both teams received close shots into the goal but at the end of the first period it was still zero to zero. Second period…
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Jon Holtz announced this week that 2012 will be his last year coaching BHS gymnastics. Holtz has been coaching gymnastics for 17 years. Martha Driscoll-Nelson will continue coaching gymnastics without him and will also be searching for a new gymnastics coach. “It’s mainly about my family,” said Holtz. “I have two boys at home who need more dad time. And the past three years our gymnasts have been amazing, it’s good to go out on…
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With winter in our midst the water is frozen over and the ice skaters have now come out. Thanks to the amount of lakes and ponds here in Minnesota this is an ideal spot for any pond hockey lovers. Playing pond hockey has many up and down sides. “It is fun and good exercise during the winter said Junior Ben Leipholtz. “ I wish I could play hockey on a league but it is to…
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The Bison Girls’ Basketball team played at St. Michael on Thursday, January 19, in the Coaches verses Cancer game. ‘We are here to make the yellow ribbon just as important and the pink’ was the speech given right before the game. The game was dedicated to Luke Letellier, a sophomore at St. Michael – Albertville High School who was diagnosed with stage four cancer two years ago. During the game there was a raffle going…
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The 2012 Track and Field season is just around the corner for Buffalo High School. For the distance runners, the season starts long before the first day of practice. “I start running two weeks into the year,” said Junior Bo Bralier. “These miles that I start to run are called ‘Winter miles’.” The Track and Field season usually begins on the second Monday in the month of March. Bo is just one of many that…
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Jack Jablonski, a sophmore at Benilde-St. Margaret, was paralyzed in a hockey game against Wayzata on Friday, December 30. His injury has brought awareness about the risks of playing hockey and the dangers with checking from behind. The girls U14 team taped all their sticks white and red at their most recent hockey game to pay tribute to Jablonski. Student also participated and wore white to show their respect for Jablonski. “I feel really bad,…
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The Buffalo Boys Swim Team had their first meet of the season on Friday December 16. The meet was held at the Buffalo Middle School pool, and was attended by the whole Mississippi 8 conference. This meet wasn’t scored and was more so a scrimmage to get ready for the season. With this being the first meet of the year it can bring up mixed emotions for the swimmers. “Because it’s the first meet of…
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After having three different coaches in the past year, new coach Benjamin Wandmacher and the boy’s wrestling program hope to have a successful season. In the past year there have been several faces behind the boys’ wrestling program. Following Paul Arens’ step down, coach Christopher Lembeck was brought in from Iowa to guide the team. Once he stepped down, next came Wandmacher. “I think the boys have been pretty enthusiastic so far,” said Wandmacher. “They…
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