Sports

“I got a broken nose, a black eye, and possibly a mild concussion,” said Sophomore Ben Lepinski, describing his recent Speedball injury. On October 7, during his Team Fitness class, Lepinski broke his nose after colliding into Sophomore Max Lemp during an intense game of Speedball. “I got back up, and I could feel my face swell,” Lepinski said. “No one told me my nose was crooked, I just thought I had hurt my face…

On just her second time swimming the 500 Butterfly, Senior Annika Bordak took first in a meet on October 6 against Becker. “The first 100 was easy, because thats how much the normal Butterfly event is,” Bordak said. “By the 250 mark, I was dead. I wanted to quit but I  just pushed through. When the 400 mark came by, I had a rythm down, so I just went a steady pace. The last 50, I saw the person on my…

Every Wednesday, right before school starts at 7am, athletes and students huddle in the Bison Room to attend the Bison breakfast that Acivities Director Tom Bauman hosts. Bison Breakfast is a meeting in the Bison Room every Wednesday to improve aditiudes of the athletes and most importantly the students. “I decided to do Bison Breakfast because I was feeling kind of disconnected from the kids.” Bauman said. ” I don’t get to coach or teach so I wanted…

Senior Jerome Begin qualified for nationals in the 110 hurdles. The USATF track nationals are held in Eugene, Oregon. Begin will race June 22-25. He’s ranked number one in state in the 110 hurdles and number three in the 300 hurdles. In the 110 hurdles he has a best time of 14.27, the national qualifying time is 14.5.  Begin’s best 300 time is 38.75 with the national qualifying time of 37.6, which he can still improve on at state. “Definitely nervous about…

On May 17, the first season of Buffalo Lacrosse officially ended. The Boys Varsity lacrosse team went 1-10, winning against Elk River in regular season play, and 0-1 in playoffs. The coach for the boys team is Joey Hartfiel. The Girls Varsity lacrosse team went 4-6 in regular season play, and 0-1 in playoffs, and were coached by Andrea Lund. Last fall, the Lacrosse Booster Club raised $40 thousand for the, then, Lacrosse club to become two…

The Buffalo Bison Girls Golf team played in their section tournament on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 at Long Prairie Country Club In Long Prairie. After the first day, freshman Lexi Bollant found herself two strokes back after shooting an 85. The team was in a tie for fourth place. The second day proved to be an even tougher scoring day with the wind and rain, but Bollant fired a field low 86,…

The Buffalo Bison Boys’ Golf team went into sections on Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2 with only one thing on their mind. Upset. The Bison were ranked fourth for sections, behind Alexandria, Fergus Falls and Moorhead (ranked 7 in state). “We feel like we should of been ranked second, so we wanted to prove ourselves out there on day 1 and show everyone that were better than the rank they gave us” said…

The Bison hosted the Prior Lake Lakers on Saturday the 28th at Bentfield Mills. This was the Bison’s first round game in sections 2AAA. Sophomore Jason Senger started off pitching and made it through four innings with five earned runs. In the first inning Senger hit a single to left field then stole second. Next up Sophomore Brennan Gilyard hit a single, scoring Senger from second. No runs were scored for either team till the…

The Buffalo Boys Lacrosse team headed to Chaska to take on the Chaska/Chanhassen Storm hawks Tuesday, May 25, the game started at 7:00. The Bison came in to the section Quarter finals with a record of 1-10 while Chaska/Chanhassen Came in with a strong record of  10-3. “We were excited to play,”said Senior Hunter Stenberg. “It was a fresh start and a new season.” The Buffalo Bison played well but Chaska/Chanhassen was just to strong of…

Boys tennis has had a tough year. In team sections they were seeded 3rd and in the first round by passed 6th seeded Monticello 5-2. In the second round  they lost to the 2nd  seed St.Cloud Tech 0-7. After a tough team sections Coach Jeff Lidstrom was looking forward to individual sections. In individual sections is when you have the top 2 singles and doubles from each team go and play. Due to an unfortunate…