Sports

The Varsity Girls’ Soccer team lost their first Section game to Moorehead 1-0 at Cummings field on Thursday, October 13. Even without home field advantage, Moorehead got ahead early and the Bison were unable to recover. Bison were the favored team coming into the game with the third seed in the standings, while Moorhead was seated sixth out of eight teams. Playing in a section game is more nerve racking than regular games and mistakes…

“I noticed a lot of freshmen showing up to the first meeting,” said Science Teacher Rachel Busch. “People have said that there have been a lot more attending this year than in the past.” Every other Monday at 7:00, a student organized group called FCA [Fellowship of Christian Athletes] meets. The location of the meetings varies from members’ houses to local churches. They discuss religious views and will occasionally have guest speakers. For fun, they…

“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…