Sports

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,…

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…

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…

A Guest Speaker attended this morning’s Bison Breakfast to give a Special Message. The Guest speaker was Activities Director Tom Bauman’s father, Al Bauman. He was asked to attend to the last Bison Breakfast of the year to make sure students got his message before the year was over. “When I was young and watching a basketball game, I would coach the game and play the game while watching it,”  said Bauman. “ I now…

The Bison Girl’s Basketball team beat Minneapolis South 48-70 last night in the first meeting between the teams since 1991. The last two time Buffalo has played Minneapolis South was in 1990 and 1991. Buffalo lost both games with scores of 32-58 and 46-53. Head Coach Scot Sorenson was very pleased with the win and hopes the season continues to keep going this way. ” Minneapolis has had a lot of success the last 5…

The Boys’ Hockey team lost their home opener versus Brainered 2-6 on Thursday night. The evening started off with enthusiastic player introductions sparking energy through all the cheering fans in the stands. Right off the bat during the first period, Brainerd struck first, but shortly after, Freshman Gunner Goodmanson tied up the game when the puck bounced off his skate into Brainereds’ goal, assisted by Senior Max Willard. Unfortunately from then on, Brainerd got another four…

The Bison Girls’ Swim and Dive team heads to the Section Meet at St. Cloud Tech this weekend. Coach Rachel Busch is very pumped for the girls and can’t wait to see what the day will bring. “Well the girls have been working really hard,” said Busch. “Now they are resting and their times are going to drop, which is going to make for a great and exciting meet.” With a record of 7-2-0, Senior…

The Buffalo girls swim/dive team faced the fourth ranked Wayzata Trojans for their last meet of the regular season on October 25, 2011. The meet ended in a loss for the Bison, with Wayzata sweeping the meet. The ending score was 103 for Wayzata and 81 for Buffalo. Wayzata won seven of the 12 events, and also took second in seven events. Buffalo took first in four events, and second in three events. The highlights…