Sports

The Bison Volleyball team won the first round of sections against New Prague with scores of 25-14, 24-26,23-25,25-14, and 15-13 last night. After winning the first game, the team dropped the next two, putting them one loss away from elimination. The team rallied after that, taking the next two games and advancing to the second round. “ We really went in with a bang,” said Senior Jamie High. “The first game we started out with…

Last night, boys Cross Country runners shaved their heads in preparation for their section meet in Hutchinson at 4:00 this afternoon. Fourteen teams will be competing tonight, Senior runner  Dan Pettit has assumed that Buffalo will take second. Four out of the seven boys runners decided to shave their heads for this meet and some didn’t have a lot of choice, like Freshman Frank Graham. “Dan picked me up and said that I would be…

The Varisty Football team’s season ended with a 28-34 loss to St. Could Tech in the opening round of the Section tournamet  Tuesday night. “Everyone was really pumped for the game,” said Junior Dan Hanson,”We had a couple bad plays and missed a few tackles, but overall it was still a pretty exciting game.” The team’s record for the year was 2-9. They entered their final game as the sevent of eight seeds in the tournament.

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…