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On Monday night the Buffalo High School Girls Lacrosse team lost their first home game 8-9 against Westonka. This loss puts the girls overall record at 1-3. The Bison were leading most of the game. The score at half time was 5-3, with junior Rachel Stenson scoring a hat trick. “We played really really good,” said sophomore and four year veteran Logan Blum, who scored two of the three goals for the Bison in the second…

The Buffalo Bison Baseball team hosted their 4th annual Sam Munoz Memorial Game Saturday night. The Bison took on the New Prague Trojans. Sophomore Brennan Gilyard hit a single up the middle to bring in senior Jake Rabusch who scored for the Bison. In the 3rd inning they were leading the Trojans 3-2. There were many errors that the Bison encountered during their game which caused them to give up 4 runs from top of…

The Buffalo Bison Adapted Softball Team won in thrilling fashion Wednesday April 21 beating Minnetonka-Wayzata Lakers with a final score of 15-14. The Bison were behind and struggled the whole game losing 5-1 after the first inning. The Lakers held constant pressure and had a strong bat scoring another two, making the score 7-3 after the second inning. The bison would remain four behind after the third trailing 8-4. The Lakers extended there lead in…

On Saturday, April 23 the Buffalo Bison Baseball team will be hosting the 4th annual Sam Munoz Memorial baseball game. Every year, the Bison dedicate and play a game in honor of former Buffalo High School student, Sam Munoz, who loved and played the game of baseball before he passed away in October 2007, due to injuries he sustained in a serious car accident. This year, Buffalo will play the New Prague Trojans with the J.V. game…

The Buffalo Bison boys Lacrosse team fell short to St Cloud Tech Tigers Monday April 18th losing with a score of (7 – 1). The Bison came out playing strong but there offense could not generate any constant pressure on the Tigers defense. After the first half the Tigers scored two goals and would not look back from there. The Bison came out with fire Louie Clifton scored in the third period but his goal…

The Buffalo Bison Boys Lacrosse Team’s first game as a school sport started off with a loss (10-4) against Spring Lake Park on Thursday, April 14. The conditions for the game weren’t exactly what the team was hoping for, with high winds and very cool temperatures.  At one point, it even began to hail.  The teams were able to zone out the weather and still play to the best of their abilities. Junior Sam Mayhew…

The Buffalo High School girls softball team opened the season on Monday, April 11 with a smashing 11-1 victory over the Royals from Rogers. “Beating Rogers by that much was a great way to start our season” said senior shortstop Kasey Wycoff. “It really got us off to a good start and set the tone for the rest of the week.” Buffalo continued rolling on Tuesday afternoon, taking it to the Princeton Tigers 10-1 at…

Lacrosse has been a club sport for Buffalo in the past years, but this year it is officially considered a school sport. After raising $20,000, Boys’ and Girls’ Lacrosse is now official. In order to keep this as a school sport, they must raise $20,000 each year; $10,000 for boys and $10,000 for girls. After investing so much energy just to have teams, both teams are expecting good seasons. “I am glad that it is…

On Sunday, March 20th, Buffalo won their first Comedy Sportz competition against Hopkins with a final score of 29-24. This is the first year that Buffalo has participated in the Comedy Sportz High School League, and the first competition that they’ve won. The team consisted of Junior Kaitlyn Atwood, Freshmen Alicia Petersen, Senior Jacob Bastin, and Team Captain Michael Scheuermann. The first and only head to head game played was “Story”, and Hopkins won that game, netting them…

The Buffalo High School Boys’ Basketball Team advanced to the section championship this season for the second consecutive year. The Bison faced off against the Maple Grove Crimson on Thursday, March 17 for the right to advance to the State High School Basketball Tournament. The two teams previously played on December 4 at Buffalo, where the Crimson smashed the Bison 73-45 in the third game of the year. Buffalo hoped it would be different this…