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The Buffalo boys basketball team smashed the Elk River Elks on Tuesday, March 8 in the first round of section 8 AAAA play. Buffalo came out scorching hot to start the game, led by sophomore Ethan Freer, who had 11 points in the first six minutes, and led the Bison with 21 points in the first half alone, giving the Bison a 41-23 lead going into half time. “In recent games Ethan has been unstoppable…

Last weekend, March 3-5, the Buffalo’s Boy’s Swim & Dive state athletes participated in the 2011 AA State meet; the meet was held at the University of Minnesota Aquatic center in Minneapolis. There are 8 different sections with 7 teams in each one. The top 2 swimmers of each race, except the top 4 in diving, come to the meet and race for the top spots. The scoring is just like sections, the top 16…

  The boys’ basketball host elk river tonight, they played the elks the first game of the season and lost 79-80 in overtime. After a tough 1 point loss to Cooper on Friday the boys’ hope to come back fighting tough to keep their post season hopes alive. The elks are 7-19 and the bison are 20-7 coming into tonight’s game. Elks have had a tough year playing in a tough conference with Andover, Anoka,…

The Buffalo boys basketball team has dominated the conference for years, Tuesday they’ll be looking for their 6th straight conference title in big lake. Stma is one win away from tying buffalo for conference, and fighting for the top spot in section play.  Buffalo senior Andy Ortmann leading the team with 14.1 ppg, and Stma senior Joe Carpenter with 18. These two captains have been leading there team all year and it’ll be an interesting match-up if…

Weight lifting competition begins Monday March 7th  at 5:00 pm it will be hosted at Rogers High School, weigh-ins will begin at 4:15 pm. It will be open to all males and females 9-12 grade. Buffalo has been doing this sporting event for 11 years now. The first weight lifting competition started in 2001 and was the Pony Power Lift and was hosted at Stillwater High School. Buffalo now is in the Mississippi 8 conference which…

Buffalo Girls’ Basketball hosted Hutchinson Wednesday night in what they called a friendly scrimmage. Hastings emailed Coach Sorenson wondering if they could set up a scrimmage to get ready for sections and Buffalo was more then willing to. Buffalo is the first seed for their section in class 4A and Hutchinson is also the first seed for their section but in 3A. The scrimmage went three quarters, twenty minutes each. Afterwards they ended with some pizza where both teams…

The Bison Boys’ Basketball Team fought hard against Big Lake, but it wasn’t enough. Big Lake beat Buffalo 63-58 in over time. The Bison earned at least a share of the Mississippi 8 Conference Championships for the fifth season in a row. If St. Michael loses their game against Rogers tomorrow, the Bison will have sole possession of first place in the Mississippi 8. If the Knights win, they will share the Championship. Buffalo led the…

The home Bison boys and girls basketball,  double-header on Friday night resulted in victory for both teams. Although both teams were close at half, the girls lead the night with a 45-22 victory over Becker, and the boys’ followed with a 59-34 win. Friday also celebrated the seniors for both the boys and girls teams. The hallway outside the main court was lined with pictures, and personal memorabilia representing all the athletes on the varsity teams. Following each game…

Last weekend, February 25 & 26, the Boys’ Swim and Dive team participated in the Section 8AA meet in Alexandria. Prelims were on Friday and Finals were on Saturday. The Buffalo team sent 5 athletes to state including: David Zaske, Blake Solberg, JD O’Donnell, Jack Elliott, and Max Ransom. First and Second place automatically qualify for state, unless they achieved the state cut time. “I think that it is really cool that we made it…

The Buffalo Bison Boys Hockey team finished their season Tuesday night with a loss to Moorhead in a section 8AAAA first round game. The Bison entered the game with a record of 3-19-3, and ranked seventh in the section, while Moorhead went in with a record of 15-7-2, and ranked second in the section. Buffalo came out strong defensively and held the Spuds off the scoreboard for the first 17 minutes, and went in to…