Sports

The Boys’ Swim and Dive Team is heading to sections February 25 and 26 in Alexandria. As the final week of practice approaches, the tension is building trying to perfect their swimming techniques. The boys have high hopes about this years competition. “This meet is going to be sweet,” said Senior Blake Solberg, returning state participant. “I think that we are going to be sending the most, ever, to state this year then in the past.…

It was a hard game for the boy’s hockey team playing Edina on yesterday at the civic center.  The Bison suffered a hard loss with a final score of 2-8. Although Edina is ranked 6th in the state 2A, Buffalo came out on fire with Senior Tony Thien scoring the first goal only six minutes into the first period. By the end of the first, Edina was able to sneak in three, goals making the score…

Approaching their final few days of practice, the girls’ gymnastics team keep their hopes high and their nerves low for todays section meet. “I’m treating it like its just another meet and trying not to get to nervous.” Said junior Taylor Haider.  Haider is hoping to get close or make it to state in the beam and on the floor.  To make it to state you must place in the top four of the event. The…

Buffalo Boys’ Hockey takes on Edina at the Buffalo Civic Center at 7:00 P.M. Edina is ranked 6th in class 2A for State rankings with a record of 14 wins 6 losses and 2 ties. Buffalo is unranked and  has a season record of  3 wins 17 losses and 3 ties. The leading scorer for Edina is Steven Fogarty with 35 points and the Edina goalkeeper’ Alex Nelson has a save percenatge of .909. The bison’s leading…

The Buffalo Girls’ hockey team had a dramatic overtime win last Saturday afternoon in the first round of sections against Wayzata to send them into the second round of sections on Wednesday night, where the Bison faced off against the Minnetonka Skippers for the second time this season. On Tuesday, November 23, the two teams played at Pagel Ice Arena in Minnetonka, where the Skippers beat the Bison 5-0, scoring 4 of the goals in…

The girls basketball team conquered another conference game over Princeton, beating them 69-45. The bison are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in conference. The bison had a tough start trailing the tigers 0-9 in the first 4 minutes of the game, but managed to come back ahead before halftime taking the lead of 30-24. Kendra Wycoff, number 12, lead the bison with a total of 13 points. Behind her was Emily Spier, number 50, and Malorie Schmidt, number…

Tonight, the Girls’ Basketball team plays at home against Princeton, looking for its second eight-game win streak this season. The team is 18-3 this year. They started off strong with a 8 game win streak and had a couple games where they couldn’t pull it together. They’ve been as high as 4th in the state earlier in the year, but they lost to ranked Wayzata, number 8 Minnetonka and number 9 STMA. Senior Molly Muntifering is leading the…

The Buffalo Bison wrestling team defeated Big Lake at home Thursday night 36-32. With this win, the Bison finishes their regular season with a 4-14 record, the team’s first win since December. The match came down to the wire in the last match as seventh grader Adam Treptau reversed a pinning predicament into a pinfall of his own. Treptau sealed the win for the Bison on Gerry Bakke Night, despite scoring fewer points in his…

It was too little, too late for the Boy’s Hockey team last night when they played against Hopkins. The Bison lost 1-5. The game started out slow, and eventually gained some speed when Hopkins scored the first goal of the game with three minutes left in the first period. The Bison didn’t give up and made several good shots at the goal but ended the first period with a score of 0-1. The second period…

Swimmers step up, take your marks, GOOOOOOO. And they’re off. On Thursday night, Buffalo hosted 5 Teams at the JV championships. Teams that were involved were Cambridge-Isanti, Monticello, Princeton, St. Michael, and Buffalo. They hosted this championship for those who didn’t make it to sections. Overall the Buffalo’s JV team fell short a few points and got 2nd overall. Cambridge won the meet. The meet started off very well. Buffalo’s A Medley Relay team got…