Sports

The Bison Varsity gymnastics team lost to Big Lake’s gymnastics team Thursday night at Buffalo High school, the Bison Varsity team scored 127 points Big Lake scored 135 points, this is their fourth loss. Senior Alicia Malewicki, Junior Paige Habisch and Freshman Michaela Perz competed in all-around for the Bison, with a total of five people per event, vault, uneven bars, beam, and floor exercise. “We stuck four beam routines and we did really good…

Madlyn Nones mutters to herself during a match, “You can do it! You’ve got this.” Building confidence in a match is done through self pep talks for most players on the tennis team. Giving themselves a little boost of encouragement is what gets them trough a tough match. The players talk to themselves when they have done something really good like score a point or hit the ball really hard. You also hear whispering when…

The girls varsity soccer team took on the Rogers Royalson Tuesday, September 14.  Both teams exhibited enthusiasm and skill; cheering on teammates was heard all over the field.  owever, the Royals’ team proved to be a challenge for the Bison.  Throughout the game, shouts of, “Pressure!” encouraged all players to kick up their skills to a highe level.  Concentration was apparent on all the players’ faces.  Whenever a Bison player began to make progress toward the…

Seniors Josh Gaughan and Buzz Tryggeseth have decided to play Junior League hockey next year. The Junior program is available to athletes who are 20 years old or younger. It is also available to high school students and graduates who want to get better before playing college hockey. Gaughan tried out to play for the Alexandria Blizzards on May 3 and got drafted by them. Getting drafted means they are interested in you, and they…

On Sunday, May 23, the Girls Lacrosse team made it to State Championship game to play Monticello.  The game started out by Buffalo taking the lead 6-5.  After half-time, Monticello pulled out a tie at 6-6.  Unfortunately, Buffalo fell short and lost 16-9. “We played really well,” said Senior Monica Shoberg.  “It was unbelievable.  During Monticello’s season, no team scored more than three goals against them.” Regardless of not winning at State, the Girls Lacrosse…

Thursday, May 20, the Buffalo baseball team hosted Rogers at Bentfield Mills for one of their last season games.  Buffalo won 5 – 3 by the top of the 7th inning. Throughout the game, Senior Aaron Duske pitched a total of 91 pitches only allowing two walks. Five hits were earned for Rogers off of Duske but in return the Bison got nine. “It was a relief because we’ve lost a lot of one-run games…

On Thursday, May 13, the Buffalo Boy’s and Girl’s Varsity Track teams attended a meet in Fargo, North Dakota. The meet was set to take place at the Concordia-Moorhead campus but was moved due to field renovation. Other teams who attended included Brainerd, Alexandria, Moorhead, Bemidji, Monticello, St. Cloud Apollo, Sauk Rapids, and St. Cloud. It was rainy and cold, but the girls managed to place 5th and the boys placed 3rd “It was very…

Story by Francie Varner

The Buffalo Track and Field team kicked off their season with a meet at St. Michael-Albertville last Tuesday on April 6th. There are around 200  boys and girls that participate in track and field and roughly 15 different events ranging from running to throwing. “I run the 4 by 4. I enjoy running so I think it’s a good event for me. It keeps me in shape and makes me work hard”, said Junior Kendra…

Lori Zumach has been the Varsity Volleyball coach for the past 3 years. After her husband getting a new job and her youngest daughter still in elementary school she decided to resign from the head coaching job. Buffalo High School math teacher Michelle Macalena was chosen to be the head coach for next years squad. Macalena was the 9th grade volleyball coach for 3 years, and was the assistant varsity coach for 2 years. She…