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Sophomore Austin Youngs made a shot from the opposing free throw line at the halftime buzzer last Friday at the B-Squad basketball game. The shot was featured on mnbasketballhub.com View the video here. Buffalo won the game with a final score of 38 to 27, beating Cambridge Isanti by 11 points. Austin was one of the stars of the game, giving his team a total of ten points. “When I made the shot, I was…

Buffalo Boys’ Basketball team went to Rogers High School and came back with their sixth straight victory. Tuesday night, the Bison went into a triple-overtime game with a final score of 57-51. With the pre-season predictions favoring the Royals, because of their size advantage, the Bison knew they had a tough task at hand. “It was a battle all night long, with the score going back and forth,” said Coach Nick Guida In the second overtime, the boys…

The Buffalo Boys’ Swim and Dive team took Fourth Place at their invitational meet in Spring Lake Park at 1:00PM last Saturday. The Bison took had a  score of 345 points. There were 8 teams including Spring Lake Park, Monticello, Cambridge and Elk River. “It wasn’t our best meet but there were some great swims,” said Coach Pam Brophy. “We came off of a really hard, but great meet against Cambridge on Thursday. I think they…

The State-ranked Buffalo Girls’ Basketball team continued cruising Tuesday night at home, crushing the Rogers Royals 60-43. The win improves the Bison to an overall record of 9-1, and moves them into a first place tie with St. Michael-Albertville at the top of the Mississippi 8 conference with a record of 4-0. Senior Kendra Wycoff was 4-5 from the 3 point line, in route to her team leading 16 points. Senior Molly Muntifering added 12…

Buffalo Bison Boy’s Basketball team went on the road on Saturday and beat the St. Cloud Tech Tigers 62-55. The Bison have fell short against the Tigers in the past three seasons, two of which were in the Section final games. The scores from those games were 52-45 and 61-60, which left the Bison with unfinished business. “Guida told us before the game that we had to compete, and we needed heart. We didn’t compete…

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…