Sports

With all this spring fever coming around, softball and baseball are officially back in session. Softball started up last Monday, while Baseball is starting today. “I like softball because it reminds me that summer is coming close. The nice weather just puts me in an automatically good mood and I can just relax and be outside with my friends.”  Said Junior Mary Zelko. The softball team starts out their season with their first game on…

On Thursday night the boys basketball team fought hard to beat the very good St. Cloud Tech team. Earlier this season they defeated Tech, which gave them a lot of confidence going into Thursday nights game. The night didn’t end the way anyone cheering for Buffalo wanted it to, Tech defeated the boys 52-45.  It felt like this game was a repeat of last year. Tech ended the boys season last year with a last…

Last night, the Boys’ Basketball team fell to St. Cloud Tech, 52-45 in the Section Final game. St. Cloud tech advances to the State Tournament. Photos by Nick Weeks. To see the entire set, go here.

On Saturday, March 13, boys’ basketball beat the Elk River Elks with a score of 58-52 in the second round of Section games. They will be playing the St. Cloud Tech Tigers for the section title tonight (Thursday, March 18) at Halenbeck Hall on the SCSU campus. The game time is scheduled for 9:00 PM. “They have a high scoring offense,” said Head Coach Nick Guida. “They have 2 outstanding players who average 19 points…

Last week, Buffalo’s swim team had 3 of their very own swimmers and divers make it to State. Senior Tanner Baumen, Junior Blake Solberg, and Maple Lake’s Junior David Zaske. Baumen and Solberg went for diving, while Zaske went to compete in the 100 meter breast stroke. State for divers is tough to get to.  Swimmers have to place in the top four out of several schools. In sections, Solberg got the fourth spot while…

The Boys’ Basketball team recently finished their regular season and emerged with the Mississippi Conference title. Their overall conference record was 15-1. The team’s first section game took place on Tuesday, March 9 against the Brainerd Warriors. The Bison are seeded second in sections, while the Warriors are seeded seventh. The game started out as close scoring and continued that way until the end, with a final score of 37-33, the Bison emerging with their…

The JV Girls’ Basketball team recently ended their season with an undefeated record of 21-0-0. Their closest game was the first game of the season. “It was a really close game and eventually went into overtime,” said Head Coach Scot Sorenson. “but the girls were able to beat them at the end.” The majority of the JV team was made up of juniors who already had prior JV experience in previous years. This gave the…

Tuesday, the boy’s and girl’s basketball teams played Cambridge-Isanti. The girls had a tough loss of 51-60 by the end of the game. “We started out bad and weren’t getting rebounds that we needed. We were missing shots that we usually make but in the second half we stepped it up and made it a pretty close game,” said Senior Kristin Jeske. “Rebounding is something we always want to improve on. That is the major…

On Tuesday February 24, the girls’ basketball team had a tough loss to Cambridge-Isanti. Cambridge is now 19-6 overall this season while the Bison girls are 20-5. Two of those losses were conference games. Neighbor, St. Michael-Albertville girls’ basketball team has also lost two conference games this season. This means Buffalo and St. St Michael will share the conference title. Even though the girls had a tough loss on Tuesday coach Scot Sorenson is still…

The Boys’ hockey yeam ended regular season play last Saturday with a 6-0 loss to the number 1 AA ranked Minnetonka. The Bison have had a tough schedule this season, facing off against other top teams like Wayzata, Edina, Maple Grove, Roseau and Hopkins. The Bison were put in a tough position after losing twelve seniors the previous season, but the seven seniors and numerous underclassmen pulled together and showed a lot of determination in…