Sports

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…

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…