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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…

The boy’s hockey team had a hard lost on Tuesday in Princeton with the score 3-2. Senior Billy Ogdahl scoring the first goal, Senior Austin Perkins with the assist, gave the Bison a good head start to the game. Junior Cody Elletson scoring the second goal, with assists from Sophomore Sam Klein and Ogdahl, put the Bison up 2-1. Sophomore Blake Schmidt gave the team a strong defense with 29 saves; only allowing 3 goals.…

The boys’ swim and dive team lost a close meet to Cambridge-Isanti this past Thursday. The defeat put them in a tight conference raise with Cambridge and Watertown, who are all tied for second place. This has been a great season for the boy’s team, as they continue to be competitive in the conference and crush records. Most recently, the relay team of J.D. O’Donnell, Alex Ryan, David Zaske and Tanner Bauman broke the 400…

The Bison Varsity Girls’ Basketball team went into their game against St. Michael Albertville on Monday, February 1st with an undefeated record in Conference. They emerged with a loss, changing their conference record to 10-1-0. With only five Mississippi 8 games left, the outcomes will determine where the Bison are ranked for section play-offs. Because of the recent loss, the team is now tied with St. Michael Albertville, who also has one loss, for first…

Visiting conference-rival Monticello beat the varsity wrestling team 64-3. “The score really doesn’t show how rough we wrestled, ” said Senor Tim Ruter. The Bison were pinned four times in the match, and forfeit five out of the 14 matches. A bright spot in the meet was  Ruter adding another win under his belt in a 3-2 win over the Magic’s Logan Draack. Ruter remains undefeated with 25 straight wins. “I’m feeling the pressure to win.” said Rutter, “When I’m expected to…

The Buffalo girls basketball team played this past Friday in Cambridge. It was a very close game but the Bison pulled it out 60-55. This win kept the girls perfect 8-0 conference record in tact. They also improved to 14-2 overall. With  the perfect record in conference the Bison are at the top of the Mississippi 8. They look to keep that streak going this week with a game in Monticello on Friday the 29th.…