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Video by Rian Anderson, Jenny Gabrelcik, and Kaehler Reitz. On Feb. 10, the Bison Boys’ Hockey team fell to Wayzata 6-2 in the third annual FSN game.

The Buffalo Bison Boy’s Basketball team plays Cambridge-Isanti tonight Thursday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m.  The game will be held in the Buffalo High School gym. Buffalo’s record stands at a strong 14-5-0, and Cambridge-Isanti’s record stands at 11-7-0.  Bison had a strong win over Zimmerman on Tuesday, February 10 with a score of 67-43. Senior Dan Ngandali says, “I think the game will go good because we had a hard loss last week against…

On Friday, February 13, the Moorhead Spuds Swim and Dive team will make the journey down to Buffalo. They will be competing in a dual meet against our own Bison swim and dive. The Spuds have a very strong team and it will be a challenging meet for the boys. In past years, the Bison have been defeated by theSpuds, but with their best season ever and the potential cut of their own team, the…

Pen in hand, Senior Bruce Manz began signing his letter of intent to play football for the University of South Dakota on a full ride scholarship. “B-R…” Head Football Coach Gerard Rohl encouraged. “What’s the rest of it?” Manz asks causing the supporting crowd to laugh. Manz received over a dozen offers including full rides to first University of South Dakota and then to North Dakota State University. University of Minnesota-Mankato was the first to…

“It’s great for our family to have the opportunity to remember Pat in such a great way. To have so many friends and family come together for a basketball game would make him very happy,” said Kim Sonju-Zrust. Saturday, February 7 the Boys’ Basketball team took on Cooper High School for the ninth annual Pat Sonju Memorial basketball game. Pat was the former boys’ basketball coach before passing away unexpectedly in October of 1999. He…

Senior Zach Mellon, Track and Field Athlete of the Year, signed a Letter of Intent for the University of Wisconsin, Madison February 4, with the staff lounge full of onlookers. After signing the papers with his mom, Portia, Mellon was all smiles.  Recently, Mellon was on the cover of ESPN Rise magazine and featured in a four-page spread dedicated to his achievements. Including, breaking the Minnesota’s State record for the half mile and also finishing second place at the USATF Junior National meet. “It was…

On Friday, February 6, Bison Boys’ Hockey will play the Roseau Rams at Buffalo Civic Center, at 7:00 p.m. Bison’s record stands at (13-6-0) while Roseau’s stands at (8-7-2). Senior Forward Alec Ackmann said, “Well they’re [Roseau] not quite as good as they usually are, so if we are going to beat them it will be this year. It will still be a big challenge though.” With the Bison’s record being quite similar to Roseau’s…

The girls varsity basketball team is getting ready for their game at Pinceton this Friday, February 6. The varsity game starts at 7:30 and JV starts at 6:00 pm. The team has a record of 8-11 and have a good chance of making it 9-11 this Friday. The team has played Rogers twice this year and both have been close games. The team took the wins with the scores of 59-57 and 44-31. Princeton, on…

                This year’s Varsity Boys Hockey team has been going strong throughout the 2008-2009 season with 13 wins, and only 6 losses. Leading scorer, Zach Blaisdell, is a key player in the team’s success holding 27 pts followed close behind by Alec Ackmann and Josh Gaughan. Hopefully the team will be able to carry on their success to this year’s FSN game held Tuesday, February 10th. Last year the…

Photography and video by Sara Larson. Narration and production by Kaehler Reitz.