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With Senior Captain David Baker leading them, the team got pumped for the meet against St. Cloud Apollo on Saturday February 21st.  Although the team lost and will not be attending state as a team a few wrestlers stood out against St. Cloud. Nick Vinar pinned his opponent at 1:39 before the match ended in 6 seconds.  James Neddermeyer came back and pinned his opponent while losing.  Some team hopefuls for individuals at state are Daivd Baker, Zach Smith, Nick Vinar, James…

            On Friday February 27th the Bison Swimmers and Divers head to Alexandria for the Section meet. There will be eight teams there and many of the teams they have swam against before.             In past years the Bison have not place as good as they wanted to. This year however they will have a very good showing and show the other teams to look out in years to come. With a team filled with…

On February 22, Buffalo Junior Gold hockey team played their last game against the Delano Tigers for a 4-4 tie. Buffalo Junior Gold hockey was celebrating two things that night, Seniors night and the last game of the season. Buffalo started out by honoring all seniors and parents throughout the Buffalo Youth Hockey Association for their support and commitement over the years. Each player was given a rose to thank their parents with and a…

The Girls Hockey Team turned in their jerseys and cleaned out the locker room after Benilde defeated the Bison and ended their season on Saturday, February 14.  Benilde was ranked 3rd out of the 8-team 6AA Section, and Buffalo was ranked 6th.   The final score of the game was 4-1; the only goal for the Bison was scored by 8th Grader Katie Rooney. “We really played hard the first period,” said Head Coach Ray Dahlof.…

On Friday February 13, the Bison Swim and Dive team hosted the Moorhead Swim and Dive team at the BCMS pool. The meet was a dual meet and the Bison’s last dual meet of the season. Coach Ryan Rehnstrand mixed up the events and put the boys in events they were not used to swimming. The reason for this was to hide their star swimmers from the eyes of the Moorhead coaching staff. He did…

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…