“I got a broken nose, a black eye, and possibly a mild concussion,” said Sophomore Ben Lepinski, describing his recent Speedball injury. On October 7, during his Team Fitness class, Lepinski broke his nose after colliding into Sophomore Max Lemp during an intense game of Speedball. “I got back up, and I could feel my face swell,” Lepinski said. “No one told me my nose was crooked, I just thought I had hurt my face…

”It all came to my head one night when I was watching one of my favorite T.V. shows, Firday Night Lights,” said Senior and creator of SUPERFANS Abbie Larson. “The whole town in that show is devoted to their football team and it got me inspired to try and create the same thing here at Buffalo High School, and we wanted to call it, SUPERFANS.” SUPERFANS started as a group that was created on Facebook by Seniors Larson and Katie…

After Kaelie Lund’s parents told her her grandfather had Leukemia, she updated her status on Facebook. “Like this status if you’d donate $1 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma society if i shaved my head this week.  If i get 100 likes, I’ll do it.. so get click-happy, people. And get ready to hand me those crisp dollar bills in the hallway this week (:.” Lund decided to step up and make a difference by challenging…

As Opening night for Once Upon a Mattress, BHS’s Fall Play, approaches, Director Tracy Hastrom Durant, Choreographer Deb Bestland, Music Director Michael Walsh, and the cast members are getting ready, and are all really excited for Opening Night. The cast has been rehearsing everyday after school, for the past month. “I feel very confident that by opening night, that we’re going to be ready in time,” said Choir Teacher Michael Walsh. This year’s performances will…

Students in Social Studies teacher Todd Manninen’s American Experience class had the opportunity to meet with Secretary of State Mark Ritchie speak about his job. During his speech on October 13, Ritchie talked about how his job works, what he does as Secretary of State and the differences between his job as Secretary of State and the Federal Secretary of State. He spent time after the presentation in a private interview with students who had…

Brenda Diekman’s Business Practices Class traveled to KPMG Accounting Firm in Minneapolis on October 12 to meet their mentors. The class of sixteen juniors and seniors have been given a mentor to communicate with for eight weeks. The mentors are given to the students by the company Best Prep. The students can ask their mentors questions about things that are related to business and about the topic the class is learning about each week. “We…

“[What I remember from 9/11] is putting some of my toys in a bag and giving them to my dad late at night, as he left to go to Ground Zero. I thought he was going on vacation or something.” said Junior Thomas Clarke Tom Clarke was in Minnesota talking to his mother in New York City when the buildings collapsed. At that point the phone went dead. “My first reaction was the buildings were…

On just her second time swimming the 500 Butterfly, Senior Annika Bordak took first in a meet on October 6 against Becker. “The first 100 was easy, because thats how much the normal Butterfly event is,” Bordak said. “By the 250 mark, I was dead. I wanted to quit but I  just pushed through. When the 400 mark came by, I had a rythm down, so I just went a steady pace. The last 50, I saw the person on my…

“People who sleep walk scare me, I’m really scared they are going to kill me at night or something,” said Sophomore Cassie Pepper. “It’s scary being you never know what they will do.” Weather it’s broken hearts, water, spiders, or a certain person even maybe, we all have those things that scare us. People all have different fears. Some no one would expect, others that you know most everyone is scared of, like death for…

Every Wednesday, right before school starts at 7am, athletes and students huddle in the Bison Room to attend the Bison breakfast that Acivities Director Tom Bauman hosts. Bison Breakfast is a meeting in the Bison Room every Wednesday to improve aditiudes of the athletes and most importantly the students. “I decided to do Bison Breakfast because I was feeling kind of disconnected from the kids.” Bauman said. ” I don’t get to coach or teach so I wanted…