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…

Professional rap artists Desdamona and Carnage performed for Whalin-Fiskum, Robinson, and Birsch’s English students in the black box on Monday. The duo gave a clean presentation of a new era art form that includes poetry with an upbeat tempo. The up and coming group has been gaining more recognition for their work recently, but it wasn’t always that way. Carnage, whose real name is Terrell Woods, grew up in an abusive, drug-surrounded home. He spent…

It’s the last day of school when Seniors are preparing to continue their lives beyond High School, Juniors are taking on the role of being the top of not only the school, but the district, and eighth graders are stepping into a whole new ball game this coming fall. When thinking about all the things that are coming up in the near future it can be stressful. Buffalo High School shapes each person for their…

At Buffalo High School down in the cafeteria there are many variety of foods. Ranging from Pizzato ice cream and different kinds of cookies. Many students are pleased with the choices that they have everyday, but they would also like more variety in the choices that they are given. “After awhile having the same choices every week, varying from lunches, chips, and drinks, it gets old,” Said Junior Cyrina Fehn. “We do have many choices,…

Thursday, June 2, was the students in the choir department gathered to perform their final choir concert of the year. For seniors, this is the last concert that they will sing in at BHS. “It’s a weird experience when you’re on stage for your last concert. It feels almost surreal,” said Senior Nicholas Hazzard. The choirs consisted of BHS Singers, Treble Singers, Varsity Singers, Freshman Choir, Varsity Choir, Concert Choir, Women’s Choir, and Men’s Choir.…

On Tuesday, May 31, seven cakes were displayed in the lunch room to be voted on by students and staff. The cakes were made and decorated by the gourmet foods class over a span of about two days. The class originally produced 14 cakes, which were narrowed down to the final seven through class votes. The result of Monday’s school-wide voting landed Juniors Zachary Zumbusch and Garret Bullert, and Sophomore Joe Hayes’ Rockstar Energy Drink themed cake with the…

With the last week approaching, students prepare for the last day of school and the traditions they do. Some students like to start celebrating the last day on an early note.  “The morning of the last day of school my friends and I all go to Perkins for breakfast,” said Senior Kaylee Korbel. “We’ve done it since we were freshman and it’s sad to think that this will be our last time doing it together.”…

Senior Jerome Begin qualified for nationals in the 110 hurdles. The USATF track nationals are held in Eugene, Oregon. Begin will race June 22-25. He’s ranked number one in state in the 110 hurdles and number three in the 300 hurdles. In the 110 hurdles he has a best time of 14.27, the national qualifying time is 14.5.  Begin’s best 300 time is 38.75 with the national qualifying time of 37.6, which he can still improve on at state. “Definitely nervous about…