The day all of BHS students and staff wait for is coming near. Yearbook distribution day will be held on June 3rd this year along with student appreciation day hosted by the 2010-2011 Student Council members. “Distribution day is the day that everyone in yearbook looks forward to the most because you get to show off what we’ve been working on through the whole year,” said Senior Lauren Wilson. “It’s really cool to see everybody’s…

The Bison beat the Becker Bulldogs on Tuesday night  11-0 win. The game was over after the 5th inning because Buffalo 10-runned them; the first time this has happened this season. “We were all on fire and pumped up before the game,” said Sophomore Brennan Gilyard. Senior Brett Renshaw started the game off in the first inning by hitting a batter in to score. Following him, sophomore Jason Senger hit a double brining the score 4-0…

There were very high hopes for the Bison Girls’ Track Team going into the 2011 Conference track meet considering they fell short by 1 point in last year’s meet of Monticello who has always has had a very strong girls track program. “I had very high hope for the girls coming into the meet, I wish they could have finished better overall team wise but I’m very proud of the girls, ” said head Track and Field coach Scott…

The Boys’ Varsity Track Team took first place in the Mississippi 8 Conference Track meet for the 8th year in a row.  A couple conference records were broken, and performances were at their best.  The weather was sunny and warm, in comparison to the rain and cold the track team has dealt with earlier in the season.  It was a perfect day for track. The 4×800 relay team of Sophomore Joe O’Flanagen, Sophomore Michael Swearingen,…

BHS Showcase Concert 2011 by TheHoofprint The Music Department put on one of its last concerts last Friday. Several Band, Choir, and Orchestra groups performed a variety of songs, some from earlier in the year that they wanted to do again, and others that they had wanted to do for some time. These groups include: Concert Orchestra, Chamber Strings, Concert Choir, BHS Singers, Concert Band, and Jazz 1. In addition to the multiple songs performed…

The Buffalo Bison Boys lacrosse team hosted Holy Family Tuesday, May 17  losing a close game 7-6. Buffalo and Holy Family were both creating offense and playing strong defense making the score after the first quarter tied up at one a piece. It was in the second where Holy Family took a lead and never looked back. Holy Family would score two goals where the Bison could only put one in the back of the…

Standing by the Senior staircase at 7:40 on Tuesday morning, seniors reunited with their former eighth grade teachers Mrs. [Jan] Heyerdahl and Mrs. [Natasha] Leach as they distributed “Got To Be Me” books that were written by the students four years ago.  In eighth grade, students who had Heyerdahl or Leach for English were given a journal entry-type book in which they were instructed to do a specific amount of journal entries each week. After…

Most people let the college they’re attending pick their freshman  roommates for them, but some prefer to choose their own roommates as people they have known their entire life.  “I am rooming with my sister Sarah [Senior Sarah Durst],” said Senior Megan Durst. “I figured since we are going to the same college we might as well room together. We already know what it’s like to live together and she’s the sister I get along…

Last Monday, Principal Mark Mischke presented the Hall of Fame awards to Seniors Andrew Ortmann and Rachel Mussell at the Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony. These two seniors have accomplished many things during their four years of high school and now their pictures will remain in the front foyer next to all the other Hall of Fame winners throughout the years. There were 10 Hall of Fame candidates, 5 boys and 5 girls. Michael Deisting, Michael…

As most people from the town of Buffalo know, seniors Ashley Patri and Leah Loch were involved in a car crash back on February 21, which left them both in the hospital. While Leah’s injuries were mostly minor, the injuries Ashley suffered left her in a coma for three weeks.  Once she woke up from her coma, Ashley was transferred to Bethesda, a long-term acute care hospital, where she stayed there for one month. “The…