The Buffalo Bison Adapted Softball Team won in thrilling fashion Wednesday April 21 beating Minnetonka-Wayzata Lakers with a final score of 15-14. The Bison were behind and struggled the whole game losing 5-1 after the first inning. The Lakers held constant pressure and had a strong bat scoring another two, making the score 7-3 after the second inning. The bison would remain four behind after the third trailing 8-4. The Lakers extended there lead in…

Buffalo High School is going to have its first Mock Accident Scenario next week on Tuesday, May 3. This accident is promoting awareness of safe driving around prom. Several BHS students will be involved in the crash to portray what can happen if students make bad choices on prom night. Some of the poor choices illustrated will be driving while distracted and intoxicated and choosing not to wear a seat belt. Counselors will be available…

Lydia Wagner is a junior at BHS. She has been actively involved in theater within the school since 6th grade. Lydia was recently given the opportunity to try out for a senior intensive class held at Children’s Theater in Minneapolis. “Basically my voice coach e-mailed me saying there were auditions for a play at the Children’s Theater called ‘Assassins’. All I had to do was e-mail them and request a slot to audition,” said Wagner.…

Student Counselor Gloria Rose has recently confirmed her retirement at Buffalo High School after impacting students for 24 years. “It has been a difficult decision but I am ready for new adventures. That’s how I look at it,” said Rose. “My main motivation was that my husband is retired and my family is spread out so it gives me more travel flexibility. I want to travel, volunteer, take piano lessons, quilt, and do things outdoors.…

Junior Kala Czanstkowski kicks a small blue box, now designated as her ‘sad box’ across the room. Loosely based off the book The Happiness Project, Czanstkowski has created a system with two boxes- one for happy thoughts, and one for sad. “In The Happiness Project, the lady looks at her life and thinks it could be better. It encouraged me to create boxes for myself to work through my every day life.” Messages in the bright pink ‘happy…

On Saturday, April 23 the Buffalo Bison Baseball team will be hosting the 4th annual Sam Munoz Memorial baseball game. Every year, the Bison dedicate and play a game in honor of former Buffalo High School student, Sam Munoz, who loved and played the game of baseball before he passed away in October 2007, due to injuries he sustained in a serious car accident. This year, Buffalo will play the New Prague Trojans with the J.V. game…

The Buffalo Bison boys Lacrosse team fell short to St Cloud Tech Tigers Monday April 18th losing with a score of (7 – 1). The Bison came out playing strong but there offense could not generate any constant pressure on the Tigers defense. After the first half the Tigers scored two goals and would not look back from there. The Bison came out with fire Louie Clifton scored in the third period but his goal…

On Saturday, April 16th, the National Pacemaker Award Winners were announced in Anaheim, California. The Hoofprint‘s website, hoofprint.net, won the award for the first time ever. The National Pacemaker Award “an award for excellence in American student journalism, given annually since 1927. The awards are generally considered to be the highest national honors in their field, and are unofficially known as the “Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism.” “It is nice to be recognized for all the work that…

Wash your hands, cover your cough, sneeze into your elbow, or use a kleenex,” are all phrases we heard as a young child. Things begin to change as you get older, the responsibility solely depends upon yourself. As you grow older you don’t always have a teacher or adult guiding you to cleanliness or peers singing the alphabet around you as you wash your hands. Keeping yourself clean keeps the things around you clean, thus…

On Thursday, April 21st, Seniors Marrissa Moe and Jacob Bastin will be playing on the All-Star Team at the Comedy Sportz theater in Calhoon Square in Minneapolis against the professional players at Comedy Sportz. Over the past few months, Moe and Jacob have been practicing improvisational acting (Improv) with the other members of the BHS CSz Team under the supervision of Mrs. Bertsch and Professional CSz player and referee Michael Bruckmuller every Tuesday from 2:40 to…