Buffalo Girls’ Basketball hosted Hutchinson Wednesday night in what they called a friendly scrimmage. Hastings emailed Coach Sorenson wondering if they could set up a scrimmage to get ready for sections and Buffalo was more then willing to. Buffalo is the first seed for their section in class 4A and Hutchinson is also the first seed for their section but in 3A. The scrimmage went three quarters, twenty minutes each. Afterwards they ended with some pizza where both teams…

Buffalo High School’s National Honor Society makes a huge impact on  the community.  This spring, they are taking a huge step.  NHS  students are helping sandbag local areas to help prevent flooding in  the community. With this winter’s snowfall, predictions show that we can expect  higher levels of flooding than we have had the past few years.  NHS  students will be traveling to Stearns and Benton County to help  homeowners and businesses prevent flooding and…

A child somewhere in the world dies every 10 seconds from hunger-related causes, which is 8,000 children a day.  What is being done to help? Kids all around the United States, including a group of Buffalo High School students, did not eating for 30 hours on February 25 in order to learn about hunger and do something about it.  They took on the challenge to create awareness and raise funds for children do not have…

Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and more than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. Many students get excited and nervous as the BHS Blood Drive gets closer on March 4. Participants both new and old must meet all health requirments when they arrive to the gym. Requirements such as having good hemoglobin and iron levels. This coming week students can get prepared by including more high-iron foods such as red meats, spinach, beans, and…

The Bison Boys’ Basketball Team fought hard against Big Lake, but it wasn’t enough. Big Lake beat Buffalo 63-58 in over time. The Bison earned at least a share of the Mississippi 8 Conference Championships for the fifth season in a row. If St. Michael loses their game against Rogers tomorrow, the Bison will have sole possession of first place in the Mississippi 8. If the Knights win, they will share the Championship. Buffalo led the…

The twenty members of BHS’ One Act Play participated in State Competitions at St Catherine University in Minneapolis/St Paul on February 10th and 11th. The 16 cast members and four crew members performed “The Pageant Play”, a story about feuding mothers who put their children through childhood pageants. “‘The Pageant Play’ is a very serious show,” said Senior Rebekah Herdklotz. “Most of the students in the audience didn’t know how to react and so they…

The home Bison boys and girls basketball,  double-header on Friday night resulted in victory for both teams. Although both teams were close at half, the girls lead the night with a 45-22 victory over Becker, and the boys’ followed with a 59-34 win. Friday also celebrated the seniors for both the boys and girls teams. The hallway outside the main court was lined with pictures, and personal memorabilia representing all the athletes on the varsity teams. Following each game…

Last weekend, February 25 & 26, the Boys’ Swim and Dive team participated in the Section 8AA meet in Alexandria. Prelims were on Friday and Finals were on Saturday. The Buffalo team sent 5 athletes to state including: David Zaske, Blake Solberg, JD O’Donnell, Jack Elliott, and Max Ransom. First and Second place automatically qualify for state, unless they achieved the state cut time. “I think that it is really cool that we made it…

GMSA is hosting a shoe drive, Monday March 7th through Friday March 25th and will be accepting any and all kinds of shoes. All of the donations will be going to Making a Difference International Inc. Making a Difference International Inc. is an organization that donates solid, used shoes to the people in Africa. This organization is especially in need of boy’s and men’s shoes. Last year, with the help of St. Michael High School…

The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl team won their eighth meet of the year Saturday morning at Rogers High School. However this win was overshadowed by the presence of Minnesota Twins announcer, Dick Bremer. “I was so happy getting [the opportunity] to meet Dick Bremer,” said senior Matt Feinberg. “He’s my favorite announcer, and I consider him a hero.”Bremer acted as special guest reader for the meet. His booming voice and sense of humor made it a…