Weight lifting competition begins Monday March 7th  at 5:00 pm it will be hosted at Rogers High School, weigh-ins will begin at 4:15 pm. It will be open to all males and females 9-12 grade. Buffalo has been doing this sporting event for 11 years now. The first weight lifting competition started in 2001 and was the Pony Power Lift and was hosted at Stillwater High School. Buffalo now is in the Mississippi 8 conference which…

Buffalo High School’s concert choir received an honor to perform at MMEA in Minneapolis  February 17th at the Convention Center. The bus ride to the Convention Center was quiet. No singing on the way there, talking, but not loud, basically, your typical inside voice. “Mr Walsh didn’t want us to ruin our voices,” said Junior Ellen Stetter. “He came on the bus and even told us ‘No singing, save your voices,’ and many people listened to that. We wanted…

Brenda Davis, Program Coordinator for Native American Learning at the Anoka Hennepin school district, along with her husband, Michael Davis, came to Social Studies Teacher Todd Manninen’s class to inform students about  the horrors of  Indian Boarding schools and what she personally experienced.  She spent nine years at a boarding school. Manninen had a guest speaker in his class for the second week in a row. He is trying to bring in speakers so that students…

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…